A modern, unified payment system- plus a program that can turn the processing fees you’re already paying into non-recoupable capital for marketing, equipment, or growth.
Payments Should Fuel Growth- Not Just Move Money
Most businesses run payments through disconnected processors, gateways, and providers with no unified view of what’s happening. That means limited insight into transactions or customer behavior, processing fees that quietly climb every year, and zero connection between payment data and actual revenue strategy. Payments end up treated as a cost to minimize instead of a lever to pull.
Design note: Four-item icon row (Fragmented & Costly / Limited Visibility / Rising Costs / Missed Opportunities)- quick-scan format, sets up the next section as the resolution. Keep each item to a five-word label plus one short line.
What a Unified Payment System Looks Like
One Connected System, Not Five Disconnected Vendors
Picture a retail shop that takes payments in-store, online, and through recurring invoices- today, run through three different providers with three different logins, three different fee schedules, and no shared data. Brought under one payment ecosystem instead, the same shop gets a single view of every transaction, whether it happened at the counter, on the website, or through a recurring charge- and that data starts showing which channel actually drives repeat business, not just which one processed the most cards.
Through our partnership, you get access to a full payment stack built around four areas:
Payments Should Fuel Growth- Not Just Move Money
Most businesses run payments through disconnected processors, gateways, and providers with no unified view of what’s happening. That means limited insight into transactions or customer behavior, processing fees that quietly climb every year, and zero connection between payment data and actual revenue strategy. Payments end up treated as a cost to minimize instead of a lever to pull.
By the Numbers
Backed By a Serious Payments Network
Turn Processing Fees Into Growth Capital
A Program Most Processors Don’t Offer
Every business already pays processing fees- most get nothing back for it. Through our partner’s marketing sponsorship program, qualifying businesses can secure non-recoupable cash sponsorships, locked in through a multi-year agreement, to help offset the cost of marketing, equipment, build-outs, or general growth- funded by the same processing relationship you’d have anyway.
How it works
Industries
We Support
Built for How Your Business
Actually Takes Payments
Retail & Hospitality
Restaurants & Food Service
E-Commerce
Professional Services
Marine & Recreation
Sports, Entertainment & Marketplaces
What Changes for Your Business
| Typical Processing Setup | Through Our Partner | |
|---|---|---|
| Systems | Separate processor, gateway, and POS vendors | One connected payment ecosystem |
| Visibility | Minimal transaction or customer insight | Centralized data and analytics |
| Costs | Fees that quietly rise over time | Cash discount/surcharge programs to offset costs |
| Extra revenue | None | Marketing sponsorship program |
| Support | Call center, generic tickets | Dedicated account manager |
One Relationship, Full Payment Infrastructure
We already handle your business insurance- we understand your operations, your risk, and your growth plans. Rather than have you evaluate payment processors on your own, we’ve partnered with a payments company with 25+ years of experience and a 40+ bank network, so you get vetted infrastructure instead of a cold sales call. You stay with one point of contact at Bertram throughout.
Frequently Asked Questions
We (or our partner, directly) review your recent processing and banking statements to identify current costs, potential savings, and sponsorship eligibility- no cost or obligation to switch.
Yes, when properly disclosed and implemented according to card network rules, which vary by state. Your dedicated account team structures this correctly for your location.
It’s the highest tier of payment card industry security certification, covering how card data is tokenized and protected- it reduces your business’s security exposure and compliance burden.
Terms vary by business and are covered during your payment analysis- we’ll make sure you understand what you’re agreeing to before anything is signed.
Not necessarily- integration is designed to work with existing software, websites, and POS systems where possible. This gets confirmed during your payment analysis.
It’s a non-recoupable cash sponsorship funded through your processing relationship- not a loan, and not something you pay back. The amount is determined by reviewing your actual processing and ACH statements, and it’s locked in through a multi-year agreement once you’re set up.
Instead of a single processor, you get access to a network of 40+ banking and processing partners, which helps secure more competitive rates, plus a connected system across in-person, online, and mobile payments instead of separate disconnected tools.