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1st Global Financial Provides San Diego Sports Fishing Merchants with Credit Services and Unique Way to Support Favorite Charity.


Charitable Give-Back Program Proving to be a Successful Component of Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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) is providing San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay.  sports fishing merchants with the credit processing services they need and in doing so, also providing an easy way for these merchants to support their favorite charity. Through 1st Global's Charitable Give-Back Program, a portion of all their credit card transaction fees collected by the various merchants will be donated to Friends of Rollo - U.A., a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes.  focused on providing disabled and at-risk children with the opportunity to experience the joy of outdoor fishing.

1st Global's Give-Back Program was an attractive offering to Pacific Merchant Services Merchant services is the name given in the United States to a broad category of financial services intended for use by businesses. In its most specific use, it usually refers to the service that enables a business to accept a transaction payment by use of the customer's credit or , a company representing a number of San Diego-based sports fishing merchants including; Fisherman's Landing, Fisherman's Landing Tackle Shop, Point Loma Sportsfishing Association, Seaforth Sportfishing sport·fish·ing  
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, Dana Landing Market and Fuel. As a customer of 1st Global's subsidiary, 1st Federal Financial, Pacific Merchant Services was able to offer its group of clientele the opportunity to designate a specific charity to receive automatic ongoing contributions on their behalf.

"The sports fishing industry has given us so much, and we wanted to give something back," said Captain Mark Gillette and Captain Chris Switzer of Pacific Merchant Services. We've always respected the great work being done by Friends of Rollo and thought 1st Global's Charitable Give-Back Program was the perfect vehicle for us to support the communities and the activities we love. Our merchants love the program and their daily customers like knowing that their credit card purchases help support this worthy cause."

Pacific Merchant Services clientele are expected to collectively process between $10 million and $12 million annually through 1st Federal Financial. A portion of the profits from this revenue will go directly to Friends of Rollo - U.A. on behalf of the merchants, earning the group corporate level sponsor status.

"This is exactly how we want our give-back program to work," said T.A. "Gil" Gillis, president of 1st Global. "Our merchants are seeing the value of working with FGBF and simultaneously giving back to the communities they serve. Friends of Rollo is an excellent organization to support and we applaud the efforts of Pacific Merchants Services and its clientele."

1st Global's unique business model includes a first-of-its-kind three-pronged cause marketing program designed to help customers give-back to their local communities and support charitable organizations of their choosing. Aside from 1st Global's Give-Back Program, the company also works closely with minority owned businesses providing financial services to a growing community that is often ignored by banks and other traditional financial institutions. The company also offers its independent sales offices (ISO (1) See ISO speed.

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) the opportunity to be granted stock options, based on the ISO's profitability.

For more information on 1st Global Financial, visit www.1stglobalfinancialcorp.com.
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