iPayment, Inc. Enables Cryptocurrency Acceptance; Announces Partnership with Aliant Payment Systems, Inc.

Westlake Village, CA – May 23, 2018 – iPayment, Inc., a trusted provider of payment and processing solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced a partnership with Aliant Payment Systems, Inc., a leading provider of digital payment acceptance and cryptocurrency processing. With this new partnership, iPayment can now facilitate crypto currency acceptance for merchants and their channel partners.

“Our goal at Aliant is to be one of the first adopters and facilitators of cryptocurrency in the traditional payments space,” says Eric Brown, Founder and CEO, Aliant Payment Systems, Inc. “Partnering with an established, quality organization like iPayment helps us achieve that goal. We are looking forward to mutually moving into a new territory of block chain and cryptocurrency and providing our shared clients with an alternative form of accepting and processing secure, cost-effective payment transactions.”

Aliant Payment’s Crypto Processing Gateway gives merchants the opportunity to accept cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Litecoin, in both digital and card-present environments. Through this partnership, iPayment can now provide Aliant’s Crypto Processing Gateway to partners and merchants looking to accept these forms of digital payments.

“The payments landscape is always changing,” noted Denise Tahali, Senior Vice President, Partner Sales, iPayment, Inc. “iPayment is continually pursuing partnerships with organizations that not only anticipate these changes, but develop innovative solutions to address them – and that is exactly what Aliant has done. We’re looking forward to cultivating this partnership and introducing crypto payment acceptance to our channel partners and adding it to our overall product offering.”

About iPayment

iPayment is a trusted provider of payment processing solutions in the U.S. With over 20 years of experience and more than 137,000 SMB customers, the company is consistently recognized for its depth of payments experience, breadth of product offerings, and commitment to transparency and SMB support. From new product innovation to customer service satisfaction, iPayment is an organization focused on small business enablement and delivering relevant and impactful services and solutions that help partners and SMB customers grow their individual businesses. For more information on iPayment, please visit http://www.ipaymentinc.com.

About Aliant

Aliant Payment Systems is a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based credit card processing and independent merchant services provider that has worked with businesses of all sizes for over 15 years. Aliant enables brick-and-mortar, e-commerce and mobile vendors worldwide to accept various payment forms, and it provides a complete line of credit card machines, ATMs and payment technology. To learn more, please visit http://www.aliantpayments.com.

For iPayment press inquiries, please contact:

Patrick Turiano

Director, Marketing Communications

iPayment, Inc.

Direct: 818.540.2655

For Aliant press inquiries, please contact:

Casey Kurlander

Director of Marketing

Aliant Payment Systems, Inc.

Email: casey@aliantpayments.com

Direct: (561) 248-5149