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International Card Establishment Inc.
555 Airport Space Way
Suite A
Camarillo, CA 93010
United States - Map
Phone: 866-423-2491
Fax: 866-423-2492
Web Site: http://www.cardnetone.com

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Index Membership: N/A
Sector: Technology
Industry: Business Software & Services
Full Time Employees: 23


BUSINESS SUMMARY   
International Card Establishment, Inc. engages in the provision of credit and debit card-based payment processing services, as well as gift and loyalty products to small merchants and independent sales organizations in the United States. The company's payment processing services enable the merchants to process traditional card-present or swipe transactions, and card-not-present transactions. It primarily establishes merchant accounts for businesses that enable those businesses to accept credit cards, debit cards, and other forms of electronic payments from their customers; supplies the necessary card readers and other point-of-sale transaction systems; facilitates processing for the accounts; and provides e-commerce solutions. International Card Establishment, Inc. also markets a proprietary Smart Card-based system that enables merchants to offer store-branded gift and loyalty cards. It offers its products through an outside agent sales force. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is based in Camarillo, California.

ICRD.OB - Breakout.......

There doesn't seem be much resistance now.  Make sure you keep ICRD on your watch list, looks like the momentum is just starting.


I.C.E. is a provider of diversified products and services to the electronic transaction processing industry. I.C.E. establishes merchant accounts for businesses that enable them to accept credit cards, debit cards and other forms of electronic payments

If ICRD breaks the 52 week high there's no telling where it could go, it's very close now so make sure it's on your watch list!


Every time you go to the grocery store or to your neighborhood Walmart, you will often notice people at the register swiping their credit card or debit card through a machine.

ICRD realizes that paying with cash is not something most people do today.

Especially with the given economy, a lot of people are using their credit cards to live.

ICRD is in the business of making sure people are allowed to use their cards at the store.

The stores you shop at, have to get those credit card machines from somewhere.

This is where ICRD comes in!

ICRD establishes merchant accounts for businesses that enable them to accept credit cards, debit cards and other forms of electronic payments.

With over 75 years of combined experience providing merchant services, ICRD's highly competitive bank card services are powered by First Data Corporation, the world's leader in merchant processing.

It has been said that the in this world there are over a billion credit card transactions annually!

I think there is clearly a market for ICRD out there!

Business need companies like ICRD unless they want to go bankrupt. They can't expect customers to always pay with cash. It's not realistic.

According to the Center for Media Research, 51% of the US population has at least two credit cards.

There are also 1 billion Visa cards in the world, and more than 45 million of them are in the U.S.!

People are swiping their cards, that is apparent.

The electronic transaction processing industry is a trillion dollar industry and ICRD could become a huge player!

ICRD is also aware of how popular gift cards are and markets a proprietary Gift and Loyalty system that enables merchants to offer custom store-branded gift and loyalty cards and marketing and promotional tools.

With annual growth in the 8% to 12% range, gift cards have had a dramatic effect on retailing over the last 5 years. Many merchants today are experiencing a 12%-18% return on unredeemed gift cards, a new and unexpected revenue channel!

ICRD is partners with NEOS Merchant Solutions.

Neos Merchant Solutions offers innovative marketing solutions for merchants across many industries, including retail, restaurants, hotels, entertainment, and special events.

ICRD recently announced that consumers using I.C.E., Neos and LIFT Network Gift and Loyalty programs have racked up over 28 million transactions totaling over $800 million!

ICRD CEO William Lopshire said, "We have now processed over $800 million in Gift and Loyalty transactions. The initiatives that we are launching are expected to accelerate the growth of the Gift and Loyalty segment of our business as well as merchant promotion solutions, which have become a focal point for the growth of our company. More importantly, our proprietary Gift and Loyalty programs are helping our customer, the merchant, increase their sales in these trying economic times.''

ICRD provides customers and agents the highest quality merchant services, innovative products, and unsurpassed customer service at competitive prices.

For more information on ICRD visit their website at: http://www.cardnetone.com

I've been watching ICRD for some time now and based on it's movement I believe its got a very tiny float.  This means ICRD could possibly make huge moves!

Remember when Paypal was bought by Ebay a few years ago for $1.5 Billion.  Paypal processes transactions online.  ICRD does it with physical retailers.

The real value behind these companies is the tiny transaction fee.  Doesn't matter if you pay your credit card or not they get paid each time you use your card for the processing!!!

Now what sets ICRD apart from other merchant account providers is their venture into the gift and loyalty card arena.  This has been the bulk of their revenues last year.

Over $800 Million in transactions has gone through their program!  ICRD has over 3.5 Mill cards in circulations and did over 25 million transactions.

As you can see ICRD is doing major business and their business model now is a lot better than it was a year ago.

With the stock price being so low and improved business model, I believe ICRD looks very attractive at these levels.  Maybe one day they could be bought out like Paypal too.

View this video of the ICRD loyalty card program that is helping businesses improve their revenues: http://www.youonyourwebsite.com/LIFT/LIFT.html

If you read through ICRD latest press release you will see that they cut down their operating cost by 61% so they are running like a well oiled machine, this will translate to improved revenues for the company.

ICRD's new Virtual Terminal (VT) platform allows any merchant with a computer and an internet connection to offer custom store branded Gift and Loyalty cards that utilize traditional magnetic stripe cards to his customers at a small fraction of the cost of existing Gift and Loyalty programs.

This revolutionary platform enables an inexpensive magnetic stripe card to yield all of the information previously available only with smart card programs.

This alternative eliminates the need for the merchant to have a smart card compatible credit card terminal or allows the merchant to run our Gift and Loyalty application in tandem with his credit card or POS hardware.

It's this simplicity that has allowed ICRD to process over $800 Million in transactions!!!

I believe ICRD is a hidden gem and if it breaks the 52wk high of $.105 it could go much higher.  Always do your own research and put ICRD on your watch list.