ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Columbus Data Services - Services: Stored Value/Prepaid Debit Cards Services</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" /> <link href="_services_prepaidcard.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <div id="_svc_prepaidcard"> <table id="Table_01" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="_head_top_lft"></td> <td class="_head_top_mid" colspan="3"></td> <td class="_head_top_rht"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="_head_mid_lef"></td> <td width="907" class="_head_logo" onclick="window.location='http://www.columbusdata.net'"></td> <td width="11" align="right" valign="bottom" class="_head_slogan"></td> <td width="62" class="_head_login"> <div><a href="https://www.columbusdata.net/cdswebtool/login/login.aspx" target="_self">Login</a></div></td> <td class="_head_mid_rht"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="_head_bot_lft"></td> <td class="_head_bot_mid" colspan="3"></td> <td class="_head_bot_rht"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="_breadCrumbs" colspan="5"><a href="#"><a href="index.html">Home</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="_aboutUs_PAGE.html">About CDS</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="_aboutCDS_history.html">History</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="_body_top_lft"></td> <td class="_body_top_mid" colspan="3"></td> <td class="_body_top_rht"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="_body_mid_lft"></td> <td colspan="3"> <table class="_body"> <tr> <td class="_menu" align="left"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="index.html">Home</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="_svc_SERVICES_PAGE.html">Services</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="_aboutUs_Page.html">About CDS</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="_contactUs.html">Contact Us</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td rowspan="2" class="_bodyText"> <br /><br /> <h1>History</h1> CDS was founded in New Orleans, Louisiana in December of 1999. The company began by servicing several small banks and ISOs in the south Louisiana area. As business grew, CDS needed a more robust processing platform and installed the S1 Postilion software as it core processing switch in 2001. That same year CDS added a direct connection to Star network to complement its direct connection to Pulse.<br /><br /> In 2003, CDS introduced its WebTools services, a robust web based ATM management information system. A direct connection to MasterCard was also installed.<br /><br /> In 2004, a direct connection to NYCE was added and CDS moved its back-up site from Jackson, Mississippi to Dallas, Texas.<br /><br /> In 2005, a direct connection to Fiserv was added for Accel, Exchange, AFFN and CU24 access. On August 28th, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans causing one of the nation s largest natural disasters and totally destroying much of the city and surrounding areas. The dedicated staff at CDS, with help from several of its strategic partners, made one of the most remarkable disaster recoveries in electronic payments history as all operations were transitioned to its back-up site in Dallas. During the aftermath of Katrina, CDS permanently relocated its offices to Dallas and shut down operations in New Orleans.<br /><br /> In 2007, CDS reached 25,000 terminals on its platform and entered the stored value card market. With rapid expansion in both its core ATM business and its expanding services offering, the Company moved to larger offices.<br /><br /> In 2010, CDS reached 50,000 terminals on its platform, entered the POS merchant credit card processing market, and moved its back- up site to Kansas City, Missouri. <br /><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><img src="images/CORP_FINAL_BODY_IMG_HISTORY.jpg" width="504" height="338" alt="About Columbus Data Services" /></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td class="_body_mid_rht"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="_footer_bot_lft"></td> <td class="_footer_bot_mid" colspan="3"></td> <td class="_footer_bot_rht"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="_footer_Spacer" colspan="5"></td> </tr> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td align="left"> <table width="970px" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td align="left"> </td> <td>Copyright 2011, Columbus Data Services - 5220 Spring Valley Rd, Suite 300 - Dallas, TX 75254 - 214.242.0650</td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>