Whispir Limited (ASX:WSP, Whispir or Company), a global communications intelligence company that supplies a no code, Communications-as-a-Service ("CaaS") platform, today announced its partnership with Everyware® to provide secure, reliable Pay by Text options to Whispir customers. The partnership will offer faster cash collection and seamless commerce via SMS messaging.
The open rates for SMS sit at 98%, therefore being able to action payment services through text increases payment and revenue. Using the Pay by Text feature, users send a prompt from within the platform to collect payment. Customers will then receive a text message with a link to a secure payment page to instantly pay by credit card.
"This partnership with Everyware enhances our product offering and enables our customers to simplify the customer journey with seamless payment engagement through Pay By Text. The ability to communicate and manage transactions within a single platform will further streamline operations for our existing customers and make Whispir a perfect fit for many service providers." Says David Gilbert, VP of Americas.
Everyware, a leading contactless payments and customer engagement solutions company, leverages the partnership with Whispir to expand its operations and grow its customer base. As a secure and fast payment service provider, Everyware is at the forefront of payment innovation through seamless integration with existing software, creating a better experience for sellers and buyers.
"Whispir is a great fit with Everyware since our Pay By Text feature adds tremendous value to their platform for providing a convenient, secure, and straightforward payment solution to customers. SMS communication and payments work hand in hand, and this partnership helps businesses increase engagement and drive sales, through a truly omnichannel experience," says Larry Talley, CEO and Founder at Everyware.
About Whispir
Whispir is a global-scale SaaS company, founded in 2001 to provide a communications workflow platform that automates interactions between organizations and people. Our products enable organizations to improve their communications through automated workflows to ensure stakeholders receive accurate, timely, useful, and actionable insights in a manner that is sensitive to individual contexts and preferences.
Our customers use Whispir's software to create interactive, multi-party and omnichannel communications from templates, solving simple to complex communications workflow tasks. Whispir operates across three key regions of ANZ, Asia, and North America.
More information www.whispir.com
About Everyware
Launched by Larry Talley and Scott Orlinsky in 2015, Everyware is a leading contactless payments and customer engagement solutions company. Everyware offers payment solutions for organizations in a wide variety of industries helping companies collect payments and connect with customers, especially through text messaging, the ultimate contactless technology. The company helps clients to boost revenue, reduce chargebacks and refunds, as well as improve customer service. There is no other highly secure, mobile communication platform and payment gateway on the market that combines these tools to meet the demand. It is the most straightforward, simple and scalable Pay by Text platform that has the capability to work alongside existing systems with easy integration.
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At this year's third Money Experience Summit, Everyware® was named the winner of the 2022 MX Innovator Award in the Connectivity category, recognized for its focus on accelerating Open Finance by prioritizing the use of modern connections. As a partner of MX to access financial data, Everyware provides customers a seamless verification experience with the least amount of friction when accessing financial accounts. The event took place Sept. 20 – 22 in Snowbird, Utah.
Larry Talley and Scott Orlinsky launched Everyware in 2015. Everyware provides a feature-rich, highly secure payment and engagement ecosystem including contactless, online, and in-person payments, combined with two-way communication that can be easily integrated and scalable across platforms. Businesses of any size can easily send and collect payments faster, safer, and simpler, while improving customer experience from the convenience of their mobile devices.
"We are honored to be named among the finalists and proud to be named winner in our category. The recognition further showcases our commitment to providing the best payments solutions to clients and customers alike," said Everyware Founder and CEO Larry Talley.
The annual awards honor the organizations that are using the power of data to deliver exceptional money experiences for their customers. The event features the financial industry's foremost thought leaders and practitioners discussing how to accelerate the future of money and deliver data-driven money experiences.
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ABOUT EVERYWARE Launched by Larry Talley and Scott Orlinsky in 2015, Everyware is a leading contactless payments and customer engagement solutions company. Everyware offers payment solutions for organizations in a wide variety of industries helping companies collect payments and connect with customers, especially through text messaging, the ultimate contactless technology. The company helps clients to boost revenue, reduce chargebacks and refunds, as well as improve customer service. There is no other highly secure, mobile communication platform and payment gateway on the market that combines these tools to meet the demand. It is the most straightforward, simple and scalable Pay by Text platform that has the capability to work alongside existing systems with easy integration.
ABOUT MX MX Technologies, Inc., a leader in Open Finance, helps organizations everywhere connect to the world's financial data and turn raw, unstructured data into their most valuable asset to deliver intelligent and personalized money experiences. MX connects more than 13,000 financial institutions and fintechs providing the industry's most reliable and secure data connectivity network. Additionally, MX powers 85% of digital banking providers, as well as thousands of banks, credit unions, and fintechs, with a combined reach of over 200 million consumers. To learn more follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn @MX or visit www.mx.com.
MEDIA CONTACTS FOR EVERYWARE: Jessica Wade Pfeffer | 305-804-8424 | jessica@jwipr.com Tyler Sminkey | 786-390-8510 | tyler@jwipr.com
Everyware, a leading customer engagement, billing, and payments company, and Sunbit, the company building financial technology for everyday expenses, have joined forces to make the popular Pay-Over-Time integration available to clients, now in the form of Pay By Text where payments can be conveniently, quickly, and safely processed. The solution enables more companies to successfully sell their products and services to customers who may otherwise not choose or be able to pay all at once. Customers can now get the services they need, when they need it. Access to personalized and transparent payment plan options are applicable across multiple industries including healthcare, automotive, home services, eyecare, dental and beyond.
Seamlessly hosted within Everyware's secure Pay By Text format, applications take only 30 seconds to complete once the customer selects Sunbit. Companies get paid quickly and can see a boost in revenue for high and small ticket items. Approved customers in-turn benefit from a three to 24-month loan option instead of having to pay all at once.
"Merchants rely on payments to survive, and being able to instantly have access to them is critical," said Everyware Founder and CEO Larry Talley. "The Pay-Over-Time option speeds up that process but in a safe and secure environment. Moving money fast is critical to success and this payment solution does just that."
Everyware and Sunbit are helping businesses to transform their customer relationships and offerings. One such example is in the automotive ecosystem, where financing options are especially critical and surprise bills can be exceptionally high. Early demonstrations of "Auto Service Now, Pay-Over-Time" were well-received recently at the 2022 annual SEMA Show, the premier trade show for the automotive industry, with good reason. The average cost of an auto repair bill is $500 - $600 (AAA) and 6 in 10 drivers skip automotive repairs for cost reasons (xtime.com). Auto Service Now, Pay-Over-Time makes financing easy for dealerships, and customers, offering access to personalized payment plans for each approved customer with no hard credit check to apply*.
"Together, Everyware and Sunbit offer merchants and consumers incredible value, combining pay-by-text experience with the most advanced pay-over-time solution on the market. Partnerships such as these bring pay-over-time choices to exponentially more consumers, and improve bottom line outcomes for businesses," said Sunbit VP of Platform Partnerships Oded Vakrat.
The solution also expands options in the healthcare industry, where approved patients can take advantage of the flexible payment option. With 58% of U.S. adults saying they delay or decline medical care due to cost (Morning Consult), "Care Now, Pay-Over-Time" means patients can access the care they need most from medical providers, when they need it. This is an important solution for eyewear and vision providers as well, given that 30% of Americans avoid going to the eye doctor due to cost, and 63% of Americans don't have vision insurance (NVision).
Sunbit's streamlined application process and ability to provide access to financing for virtually any applicant make for a perfect match with Everyware's technology.
For more information about Pay-Over-Time with Pay By Text from Everyware and Sunbit, visit Everyware.com/Sunbit.
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*Account openings and payment activity are reported to a major credit bureau.
ABOUT EVERYWARE Everyware is a leading customer engagement, billing, and payments company based in Austin, Texas. Launched in 2015, the company provides services to more than 2,000 merchants across multiple verticals including healthcare, travel, utilities, not-for-profit, and automotive. The platform provides a simple, fast, and secure way to move money while enhancing the ability for merchants to communicate with their customers in real-time with text messaging. It saves them money by improving cash flow and reducing paper billing costs, chargebacks, and fraud. Additionally, Everyware works alongside existing systems for easy integration. For more information, visit Everyware.com.
ABOUT SUNBIT Sunbit builds financial technology for real life. Our technology eases the stress of paying for life's expenses by giving people more options on how and when they pay. Sunbit offers a next-generation no-fee credit card that can be managed through a powerful mobile app, as well as a point-of-sale payment option available at more than 19,000 service locations, including auto dealership service centers, optical practices, dentist offices, veterinary clinics and specialty healthcare services. Loans are made by Transportation Alliance Bank, Inc., dba TAB Bank, which determines qualifications for and terms of credit. The Sunbit Card is issued by TAB Bank, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. Use of the card is subject to the cardholder agreement.
MEDIA CONTACTS FOR EVERYWARE: Jessica Wade Pfeffer | 305-804-8424 | jessica@jwipr.com Tyler Sminkey | 786-390-8510 | tyler@jwipr.com
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Everyware, a leading payments, billing and customer engagement platform company, has been named in Inc. magazine's annual Best Workplaces list. Featured in the May/June 2023 issue, which releases on May 16, 2023, and prominently featured on Inc.com, the list is the result of a comprehensive measurement of American companies that have excelled in creating exceptional workplaces and company culture, whether operating in a physical or a virtual facility.
The recognition comes on the heels of the company being named a 'Best Places to Work' winner for the second year in a row by Built In's 2023 Best Places to Work Awards. Everyware earned a ranking on the 100 Best Places to Work in Austin and also won in the Austin Best Startups to Work For awards.
After collecting data from thousands of submissions, Inc. selected 591 honorees this year. Each company that was nominated took part in an employee survey, conducted by Quantum Workplace, which included topics such as management effectiveness, perks, fostering employee growth, and overall company culture. The organization's benefits were also audited to determine overall score and ranking.
"We strive to embrace an effective and positive work culture that promotes growth and inspires thought leadership. The team succeeds together and making the Inc. list this year is a testament to that," said Everyware Founder and CEO Larry Talley. "We look forward to continuing to make Everyware one of the best places to work!"
Everyware continues to hire and attract talent, getting the attention of leading executives thanks to its company culture. To view and apply for current career opportunities at Everyware, visit everyware.applytojob.com/apply.
"Being named to Best Workplaces is an honor that only a small fraction of companies have been able to claim," says Inc. Editor-in-Chief Scott Omelianuk. "Proving to the world that you're a magnet for talent and have a culture that keeps teams engaged, productive, and proud to come to work is a truly remarkable achievement."
To learn more about Everyware, visit Everyware.com or follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
ABOUT EVERYWARE Everyware is a leading customer engagement, billing, and payments company based in Austin, Texas. Launched in 2015, the company provides services to more than 9,000 merchants across multiple verticals including healthcare, travel, utilities, not-for-profit, and automotive. The platform provides a simple, fast, and secure way to move money while enhancing the ability for merchants to communicate with their customers in real-time with text messaging. It saves them money by improving cash flow and reducing paper billing costs, chargebacks, and fraud. Additionally, Everyware works alongside existing systems for easy integration. For more information, visit Everyware.com.
ABOUT INC. MEDIA The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
ABOUT QUANTUM WORKPLACE Quantum Workplace, based in Omaha, Nebraska, is an HR technology company that serves organizations through employee-engagement surveys, action-planning tools, exit surveys, peer-to-peer recognition, performance evaluations, goal tracking, and leadership assessment. For more information, visit QuantumWorkplace.com.
MEDIA CONTACTS FOR EVERYWARE: Jessica Wade Pfeffer | 305-804-8424 | jessica@jwipr.com Tyler Sminkey | 786-390-8510 | tyler@jwipr.com
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The Electronic Transaction Association (ETA) is proud to announce the inaugural class of Top 10 Payments Independent Software Vendors (ISV) award winners. The award recognizes software companies that are disrupting the payments industry, introducing innovative products and pushing forward technological boundaries.
"These honorees represent an incredible advancement in the evolution of payments," said Jodie Kelley, CEO of ETA. "This year's winners demonstrate creativity, disruptive innovation, dedication to excellence and a unified commitment to bringing efficiencies, cost savings, and improving accessibility for everyday Americans."
The 2023 award recipients will be honored at TRANSACT, ETA's flagship event taking place April 24 - 26 in Atlanta. As part of this honor, a special section on the showroom floor entitled 'ISV Village' will be dedicated to showcasing each winner and their technology.
"MAPP Advisors is thrilled to host the first-ever ISV Village at Transact. We believe Integrated Software companies are changing the payments landscape, from a consumer, merchant, and investor perspective. The ISV Village is a tremendous initiative by the ETA to highlight, encourage and develop companies that are challenging and changing the course of payments", said Jim Battista, Founder and Managing Partner of MAPP Advisors, the sponsor of the inaugural TRANSACT ISV Village.
The 2023 ETA Top 10 Payments ISV Award Winners are setting a new standard for software innovation. From start-ups to established companies, these organizations are transforming how consumers and businesses receive, hold, send, and spend money. With innovative solutions that identify and eliminate inefficiencies across different industries, they are leading the way with secure and convenient payments experiences.
Winners of the 2023 ETA Top 10 Payments ISVs Award are:
BigTime Software (bigtime.net), for bringing an integrated and fully online payments experience that integrates invoicing, collections, and reconciliation processes to the professional services B2B space.
Biller Genie (billergenie.com), for its cloud-based accounts receivable (AR) automation and integrated B2B payments platform for small-and-mid-sized businesses.
Cusi (cusi.com), for making complicated transactions simple with real-time, secure end-to-end utility management services that automate electronic payments in a very traditional utility market.
Everyware (everyware.com), for simplifying the movement of money, combining customer engagement with fast, simple and secure payments through the same channels that people use every day.
Kickfin (kickfin.com), for their unique end-to-end gratuity management software.
ParkHub (parkhub.com), for creating an integrated, seamless parking experience while providing rich, real-time data to parking operators nationwide.
Paymints.io (paymints.io), for their secure, digital, white-label SaaS platform that allows buyers to transfer funds for many types of real estate transactions and creating transparency for all stakeholders involved in the transaction.
SoftPoint (softpointcloud.com), for creating the first biometric payment solution that makes payments frictionless and eliminates fraud without having merchants displace their current platform.
Transact Campus Inc. (transactcampus.com), for pioneering integrated and convenient campus payments solutions for students and administrators on campuses nationwide.
Zuza (getzuza.com), for a one-of-a-kind product that integrates POS, e-commerce, smart terminal, and mobile solutions in one super app that can also be white labeled.
ABOUT ETA
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) is the world's leading advocacy and trade association for the payments industry. Our members span the breadth of significant payments and fintech companies, from the largest incumbent players to emerging disruptors in the U.S. and in more than a dozen countries around the world. ETA members make commerce possible by processing approximately $44 trillion annually in purchases and P2P payments worldwide and deploying payments innovation to merchants and consumers.
MEDIA CONTACT Scott Talbott, ETA stalbott@electran.org
Everyware, a leading consumer engagement and payments company, announces it was named a 'Best Places to Work' winner for the second year in a row by Built In's 2023 Best Places to Work Awards. Everyware earned a ranking on the 100 Best Places to Work in Austin and also won in the Austin Best Startups to Work For awards. The annual awards program includes companies of all sizes, from startups to those in the enterprise, and honors remote-first employers and companies in large tech markets across the U.S. This is the second year that Everyware won in two categories for the Built In Awards.
"This recognition is a testament to our entire team – we all succeed together, and this acknowledgement showcases our team's dedication to an effective work environment that drives a positive work culture," said Everyware Founder and CEO Larry Talley. "It's an honor to be recognized on Built In's list again, and we will continue to make Everyware one of the best places to work in Austin and beyond."
Built In determines the winners of Best Places to Work based on an algorithm, using company data about compensation and benefits. To reflect the benefits candidates are searching for more frequently on Built In, the program also weighs criteria like remote and flexible work opportunities, programs for DEI, and other people-first cultural offerings.
"It's my honor to congratulate this year's Best Places to Work winners," says Sheridan Orr, Chief Marketing Officer, Built In. "These exemplary companies understand their people are their most valuable asset, and they've stepped up to meet the modern professional's new expectations, including the desire to work for companies that deliver purpose, growth and inclusion. These winners set the stage for a human-centered future of work, and we can't wait to see that future unfold."
Everyware continues to hire and attract talent in the local Austin market, getting the attention of top talent thanks to its company culture. To view and apply for current career opportunities at Everyware, visit everyware.applytojob.com/apply.
For more information, visit Everyware at Everyware.com or follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
ABOUT EVERYWARE Everyware is a leading customer engagement, billing, and payments company based in Austin, Texas. Launched in 2015, the company provides services to more than 2,000 merchants across multiple verticals including healthcare, travel, utilities, not-for-profit, and automotive. The platform provides a simple, fast, and secure way to move money while enhancing the ability for merchants to communicate with their customers in real-time with text messaging. It saves them money by improving cash flow and reducing paper billing costs, chargebacks, and fraud. Additionally, Everyware works alongside existing systems for easy integration. For more information, visit Everyware.com.
ABOUT BUILT IN Built In is creating the largest platform for technology professionals globally. Monthly, millions of the industry's most in-demand professionals visit the site from across the world. They rely on our platform to stay ahead of tech trends and news, learn skills to accelerate their careers and find opportunities at companies whose values they share. Built In also serves 2,000 customers, innovative companies ranging from startups to those in the Fortune 500. By putting their stories in front of our uniquely engaged audience, we help them hire otherwise hard-to-reach tech professionals. www.builtin.com
ABOUT BUILT IN'S BEST PLACES TO WORK Built In's esteemed Best Places to Work Awards, now in its fifth year, honor companies across numerous categories: 100 Best Places to Work, 50 Best Startup Places to Work, 100 Best Midsize Places to Work, 100 Best Large Places to Work and Editor's Choice: 100 Best Hybrid Places to Work. The program honors companies – remote, hybrid and in-office – with the best total rewards packages across the U.S. and in the following tech hubs: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington DC.
MEDIA CONTACTS FOR EVERYWARE: Jessica Wade Pfeffer | 305-804-8424 | jessica@jwipr.com Tyler Sminkey | 786-390-8510 | tyler@jwipr.com
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Everyware announced today that it has been chosen out of a record-breaking 450-plus applicants as one of the top technology companies in the Southeast to present at Venture Atlanta FORWARD 2022 to be held October 19-20. For 15 years, the annual conference has been selecting the most promising tech companies and bringing in the top investment firms from across the nation to hear them pitch. Venture Atlanta has helped launch more than 700 companies and raise $6.5 billion in funding to date, spinning out $17 billion in successful exits.
"As we're gearing up for a big fundraising announcement before end of year, it's perfect timing to be presenting at Venture Atlanta FORWARD 2022," said Everyware Founder and CEO Larry Talley. "Everyware is leading the future of payments by simplifying the movement of money through the use of a cell phone number and the world is paying attention."
As in previous years, Venture Atlanta FORWARD 2022 is anticipated to be a sold-out event, with over 1,200 entrepreneurs, founders, investors, and business leaders expected to be in attendance. A new venue for this year's Venture Atlanta—the Woodruff Arts Center at 1280 Peachtree Street—reflects the growing intersection of art and technology.
"Venture Atlanta has established itself as the authority for recognizing technology innovation across the Southeast and beyond, connecting the best and brightest innovators with top-tier, national investors and other leaders in the tech ecosystem," said Venture Atlanta CEO Allyson Eman. "We again set a new record with nearly 500 applicants for Venture Atlanta Forward 2022—it's our most competitive year yet in terms of presenter quality. With an impressive slate of 87 presenting and showcase companies, a record number of sponsors, and a brand-new venue, we're continuing to raise the bar for what will be our 15th anniversary event."
Venture Atlanta boasts a roster of highly successful alumni, including CallRail, Car360, Flock Safety, Florence Healthcare, Kabbage, ParkMobile, Pindrop Security, Salesforce Pardot, Salesloft, SingleOps, Stax, and Terminus.
For more information, visit Everyware at Everyware.com or follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. For additional information about Venture Atlanta, to register for the event, or to view the conference schedule, please visit www.ventureatlanta.org.
ABOUT EVERYWARE Launched by Larry Talley and Scott Orlinsky in 2015, Everyware is a leading contactless payments and customer engagement solutions company. Everyware offers payment solutions for organizations in a wide variety of industries helping companies collect payments and connect with customers, especially through text messaging, the ultimate contactless technology. The company helps clients to boost revenue, reduce chargebacks and refunds, as well as improve customer service. There is no other highly secure, mobile communication platform and payment gateway on the market that combines these tools to meet the demand. It is the most straightforward, simple and scalable Pay by Text platform that has the capability to work alongside existing systems with easy integration.
ABOUT VENTURE ATLANTA Venture Atlanta, the Southeast's technology innovation event, is where the region's most promising tech companies meet the country's top-tier investors. As the Southeast's largest investor showcase helping launch more than 700 companies and raise $6.5 billion in funding to date, the event connects the region's top entrepreneurs with local and national investors and others in the technology ecosystem who can help them raise the capital they need to grow their businesses. The annual nonprofit event is a collaboration of the Atlanta CEO Council, Metro Atlanta Chamber, and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). For more information, visit www.ventureatlanta.org. For updates, follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn, and visit our blog.
MEDIA CONTACTS FOR EVERYWARE: Jessica Wade Pfeffer | 305-804-8424 | jessica@jwipr.com Tyler Sminkey | 786-390-8510 | tyler@jwipr.com
Fortis, a payment and commerce technology leader for software providers, marketplaces and scaling businesses, today announced its partnership with Everyware® opening integrated payment acceptance across platforms. The partnership will automate enrollment, provide faster cash collection and seamless commerce through various channels. Fortis' clients will enjoy enhanced digital offerings while Everyware's customers will have access to Fortis' award-winning payment commerce platform, creating a seamless and integrated advantage for all partners and businesses.
"Fortis is now a fully integrated experience with Everyware, allowing our clients to enjoy the variety of convenient payment options they support," said Larry Talley, founder and CEO of Everyware. "Being empowered to support payments in every channel and remove burdensome security requirements creates a winning formula for our clients. We're excited to see what the partnership brings to our merchants."
Everyware, a leading contactless payments and customer engagement solutions company, is leveraging Fortis technology to offer end-to-end acceptance solutions across expanded channels and segments. The two have enabled a seamless experience for enrollment and business intelligence, while integrating across many payment options with full tokenization and extending digital solutions to the point of sale for card-present transactions. Everyware and Fortis are supporting innumerous payment devices to accept EMV, contactless and emerging contactless payment tenders.
"With Everyware's breadth of solutions Fortis is able to expand and enable commerce in new markets, as well as strengthen current offerings to software providers and their clients in key verticals," said Greg Cohen, CEO at Fortis. "This partnership bolsters our capabilities in order to provide unique commerce experiences that meet specialized needs across different industries."
Fortis has rapidly expanded its product portfolio and market reach and is quickly becoming the payment solution of choice for business leaders who want to make commerce a competitive advantage. Its partnership with Everyware promises additional offerings to clients that will change the way they conduct commerce in the future.
Learn more about Fortis at www.fortispay.com. For more information about Everyware, visit Everyware.com.
ABOUT FORTIS Fortis delivers comprehensive payment solutions and commerce enablement to software partners and developers, processing billions of dollars annually. The company's mission is to forge a holistic commerce experience, guiding businesses to reach uncharted growth and scale. As the solution of choice for the future of payments, Fortis moves commerce closer to invisible with a proprietary platform that supports and strengthens the commerce and payments capabilities of software partners. For more information, visit www.fortispay.com.
ABOUT EVERYWARE Launched by Larry Talley and Scott Orlinsky in 2015, Everyware is a leading contactless payments and customer engagement solutions company. Everyware offers simple billing solutions for organizations in a wide variety of industries helping companies collect payments and connect with customers, especially through text messaging, the ultimate contactless technology. The company helps clients to boost revenue, reduce chargebacks and refunds, as well as improve customer service. There is no other highly secure, mobile communication platform and payment gateway on the market that combines these tools to meet the demand. It is the most straightforward, simple and scalable Pay by Text platform that has the capability to work alongside existing systems with easy integration.
MEDIA CONTACTS FOR FORTIS: Kayla Cash fortis@nextpr.com
MEDIA CONTACTS FOR EVERYWARE: Jessica Wade Pfeffer | 305-804-8424 | jessica@jwipr.com Tyler Sminkey | 786-390-8510 | tyler@jwipr.com
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Everyware® Founder & CEO Larry Talley is named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Entrepreneur of the Year category for Financial Services in the 20th Annual American Business Awards®.
Larry Talley and Scott Orlinsky launched Everyware in 2015. Everyware provides a feature-rich, highly secure payment and engagement ecosystem including contactless, online, and in-person payments, combined with two-way communication that can be easily integrated and scalable across platforms. Businesses of any size can easily send and collect payments faster, safer, and simpler, while improving customer experience from the convenience of their mobile devices.
"It's an honor to be recognized by the American Business Awards and alongside so many other prominent entrepreneurs and business leaders around the country," said Everyware Founder and CEO Larry Talley. "Everyware is changing the payments industry and we're partnering with major card brands like Visa to lead innovation for the future of payments."
The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.'s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning "crowned," the awards will be presented to winners at a gala ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York on Monday, June 13. Tickets are now on sale.
More than 3,700 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Startup of the Year, Executive of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Thought Leader of the Year, and App of the Year, among others.
More than 230 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year's Stevie Award winners.
"We are so pleased that we will be able to stage our first ABA awards banquet since 2019 and to celebrate, in person, the achievements of such a diverse group of organizations and individuals," said Maggie Miller, president of the Stevie Awards.
Details about The American Business Awards and the list of 2022 Stevie winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.
For more information, visit Everyware at Everyware.com or follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
ABOUT EVERYWARE Launched by Larry Talley and Scott Orlinsky in 2015, Everyware is a leading contactless payments and customer engagement solutions company. Everyware offers payment solutions for organizations in a wide variety of industries helping companies collect payments and connect with customers, especially through text messaging, the ultimate contactless technology. The company helps clients to boost revenue, reduce chargebacks and refunds, as well as improve customer service. There is no other highly secure, mobile communication platform and payment gateway on the market that combines these tools to meet the demand. It is the most straightforward, simple and scalable Pay by Text platform that has the capability to work alongside existing systems with easy integration.
ABOUT THE STEVIE AWARDS Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.
Sponsors of The 2022 American Business Awards include HCL America, John Hancock Financial Services, Melissa Sones Consulting, and SoftPro.
MEDIA CONTACTS FOR EVERYWARE: Jessica Wade Pfeffer | 305-804-8424 | jessica@jwipr.com Tyler Sminkey | 786-390-8510 | tyler@jwipr.com
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Everyware, a leading contactless payments and customer engagement solutions company, today announced the unveiling of its Pay By Text functionality, which allows customers to use their cell phone number to make a payment. This new payment method is paving the industry's future by eliminating the need to share private payment card data. Through its collaboration with Visa, the world leader in digital payments, Everyware is leveraging Token ID - a Visa Solution, which empowers banks, merchants, regional payments schemes, clearing houses and other payments stakeholders like Everyware to build, manage and control their own tokenization capabilities. Through Token ID, Everyware will act as a token requestor requesting network tokens on behalf of their clients and enabling their customers to pay with just a cell phone number across merchants and payment processors, wherever Visa is accepted.
Visa's transformative tokenization technology, in conjunction with Everyware's solution, allows customers to simply respond 'yes' by text message to quickly and safely authorize a payment. Everyware will provide this payment method, enabled by Token ID, to payment processors, gateways and software companies so their customers will be able to have a better checkout experience, and will see increased authorization success rates across all card types.
"Network Tokenization has taken a giant step forward in security and value for card-not-present transactions. Through the power of the Network Token, Everyware can provide a frictionless payment experience, " said Larry Talley, Founder & CEO of Everyware.
The pandemic propelled contactless payments into modern day, and Everyware is now able to provide merchants with more convenient payment options without jeopardizing security. In fact, Network Tokenization minimizes the impact of security breaches and helps online merchants improve their data security by eliminating the actual storage of credit card numbers in any internal systems. Experts predict that retailers will lose about $130 billion between 2018 and 2023 to fraud¹. Network tokenization ensures that card details are protected throughout the entire transaction lifecycle.
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ABOUT EVERYWARE Launched by Larry Talley and Scott Orlinsky in 2015, Everyware is a leading contactless payments and customer engagement solutions company. Everyware offers simple billing solutions for organizations in a wide variety of industries helping companies collect payments and connect with customers, especially through text messaging, the ultimate contactless technology. The company helps clients to boost revenue, reduce chargebacks and refunds, as well as improve customer service. There is no other highly secure, mobile communication platform and payment gateway on the market that combines these tools to meet the demand. It is the most straightforward, simple and scalable Pay By Text platform that has the capability to work alongside existing systems with easy integration.
MEDIA CONTACTS FOR EVERYWARE: Jessica Wade Pfeffer | 305-804-8424 | jessica@jwipr.com Tyler Sminkey | 786-390-8510 | tyler@jwipr.com
