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Find a Location

First Data has 81 locations, listed below.

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    • First Data

      600 Vel R. Phillips Ave Milwaukee, WI 53203

    • First Data

      6201 Powers Ferry Road NW Sandy Springs, GA 30339-2926

    • First Data Merchant Services

      2240 New Market Pkwy SE # 1183A Marietta, GA 30067-8771

    • First Data Merchant Services

      2020 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd Ste 102 Suwanee, GA 30024-2663

    • First Data

      6201 Powers Ferry Rd Atlanta, GA 30339-2926

    Business ProfileforFirst Data

    Credit Card Equipment
    HeadquartersMulti Location Business
    The Complaints and Reviews shown on this HQ profile may have been submitted against either the HQ itself or one of the corporate-owned locations found under "Find Locations".

    Additional business information

    Additional Info:
    First Data located in Alpharetta, GA. is owned by Fiserv which is headquartered in Brookfield, WI.
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    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.04/5stars

    Average of 188 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    550 complaints closed in last 3 years

    175 complaints closed in last 12 months

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Overview of BBB Rating

    Overview

    Provider of electronic payment solutions and point of sale equipment for merchants. Credit, debit, prepaid, and store card creation and distribution for various financial institutions. 

    Products & Services

    contactless payment capabilities

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    First Data has 81 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

      Country
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      • First Data

        600 Vel R. Phillips Ave Milwaukee, WI 53203

      • First Data

        6201 Powers Ferry Road NW Sandy Springs, GA 30339-2926

      • First Data Merchant Services

        2240 New Market Pkwy SE # 1183A Marietta, GA 30067-8771

      • First Data Merchant Services

        2020 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd Ste 102 Suwanee, GA 30024-2663

      • First Data

        6201 Powers Ferry Rd Atlanta, GA 30339-2926

      Headquarters
      600 Vel R. Phillips Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53203
      BBB File Opened:
      2/19/2020
      Years in Business:
      35
      Business Started:
      1/1/1989
      Business Started Locally:
      1/1/1989
      Business Incorporated:
      4/7/1989
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Alternate Business Name
      • First Data Merchant Services LLC
      • Money Network Cardholder Services
      • FDMS
      • Clover
      Business Management
      • Nancy Whitt, Director
      • Michelle Viands, Client Relations
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Nancy Whitt, Director

      Customer Contact

      • Nancy Whitt, Director
      • Angela Stottlemyer, Presidential Liaison
      • John Howard, Presidential Liaison
      • Melissa Mauk, Presidential Liaison
      • Barbara Lightfoot, Presidential Liaison
      • Marshel Iman, Presidential Liaison
      • Danielle High, Presidental Liaison
      • Michelle Viands, Client Relations
      Additional Contact Information

      Customer Complaints

      550 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      03/19/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      I received a collection note in the amount of 299 dollars from first merchant service after my business was closed for 6 month. I called them to ask how did this amount been generated, and they gave me the answer of " Maintenance fee" + collection fee + ACH return fee+ service fee. I was explained first time by their agent that I my bank fail to release 20 dollars of transaction fee to them and causing the total amount accumulated to 299 with all the fees mentioned above. When I confront them of how it possible penalty fees can be "1500%", 20 times more than original amount plus ACH is real time transaction there won't be any return charge! The agent put me on hold then the call was disconnected by their agent, and no one calls back. I called them second time to inquire the information again, the different agent explains somehow the 20 dollars was already paid for, so the 299 was generated from a 99 dollars maintenance fee I didn't pay. Still, this is nearly 300% charged then I asked the agent when that policy was become effective, she response 2023 which I never received, then I asked her when they sent out a notice ,she went silence then she put me on hold and disconnect the call after 10 minutes. No one calls back! I email them, they respond was "please give us a call !?" Apparently, this company is lack of training and transparency, a simple question of how did the 299 was accumulated can come back with two different answers, and the questions they can't even answer themsleves. My concern is even any credit card company won't charge more than 100% of penalty fees to customers regardless the situation, a credit card limited in 1000 they wont let your balance went all the way to 3000 with 2000 are fees! This company should be consider a scammer taking advantage of customers. I demand they removed all the fees, or I will no longer using their service.
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      Customer Reviews

      188 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Jose G

      1 star

      04/22/2024

      First data, clover and card connect had been withdrawing money from my business bank account even after I closed doing business with them. They indiscriminately still continue attempting withdrawing from my account which is pending to close. If you are a business and need some type of merchandise , please pay attention to these tree names above, I call this fraud and hope the goverment get involved as First data, clover and card connect might be doing this to other specially immigrants.

      First Data Response

      04/25/2024

      Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention. We have located an account, however, it is NOT a Cardconnect account. The account found MID ************ was opened 8/31/2020 for services and last transaction processed 1/26/2024. Our records do not show any calls to **************** to close down ******************** and fees were billed and are valid for processing transactions in January 2024. We recommend you contact **************** to close your account at ************** and take care of any balance owed.

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