Pivotal Payments Partners with Pinnacle Cart to Provide Payment Gateway Services to Internet Merchants

Online, August 4, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Pivotal Payments, a leading payment processor, and Pinnacle Cart, a full-featured shopping cart and website builder application, recently announced a business partnership that will provide Pinnacle Cart customers with the option of using Pivotal Payments as their credit card processor. Pinnacle Cart customers will receive preferred pricing and a special launch offer on their credit card processing services.

"More payment processing options for Pinnacle's merchants is a good thing and we believe we have just the right pricing to make them happy," said David Nault, Director of Business Development at Pivotal Payments. "This partnership will not only add value to both our clients, but also help us to strengthen our long-term position in the online market."

In order to offer the best value, Pinnacle Cart sought to give their customers more choice in who they can use as a payment processor. Pivotal Payments has agreed to give special partner pricing to Pinnacle customers. In addition, for the next 2 months, customers who sign up with Pivotal for their online payment processing will also receive 3 months of free gateway services as a welcome gift.

"Our goal has always been to work with best-of-breed service providers, and adding Pivotal Payments to Pinnacle Cart's offering shows our dedication to this commitment," said Craig Fox, VP of Marketing for Pinnacle Cart. "I'm sure our customer base will welcome this addition to our ecommerce application."

About Pivotal Payments
Pivotal Payments is a leading provider of merchant services such as credit and debit card processing, electronic check conversion, merchant cash-advance programs, loyalty/gift card programs, and terminal management solutions. The company provides these services to small and mid-sized retail businesses, mail order/telephone order merchants, e-commerce, chain stores, franchises, restaurants and dealerships. With offices across North America and seven acquisitions since 2007, Pivotal Payments has grown to over 300 employees and over 1000 agents. It has customers in the USA and Canada and processes over $8 billion in annual volume. Goldman Sachs is the company's primary financial partner.

Pivotal Payments is a privately held company.

Company and product information are available at www.pivotalpayments.com.

About Pinnacle Cart
Desert Dog Marketing, LLC is an Arizona-based company. Its flagship product, Pinnacle Cart is consistently rated at the top of the category for ecommerce software. Designed for small to midsized businesses, this all-in-one, search-engine friendly solution was developed from a marketing perspective to increase both traffic and sales.
More information can be found at www.pinnaclecart.com.