FinTech Awards 2026

Best Payment Processing Solutions 2026 – USA Opening its doors in 2006, SecureStream Pay Solutions has always sought to empower businesses of all sizes with secure, efficient, and tailored payment solutions. Spearheaded by the duo of Angela Cherry and Eugene Oliver, the company has evolved over the last two decades, growing into one of the top providers of payment processing solutions anywhere in the world. Whether its clients are looking for innovative credit card processing or simply to talk with passionate professionals, SecureStream can help. We caught up with Angela following the company’s recognition with this title. A trusted partner in payment processing, SecureStream Pay Solutions is a fintech company based in Franklin, Texas, and renowned for its tailored, transparent, and reliable payment processing services. SecureStream’s clients span a range of industries, from convenience stores and petroleum groups to restaurants and professional services, and all of them are afforded seamless payment processing solutions that help simplify transactions and support the growth of their business. These services cover everything a business could ever need from a payment processing partner, be it merchant accounts and payment gateways to point-of-sale systems, data transparency tools, or white-glove customer support. As this scope suggests, what makes SecureStream unique is that it goes a step beyond processing payments to deliver clarity, education, and trust, all in a space that often feels confusing and transactional. SecureStream’s role in shaping the world of fintech is clear, and something reflected in its full suite of secure payment solutions, from card-present/card-not-present processing to mobile integrations and advanced reporting tools, all of which have been designed to give clients the real-time insight they need into their businesses. Since this is a space that is always changing, the company strives to stay one step ahead of it, tracking recent shifts such as AI-driven fraud prevention and the evolution of contactless and digital wallet payments. Angela told us: “We align with best-in-class partners while also evaluating emerging technologies to ensure our clients have access to tools that are both leading-edge and reliable.” These partners serve as a powerful combination of industry-leading providers, with Fiserv, CardConnect, and North American Bancard (NAB) being just some of the industry giants that SecureStream has teamed up with to deliver what is a comprehensive suite of payment processing solutions. Whilst these trusted partners play a pivotal role in the secure, efficient payment solutions SecureStream delivers, which are unmatched in reliability and innovation, underpinning it all is the professional expertise of the team here. It is thanks to Angela, Eugene, and the rest of the team that SecureStream stands as the strategic partner it does today, and not just another payment processing service. Whether for a small business owner or a large enterprise, this team have the expertise to deliver tailored solutions that suit every individual need. This unrivalled level of customisation across its services is just one of the reasons why SecureStream is favoured by so many businesses across the US, and other factors in the decision to partner with this awardwinning solutions provider including it offering the best pricing (complete with no contract), the highest security standards across transactions, streamlining payment processing, and underpinning everything with stellar customer service and dedicated, in-house support. Clients can wave goodbye to those frustrating 800-number support lines with SecureStream by their side, as its commitment to great service extends to assigning a dedicated relationship manager to each client, someone who is there to provide assistance whenever help is needed or a question is worth asking. Having a real person on the other end of the phone, someone who understands their business and wants to see it succeed, sees a level of care delivered that feels increasingly rare in a world where automation is replacing human connection. Commenting on this difference, Angela explained: “For us, client service begins with listening. We take the time to understand each client’s specific needs and tailor solutions accordingly. Transparency, responsiveness, and education are the pillars of our service approach.” By ensuring that SecureStream remains accessible to clients, transparent in key areas like fees and compliance, and a long-term partner rather than a one-time provider, Angela and her team have built a sustainable future in what is a crowded market. The best part of all this is that the future of its clients’ businesses become sustainable as well, thanks in no small part to SecureStream helping them to really save money, all whilst providing the concierge-level service the business and its customers deserve. Again, this comes back to SecureStream’s status as a proud agent of Fiserv, which is one of the world’s largest processors and delivers a blend of reliable processing and a multitude of service partners under its umbrella, including aforementioned provider CardConnect. What CardConnect does is develop advanced payment solutions backed by PCI-validated point-to-point encryption and payment tokenisation. It then provides SecureStream’s clients with a statement they will understand, and lays the foundation for the trust that is so hard to come by in this industry. Given this space has long pushed salespeople from all over the US to cold call at random with the promise of saving money on credit card processing, even when they have never seen a statement, this kind of approach is very refreshing. SecureStream is immensely proud of the fact that its unique mix of a special agreement with the leader in credit card processing and streamlined overhead and profit sharing has resulted in rates being offered that were lower than every statement it has ever evaluated. The 98.7% retention rate it boasts certainly stems from this, not to mention the added bonus of Southern hospitality that comes from its specialist concierge team, who are based out of Tupelo, Mississippi. And of all this with no contracts. Simply because it does not need them. Shaking off the negative connotations of this market by being one of the few providers to offer a product that is truly needed, approximately 90% of SecureStream’s clients come from referrals. This is indicative of the stellar feedback it receives from its clients, seen through a number of testimonials on its website. As one client, Prince Oil Company, detailed: “SecureStream Pay Solutions is truly an extension of our company team!” Another, from McAlister’s Deli, added: “Trusting SecureStream to handle our merchant account processing was one of the best vendor decisions I’ve made in 25 years in the restaurant industry.” Finally, a spokesperson from Carthage Junction commented: “The processing has been great, fast, and dependable. We would recommend the processor to anyone looking for great service.”

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