News

Heartland sells SmartLink secure payment gateway to EchoSat

With the acquisition, EchoSat says it will provide payments security, managed firewall and network solutions to more than 21,000 merchant locations across North America.

January 7, 2016

EchoSat Inc., a provider of network solutions, has acquired the Heartland Payment Systems SmartLink division — including the SmartLink secure payment gateway and managed network services. EchoSat also has entered into a channel partner agreement under which Heartland will promote the EchoSat SPG, PaySafe SPG, SmartLink Platinum and managed network services solutions, a press release said.

EchoSat operates a high-speed, redundant SPG network that allows businesses of all types to transmit vital payments data securely on any broadband connection accessed via DSL, cable, wireless or satellite. With SmartLink acquisition, EchoSat will provide payments security, managed firewall and network solutions to more than 21,000 merchant locations across North America, the release said.

The company also offers PaySafe SPG, a managed firewall solution that provides network segmentation, security and redundancy for payments data while protecting IP-based point-of-sale systems from external and internal breach. Critical payments traffic is isolated to EchoSat’s SPG network and backed up with high-speed cellular connections.

"We are excited about acquiring the SmartLink division of Heartland and the increased scale this transaction adds to EchoSat," company chairman Tom Wimsett said in the release. "However, we are most excited about our new partnership with Heartland and their proven ability to successfully sell and help expand our managed firewall and network solutions."