First Direct Financial competitors

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First Direct Financial vs competitors

Company	Founding date	Zippia score	Headquarters	# of Locations	Revenue	Employees
First Direct Financial	2015	3.8	Phoenix, AZ	1	$10.0M	3,000
Usio	1998	4.0	San Antonio, TX	1	$13.4M	89
CrossCheck	1983	4.6	Petaluma, CA	1	$22.6M	100
Electronic Merchant Systems	1988	4.1	Cleveland, OH	1	$12.0M	200
Merchant Solutions International	2007	3.9	Lansing, MI	1	$510,000	5
US Merchant Systems	1992	3.8	Fremont, CA	1	$8.5M	150
Card Payment Solutions	-	4.1	Santa Barbara, CA	1	$690,000	6
AppStar Financial	2002	4.4	San Diego, CA	1	$16.0M	167
Vericore	-	4.1	Cincinnati, OH	1	$7.5M	7
Merchant Pro Express	2009	3.7	Melville, NY	1	$410,000	74
Capital Bankcard	-	3.5	Boston, MA	1	$8.5M	150
The Salt Group	1988	3.8	Kerrville, TX	1	$1.4M	50
Direct Connect	1994	4.5	Chantilly, VA	1	$22.0M	350
Ethos Group	2001	4.1	Irving, TX	1	$11.0M	200
Southwestern Family of Companies	1855	3.9	Nashville, TN	1	$34.9M	200

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First Direct Financial salaries vs competitors

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Company	Average salary	Hourly salary	Salary score
First Direct Financial	$57,199	$27.50	-

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Company	Highest salary	Hourly salary
First Direct Financial	$70,224	$33.76
Vericore	$79,978	$38.45
Card Payment Solutions	$78,632	$37.80
US Merchant Systems	$78,371	$37.68
Direct Connect	$71,112	$34.19
CrossCheck	$70,751	$34.01
Merchant Solutions International	$70,564	$33.93
Southwestern Family of Companies	$70,532	$33.91
Merchant Pro Express	$70,405	$33.85
Electronic Merchant Systems	$70,266	$33.78
Ethos Group	$70,253	$33.78
The Salt Group	$70,197	$33.75
Capital Bankcard	$70,145	$33.72
AppStar Financial	$70,122	$33.71
Usio	$69,855	$33.58

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First Direct Financial and similar companies CEOs

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Louis A. Hoch

Usio

Louis Hoch has more than 25 years of management experience 20 of which at a senior executive level of public companies. Mr. Hoch is an expert in payment processing and service bureau operations. In additions to his duties as the CEO of FiCentive, Mr. Hoch remains responsible for all operations and strategy for Payment Data Systems, Inc. in his role as Vice-Chairman, President and COO and co-founder. Mr. Hoch previously co-founded Billserv, Inc., the industry leader in Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment, where he was the company’s President and COO. Billserv reached a peak market cap of over 500 million while on NASDAQ national market exchange. Billserv is now owned by American Express. Mr. Hoch has held various key management positions with U.S. Long Distance (NASDAQ:USLD), Billing Concepts (NASDAQ:BILL) and Andersen Consulting (NYSE:ACN). Mr. Hoch holds a BBA in computer information systems and a MBA in international business management, both from Our Lady of the Lake University. Mr. Hoch is currently a director on the advisory board for Our Lady of the Lake University Business School. He is also a past executive lecturer in the school’s weekend MBA program. He is a past board member of San Antonio Children’s Museum. Mr. Hoch holds inventor status on U.S. Patent 7,021,530 “System and method for managing and processing stored-value cards and bill payment therefrom”. He has other published patent pending applications which are all related to the payment processing industry.

Dan Neistadt

Electronic Merchant Systems

Ivan Cevallos

Ethos Group

J. Siembieda

CrossCheck

J. Siembieda is a President and Chief Executive Officer at CrossCheck Inc and is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Mark S. Leibowitz

AppStar Financial

Mark Leibowitz is the current Founder and Chairman of Mulligan Funding. He previously worked at Lumos POS as a Founder. Mark Leibowitz attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).