Fiserv

Fiserv is a global provider of payments and fintech infrastructure, supplying data processing and technology to financial institutions, merchants and businesses. Founded in 1984 in the United States, the company operates in more than 100 countries, serving thousands of financial institutions and millions of businesses. Its stated mission is to "move commerce, culture and communities forward", and it describes itself as the invisible force behind everyday financial interactions.

The scale of the underlying systems is considerable. Fiserv supports around 6 million merchant locations globally and holds 1.6 billion issuing accounts on file. Its payments and commerce platform has the capacity to process 25,000 financial transactions per second at peak, handling high-volume transaction processing across merchant acquiring and card issuing systems. Engineering work spans payments technology, transaction processing, data processing, merchant acquiring, card issuing and mobile banking; the company launched a first-of-its-kind mobile banking solution in 2008.

The company's technical domains cover the full stack of consumer and commercial finance: mobile banking, card issuing systems, merchant acquiring and core transaction processing. Industry verticals served include banking, credit unions, payments, merchant commerce and fintech. Fiserv frames its growth around continuous innovation and strategic expansion from its American origins to a global footprint.