Why CSG Forte

With over 20 years of expertise and an industry-leading platform, we know what it takes to do payments right.

Your Partner in Payments

At CSG Forte, we help our customers grow their businesses quickly and scale payments smarter with a unified payments platform. Our solutions seamlessly adapt to meet your changing needs, while reducing complexity and cutting costs. With our experience, world-class technology and vast ecosystem of partners, we have the capacity to grow alongside your business.

CSG Forte processes payment transactions worth a total of $84 billion for over 81,000 merchants, which ranks us in the top 20 according to The Strawhecker Group’s 2022 Directory of U.S. Merchant Acquirers. Our award-winning payments solution allows companies to process omnichannel payments and offer agnostic payment acceptance, shifting payments from a line-item expense to a profit center. Thousands of government, telecom, insurance and other industry merchants trust CSG Forte as their payments solution provider of choice, including Charter Communications, DISH, Gexa Energy, Kinston North Carolina and SedonaOffice.

End-to-end payments solution

We equip you with everything you need to accept and manage payments from any customer, anywhere, anytime.

Fast, easy integration

Our solutions are designed to help businesses seamlessly set up, integrate and scale payments quickly. Choose from intuitive self-service to 24/7 support.

Revenue optimization

Expand your payment processing capabilities with add-on solutions like account verification, check collection, account updates and more.

Build for Your Business

If you’re looking for a trusted payments partner, you can count on us. With over 20 years of experience, we’re dedicated to helping you succeed and grow your business.

Flexible

Access robust payment capabilities out-of-the-box and integrate with your existing solutions using our robust suite of APIs.

Holistic

Mange your payment operations from a single, cloud-based platform. Streamline time-consuming payment tasks and get a real-time view of transactions.

Service Model

With our payments-platform-as-a-service model, provision the capabilities you need in real time. Pay for what you use and nothing you don’t.

Secure and Reliable

With fraud on the rise, it’s more important than ever to ensure your payments are processed securely. We simplify security through built-in PCI compliance, tokenization and encryption. We minimize risk by assuming compliance burdens associated with regulations, mitigating costs through breach insurance and remediation. With high availability and uptime of 99.999%, you can start accepting payments quickly.

Build your ideal payments solution

Get up-and-running quickly with standard payment processing for card, ACH digital wallets and more. Build out your payment capabilities with add-ons and integrations to maximize ROI.

End-to-End Platform

Don’t let multiple payment processors slow you down. We streamline payment processing into a single, unified platform so you can manage payment operations in one place.

Expert Guidance

Need help keeping up with the latest industry trends? We’ve got you covered. Our account managers will share the latest industry news, opportunities and in-depth portfolio analysis.

Support you can count on

Whether you need help with technical issues, sales, marketing, documentation or training, our dedicated support team is ready and willing.

Clear pricing

CSG Forte charges a flat fee of 2.9% per transaction. Plus, we offer different pricing models to account for profit sharing between merchants, partners and sponsors.

Awards

We’re Fintech experts – don’t just take our word for it.

Best E-Commerce Gateway/Platform

2021 Card Not Present Customers’ Choice Award

Best Point of Sale Company Globally

FinTech Breakthrough Awards

Best of Breed API Set Runner Up

The Strawhecker Group 2021 API Awards

Preferred Partner for Account Validation

Nacha

Tied for Second in API Integration Review

The Strawhecker Group Gateway Enterprise Metrics (GEM)

1st Place in Payment Gateway Performance, January-June 2021

The Strawhecker Group Gateway Enterprise Metrics (GEM)

Partner integrations

We work with partners across industries to streamline payments management and increase revenue.

Get in Touch

Want to learn more about what CSG Forte can do for your business? Contact us today.