# Wholesale Payments

> Wholesale Payments is a US merchant services provider combining payment processing, point-of-sale equipment and local representatives. Its acquisition of textLIVING adds SMS marketing and loyalty software to its offering.

- **Founded:** 2007
- **Headquarters:** Lubbock, United States
- **Founders:** Mark Hodges (Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer), Greg Bernstein (Co-founder and President)
- **Products:** Merchant payment processing, POS equipment and software, Restaurant processing, E-commerce processing, Petroleum processing
- **Notable:** Inc. 5000 No. 800 in 2022., Inc. Regionals Southwest No. 51 in 2023., Inc. 5000 No. 686 in 2025.

## Products & services

- **Merchant payment processing** — Credit and debit card acceptance for US businesses.
- **POS equipment and software** — Standalone terminals, integrated systems and mobile payment options.
- **Restaurant processing** — Tip editing, tab forwarding and hospitality software integration.
- **E-commerce processing** — Gateway, shopping-cart and card-not-present acceptance support.
- **Petroleum processing** — Pay-at-the-pump support and Voyager and Wright Express fleet-card acceptance.
- **Gift cards and cash advances** — Additional merchant services marketed on the company website.
- **textLIVING** — Acquired SMS marketing and loyalty platform; integration and white-label partner distribution announced.

## Achievements

- Inc. 5000 No. 800 in 2022.
- Inc. Regionals Southwest No. 51 in 2023.
- Inc. 5000 No. 686 in 2025.
- Acquired textLIVING in an announced eight-figure transaction in November 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Company counsel reported a preliminary injunction concerning use of confidential merchant information in the ClearPay litigation; interim relief, not a final judgment.
- **2025-11** — Announced the textLIVING acquisition; exact price undisclosed.
- **2025-05** — A $19.5 million multi-defendant call-recording settlement received final approval. Defendants denied wrongdoing; the figure is not attributed solely to Wholesale Payments.

## Links

- Website: https://wholesalepayments.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wholesalepayments/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/WholesalePymts
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfgE-zfr0GNxYY8ofcVjpaQ/featured
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wholesalepaymentscorporate

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