improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations . statements consisting only of original research should be removed . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message elavon type subsidiary industry finance and insurance headquarters atlanta georgia key people simon haslam ceo products payment processing and gateway solutions parent u.s. bancorp website www.elavon.com elavon inc. formerly nova is a processor of credit card transactions and a subsidiary of u.s. bancorp. elavon offers merchant processing in more than 30 countries and supports the payment needs of more than 1 000 000 merchant locations across the globe . elavon is the 4th largest u.s. credit card processor and is a top 6 acquirer in the european marketplace . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 1991 1.2 2000 1.3 2001 1.4 2004 1.5 2005 1.6 2006 1.7 2007 1.8 2008 1.9 2009 1.10 2013 2 references 3 external links history edit been in the processing industry since 1963 . 1991 edit nova founded in atlanta ga. 2000 edit euroconex founded as a joint venture between nova information systems and bank of ireland . 2001 edit usbancorp acquired nova information systems . euroconex acquires flexicom an irish developer of card acquiring solutions for 1.5 million . 2004 edit nova announces that euroconex is to buy polish processor cardpoint from bank zachodni wbk owned by aib 2 netting aib approximately 17million in profit . 3 this move allows bank zachodni to sponsor euroconex s operations in poland . bank of ireland announces that it is to sell its stake in euroconex to nova for 40 million valuing the company at 80 million . nova announces deals with spanish banco santander and the uk based alliance & leicester with 27 000 merchant accounts . 4 2005 edit euroconex completes the alliance & leicester migration . euroconex announces acquisition of citibank card acceptance with the transfer of 160 staff from citibank to euroconex . 2006 edit nova acquires first horizon merchant services and all related assets including global card services gcs gateway . 2007 edit euroconex becomes elavon . 2008 edit nova becomes elavon north america and europe businesses align under one global acquiring solutions organization . elavon acquires southern datacomm . 2009 edit southern datacomm and gcs are re branded elavon . 2013 edit elavon acquires canadian merchant processor collective point of sale solutions references edit http www.extracreditcards.com articles 2010june majoronlinecc 3.htm nova acquires cardpoint of poland from bank zachodni wbk business wire find articles at bnet aib annual report 2004 finextra nova to buy alliance & leicester s merchant acquiring business external links edit company website this bank and insurance related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title elavon & oldid 655258861 categories merchant servicesu.s . bancorpbank stubshidden categories articles that may contain original research from april 2015all articles that may contain original researcharticles needing cleanup from april 2015all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from april 2015all stub articles 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 helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 6 april 2015 at 22 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view