Merchant Link

Merchant Link is a leading provider of cloud-based payment gateway and data security solutions, removing the risk and hassle of payments for more than 400,000 hotel, restaurant and retail locations.

Merchant Link’s solutions help companies protect their business and exceed PCI requirements by eliminating the need to store payment data. Merchant Link provides a relentless commitment to one-stop-shop support service, fully owning the problem versus re-directing it or “ping-ponging” companies to their bank, POS or processor to solve the issue. Users can enjoy peace of mind knowing their transactions are routed reliably by two fully redundant data centers with a 99.99% uptime record.

Save time and money with additional services such as proactive batch monitoring, funds research and rekey services, as well as AMEX Direct.Users are given the chance to grow and adapt to changing payment and business needs with cloud-based, secure and scalable payment solutions.

Merchant Link also provides personalized solutions that are highly customized to their user’s needs and timeline.Merchant Link offers the powerful combination of TransactionVault tokenization and TransactionShield point-to-point encryption solutions.

Together they encrypt cardholder data at swipe and return meaningless tokens to the point-of-sale, protecting sensitive cardholder data in-flight and at rest. Provided all data is collected through a secure encrypting device, the end result is that no unencrypted cardholder data is present in the POS or PMS system.

By encrypting at swipe and tokenizing, businesses can protect themselves from malware and other security breaches that attempt to retrieve cardholder data in the clear from their systems.

One of the unique aspects of Merchant Link’s tokenization solution is using either transaction-based (single-use) tokens or card-based (multi-use tokens) depending on the company’s needs and preferences. And by employing multi-use tokens in both card-present and card-not-present environments, Merchant Link enable tracking of customer purchasing activity across every channel.