this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . june 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message alpha card services type private industry financial services point of sale pos solutions payroll founded 2000 headquarters trevose pennsylvania services merchant services point of sale pos systems payroll services gift & reward cards merchant cash advance atm services owner lazaros kalemis number of employees 54 website http www.alphacardservices.com alpha card services is a registered merchant services provider and is an iso msp of hsbc bank usa n.a. 1 buffalo new york and for wells fargo bank n.a. walnut creek california . the company outsources the authorization and capture of transactions to global payments tsys and first data co founded in 2000 by ceo lazaros kalemis and dimitrios tsikoudis alpha card services is headquartered in trevose pennsylvania . a satellite office exists in roseville california . their corporate office employs roughly 40 people with the remaining staff working out of roseville california or remotely throughout the united states . as a merchant services provider alpha card s payment solutions include credit debit ebt check conversion and guarantee and online and mobile payment options . the company currently processes over 2 billion per year in electronic transactions for over 15 000 merchants in almost 50 states . 2 alpha card services reports it currently has over 600 independent sales organizations isos located in 49 states selling their products and services . 3 alpha card services provides ancillary services to their merchant base that include payroll services 4 point of sale systems 5 gift and reward cards 6 atm services 7 and merchant cash advance . 8 contents 1 history 2 business model 3 awards honors and publications 4 philanthropy 5 references 6 external links history edit alpha card services was founded in 2000 by lazaros kalemis and dimitrios tsikoudis in a small office above a pizzeria in philadelphia pennsylvania . in 2005 the company moved to a larger location on 475 veit road in huntingdon valley pennsylvania . this location is the corporate headquarters of alpha card services containing senior management sales marketing customer service technical support risk and underwriting departments . in 2011 a western regional sales office was opened in roseville california containing business solutions professionals iso recruitment and relationship managers and retention specialists . 9 in 2011 a major corporate re branding effort commenced with a new logo collateral website social media and pr focus . a director of marketing was hired to direct and facilitate these re branding efforts . 10 with the may 2012 hiring of a vice president of payroll services the company reported it is looking to open another satellite office possibly in dallas texas in late 2012 . 11 on december 7 2012 alpha card services announced the acquisition of comstat payroll based in saint louis mo 12 on june 24 2013 alpha card services moved their corporate headquarters to new offices in trevose pa . 13 business model edit the company has focused on service to relatively small businesses and merchants . it offers services allowing such merchants to avoid charging transaction fees to their customers . 14 15 awards honors and publications edit on march 17 2013 alpha card services was named as a philly.com top workplaces company . 16 according to a march 2012 nilson report alpha card services was ranked as the 60th largest merchant acquirer in the united states . 17 according to an october 2011 nilson report alpha card services was ranked as the 143rd largest acquirer in the world . 18 as of 2012 alpha card services was listed as one of inc. magazine s 500 i 5000 fastest growing privately held companies in the united states for seven consecutive years . 19 2007 inc 500 i 5000 company listing 99 20 2008 inc 500 i 5000 company listing 292 21 2009 inc 500 i 5000 company listing 416 22 2010 inc 500 i 5000 company listing 1328 23 2011 inc 500 i 5000 company listing 1644 24 2012 inc 500 i 5000 company listing 2578 25 2013 inc 500 i 5000 company listing 4312 26 alpha card service has been listed in philadelphia business journal s top 100 consecutively since 2007 . 27 2007 philadelphia 100 company listing 6 28 2008 philadelphia 100 company listing 11 29 2009 philadelphia 100 company listing 50 30 2010 philadelphia 100 company listing 42 31 2011 philadelphia 100 company listing 57 32 in may 2012 kalemis was awarded the philadelphia 40 under 40 award . 33 in 2012 kalemis was named a finalist for the ernst & young entrepreneur of the year award . on july 11 2012 the company announced that kalemis was a finalist for the smartceo circle of excellence award under the distinguished leadership category . 34 kalemis was one of five philadelphia region ceo s inducted into the philadelphia 100 2011 ceo hall of fame . additionally alpha card services as a company was inducted into the philadelphia 100 2011 company hall of fame . both honors were bestowed to the company due to the 5 consecutive years of alpha card services being awarded the esteemed philadelphia 100 ranking . the philadelphia 100 award was created to honor and identify the fastest growing companies in the philadelphia region every year since 2007 . 35 alpha card services was featured in the nationally distributed iso mls publication greensheet in a january 23 2012 article entitled the low attrition iso . 36 the company was featured in the national payments industry publication transaction trends in a december 2011 article entitled when in rome ... 37 the founder was interviewed by online magazine m.o. about his business s history growth business model and plans . 14 the founder was interviewed by crissa shoemaker debree staff writer for calkins media which owns 8 newspapers and 3 television stations including the courier times the intelligencer and burlington county times as well as philly burbs.com . the feature article success through service details the founders upbringing and the business history its growth philosophy and future plans . 38 on october 17 2013 ceo lazaros kalemis was named the winner of the smartceo circle of excellence award under the professional services category . 39 philanthropy edit kalemis has formed a charitable initiative called alpha card cares . 40 according to the company the purpose of the alpha card cares initiative is to mobilize the collective financial and organizational efforts of alpha card employees management customers and vendors to support a variety of causes and organizations . alpha card cares has been involved in a number charity and volunteer events including the kids & hope foundation 41 susan g. komen 3 day for the cure 42 big brothers big sisters of bucks county 43 the leukemia & lymphoma society s light the night walk 44 and the walk to defeat als greater philadelphia chapter . 45 references edit http usa.visa.com download merchants list of registered independent sales organizations.pdf who is . alpha card services . retrieved 2012 08 10 . lazaros kalemis 2013 08 13 . lazaros kalemis founder alpha card services . mo.com . retrieved 2013 10 23 . payroll services . alpha card services . retrieved 2012 08 10 . home . alpha pos services . retrieved 2012 08 10 . gift & reward cards . alpha card services . retrieved 2012 08 10 . atm services . alpha card services . retrieved 2012 08 10 . home . pinnacle merchant advance . retrieved 2012 08 10 . http www.alphacardservices.com pressrelease alphacardwest pr 061611.pdf https web.archive.org web 20120912075537 http www.alphacardservices.com about us executive bios j lauer.shtml . archived from the original on september 12 2012 . retrieved august 24 2012 . missing or empty title help http www.alphacardservices.com 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retrieved 2012 08 10 . light the night walk taking steps to cure cancer . lightthenight.org . retrieved 2012 08 10 . event central 2011 home . kintera.org . retrieved 2012 08 10 . external links edit official alpha card services website list of registered isos greensheet article retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alpha card services & oldid 743596195 categories companies based in bucks county pennsylvaniaamerican companies established in 2000credit cardsmobile paymentsfinancial services companies of the united statespoint of sale companieshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlswikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from june 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction 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