Profile: Why Become An Agent For FirstCard?
With same day approvals, accurate, on-time residuals, and superior support for our sales team, FirstCard is the perfect partner to help you grow your business
Same day approvals
Don’t waste time! FirstCard can help you to set up new merchant accounts quickly so you can keep selling and grow your residuals.
Here are some of the ways that FirstCard’s fast merchant account approval process can help grow your business:
- Fast turnarounds – low-risk merchants are approved within minutes and ready for download within 24 hours.
- Save time – our application process and boarding system is easy to learn and use
- Get responsive support from our service team that will allow you to move quickly through the application process
Best in class Customer Service
Whether your merchants process $1 billion a year or $1,000 a year, we know how critical it is that both you and your merchants get knowledgeable, timely support.
FirstCard makes customer service a priority:
- Partner with the Best – FirstCard is powered by the world’s most powerful payment processing company – First Data Corporation.
- Multiple Levels of Support – between you, the FirstCard support staff and the customer service team at First Data, your merchants are never left without a knowledgeable point of contact for any issue
- The Name Game – Enjoy a personalized level of service as you get to know our staff by name
- Service Never Sleeps – Keep your merchants processing credit cards around the clock with 24/7 terminal help desk support
On Time and accurate residuals
FirstCard has never missed a residual payment in over 9 years of business. We pride ourselves on our on-time residual payment record.
Residuals are paid each and every month in the last payment cycle of the period. We also pay weekly commissions for equipment sales, up front bonuses, application fees, etc.
Choose your own program – FirstCard provides a variety of payment programs that can meet the needs of any agent.
Products and Services:
Partnering with FirstCard means that you can grow your business by offering your merchants a full range of payment products. FirstCard provides our merchants with the latest product offerings for all payment types.
- Credit Cards
- Signature & Pin debit
- EBT
- Terminal & POS Equipment
- Virtual Terminal / Payment Gateway
- Wireless Processing
- Mobile Phone
- Gift Cards
- Check Processing
- Payroll Services
Merchant Solutions
In order to be a successful agent, you need to have the ability to sell to virtually any industry. Don’t limit yourself to just selling retail or restaurants. FirstCard provides the ability to sell to all industry types. This will allow you to diversify your portfolio and accelerate your growth. FirstCard has robust payment solutions, coupled with value-added products, for each of the following business types:
- Retail
- Restaurant
- Lodging
- Petroleum
- Ecommerce
- Mail Order / Telephone Order
- Mobile
- Medical/Dental/Veterinary

