BASYS Processing is the premier partner for trade associations, community banks, franchises, and other
organizations where clients demand exceptional value and quality support. BASYS offers a wide range of
payment systems that provide your team with a resource for educational and advocacy based merchant
services. As a direct provider for Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express, BASYS is able to access
the wholesale cost, known as interchange, for all the major card brands. This is just another reason to
partner with a company you can guarantee is getting the best rates for your members.
High quality vendor relationships are important in making your association standout for your members.
Understanding the differences between service providers is critical when determining who to select as your
partner. The BASYS Partner program is designed specifically to meet the needs of your members and offers
multiple different payment services, including credit and debit, ACH and Gift Cards. We encourage you to
broaden the criteria for selecting a partner beyond revenue. We have provided a few suggestions below to
review:
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Review how many of your members are utilizing the program. Some service providers may only reach out to your members at the beginning of the partnership and then never contact them again. In our opinion, there is no reason every member of your association
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Consider not just the association's agreement with the provider, but also pay close attention to the terms and conditions of the merchant agreement to your members. You could negotiate that your members are able to terminate an agreement only to find that
your clients are trapped in a three-year term with expensive early termination fees. -
Research the provider's marketing message—is it a one size fits all, "rates as low as", approach that will reflect poorly on the Association?
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Request the provider's pricing model—do they promote an introductory rate loaded with fees? Do they charge your clients mid & non-qualified fees, batch closing fees, annual fees, etc? Do they sell terminal "Leases" costing your clients thousands of dollars for
equipment they could have purchased for a few hundred dollars? A little extra research up front can prevent frustrated members down the road. - Is the provider a sales or service organization—meaning do they outsource all enrollment, deployment and service functions?
- Do they offer a full array of solutions to meet the needs of your member base?
BASYS features the best value package of price, terms, service, solutions and incentives available in the
payment industry. We are a full-service provider and partner, with our account relationship team all under
one roof—from sales, to deployment and implementation, to ongoing support. In addition, BASYS provides
a personal point of contact for service versus the standard mass call center approach found throughout the
industry.
Our passion is providing high quality, payment processing solutions that exceed our clients' expectations.
We are continuously working on improving our programs, technology and service offerings in order to
provide the best value available anywhere in the payment industry.
