Card Briefs: Mail Boxes Etc. Taps Paymentech as Processor

Mail Boxes Etc. has endorsed Paymentech Inc. as the preferred credit card processor for its 3,400 franchises.

Paymentech, until recently First USA Paymentech, said its marketing program aimed at the franchises resulted in 1,400 signings as of Nov. 1. Mail Box Etc. franchisees are relying on the Banc One Corp. affiliate, the No. 3 merchant processor, for credit and debit card processing, check verification, and related services.

Mail Boxes Etc., based in San Diego, has an annual domestic credit card sales volume of $93 million.

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