Summary: On this episode of Transaction Trending: a conversation on the past, present and future of the payments industry with Robert Carr, founder of Heartland Payments Systems and CEO of Beyond, a new payments company. With a background in computer science and programming, Carr has been a leader in the payments technology industry for over 30 years. In 1997, Carr founded Heartland Payment Systems, which went public by 2005 and by 2016, Heartland was the sixth largest payments processor by volume in the United States. Heartland Payments Systems was acquired by Global Payments Inc. in 2016 in a multi-billion-dollar deal. A founding member of the Bankcard Services Association, today known as ETA, Carr is a longstanding leader in the payments industry. Carr is also the author of several books and the champion of many philanthropic causes, particularly in the area of education. In 2017, he founded Beyond, a new payments company that has quickly grown and found success in its first year. Carr joins ETA CEO Jason Oxman this week on Transaction Trending to discuss his perspective on the history and future of the payments industry, his new company Beyond, as well his philanthropic work.
