Best for
Aliant Payment Inc. is best for standard-risk and high-risk merchants both in the U.S. and internationally in many industries that would also like to process cryptocurrency payments.
Specializes in
Aliant Payment Inc. (Aliant) is a reseller of TSYS merchant account services to many industries and partners with BitPay to help merchants process bitcoin transactions. The company has its own proprietary solution called "Cryptobucks" to offer merchants cryptocurrency payment processing. Aliant caters to both standard-risk and high-risk merchants of various industries.
Pricing Summary
Setup Fee: $0
Monthly Fee: Undisclosed
Swipe Rate: 1.00% - 4.99%
Keyed-in Rate: 1.00% - 4.99%
Early Termination Fee : None
Contract Terms:
Aliant is an ISO/MSP of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., of Concord, California.
Aliant was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The current CEO of Aliant is Eric Brown.
Aliant was founded in 2007 and is based out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Eric Brown is the company's current CEO. The company offers payment processing services to both standard-risk and high-risk merchants. Being a reseller of TSYS's merchant account solutions, Aliant allows merchants to accept all major credit cards, debit cards, E-Checks, ACH transfers, Alipay, Apple Pay, Google Pay, WeChat, and cryptocurrencies.
The company caters its offerings to merchants in many different industries with no early termination fees. Aliant is accredited with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) since 2013 and has an A+ rating. The company has zero complaints on the BBB website, nor any complaints on numerous other online forums.
In July 2020, Aliant launched CryptoBucks, an iOS and Android-based app to let businesses accept payments from cryptocurrencies. The CryptoBucks app is available free of charge for the first 90 days without any monthly fees, long-term contracts, or termination fees.
Head Quarters
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Year Founded
2003
CEO
Eric Brown
Employees
50
Merchant Provider Risk Tolerance
Payment Processing: Aliant allows merchants to accept all major credit cards, debit cards, E-Checks, ACH transfers, Alipay, Apple Pay, Google Pay, WeChat cryptocurrencies.
Point of Sale: Aliant has partnered with Pax to offer traditional and mobile POS terminals and card readers
Tertiary Services:
CryptoBucks: iOS and Android-based app to let businesses accept payments cryptocurrencies. The CryptoBucks app is available free of charge for the first 90 days without any monthly fees, long-term contracts, or termination fees.
Aliant Gateway: the company offers a seamless solution to set up merchants with a payment gateway and a virtual terminal.
Aliant Payments: According to its website, Aliant provides business funding to merchants and prides itself on serving over 700 industry types. The company offers loans for different fund needs, including short-term loans, equipment financing, invoice financing, commercial real estate, lines of credit, and SBA loans.
Discloses All Important Terms
No
Public Pricing Available
No
Below are the details we found about Aliant's pricing structure
Swiped rate: 1.00% - 4.99%
Card not present rate: 1.00% - 4.99%
Merchant Processing via Cryptobucks – 2.99% + $0.25/transaction
Annual PCI Compliance Fee: $18.80/quarter
Early Termination Fee: $0
Payment Gateway fee: unavailable
PCI Compliance Fee: unavailable
Alliant tailors its services to retail, hospitality, and e-commerce and services businesses, so businesses will most likely incur charges for solutions such as batch processing, payment gateway, virtual terminal, and technical support. The company does not readily make these fees available for review, so merchants are advised to be diligent in inquiring about these fees if they are considering Aliant.
Pricing Model
Tiered Pricing
Swiped Rate
1.00% - 4.99%
Keyed-in Rate
1.00% - 4.99%
Mobile Payment Rate
Virtual Terminal Rate
1.00% - 4.99%
Monthly Fee
Undisclosed
Payment Gateway Fee
Undisclosed
Batch Fee
Undisclosed
Early Termination Fee
None
PCI Compliance Fee
$18.80 Per Quarter
Equipment Lease Terms
Free for qualifying merchants or purchased
Address Verification Service (AVS)
Application Fee
Account Setup Fee
$0
Gateway Setup Fee
Annual Fee
Monthly Minimum
Undisclosed
Statement Fee
Aliant hasn't been very clear regarding contract terms as there is very little information available from the company. Since the company is a reseller of TSYS, we ascertain their fees according to what TSYS generally offers, multi-year contracts with auto-renewal clauses, and early termination fees. However, Aliant representatives have confirmed that the company does not charge any early termination fees.
Aliant has partnered with Pax to offer traditional and mobile POS terminals and card readers. However, it is unclear if the company leases POS equipment.
Contract Length
3 Years
Early Termination Fee
None
Aliant has a profile with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and is accredited since 2013. The company has an A+ rating. There are zero complaints filed against the company with the BBB.
Our research found no outstanding lawsuits filed against Aliant, nor have we seen any FTC complaints against the company.
BBB
A+ and has been Accredited since 2013. (10 Reviews; 0 Complaints)
N/A
5 Stars. Based on the opinion of 27 people
Yelp
N/A
Total Online Reviews
100+
Total Online Complaints
20+
Lawsuits
None
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