The Strawhecker Group’s (TSG) recently released their 2016 Directory of U.S. Merchant Acquirers, which contains rankings and profiles of U.S. merchant acquirers, as well as information on processor relationships, merchant vertical specializations, mobile wallet support, eCommerce/gateway offerings, corporate structures, sponsor banks, partnerships and more.

Aliant is proud to be listed in this directory among other top payment processing companies.

A few interesting takeaways from the report:

-240 acquirers and independent sales organizations processed more than $5 trillion in payment volume

-Coming in at the top of the list was JPMorgan Chase & Co.?s Chase Commerce Solutions, which posted $1 trillion in U.S. volume last year, followed by First Data Corp.?s direct acquiring business with $770 billion.

The full directory can be purchased here. The 2016 Directory of U.S. Merchant Acquirers is an excellent tool for competitive awareness, M&A activity, potential partnerships and general reference purposes.