About Premier

Get to know the Premier Merchants Group team.
Kurt Karjalainen
Owner and President
Seth Blank
Senior V.P. of Sales
Trevor Charbonneau
Chief Operating Officer
Paul Turco
Pacific-Northwest Territory Manager
Amy Kuchera
Account Executive

About Premier Merchants Group

Premier Merchants Group is one of the nation’s leading merchant services provider specializing in ATMs and credit card processing. In 2011 Payment Alliance International (PAI), the largest non-bank ATM operator in the United States, named Premier as PAI’s second-fastest growing company in the nation. Since 2012, Premier has increased it’s ATM transactions by over 800%.

Premier is able to achieve this by providing the best customer service in the industry. Calls aren’t forwarded to a toll-free number with outsourced support. Customers have direct access to highly knowledgeable technicians who help answer questions and solve problems quickly. At Premier Merchants Group, we provide customers with services, tools and industry-leading support so that you can run your business and gain additional revenue streams. Our goal is simple, empower prosperity.

Giving Back

Numbers are meaningful, but community is in our hearts

Premier Merchants Group’s “meat and potatoes” is processing payments. In 2016 alone, we processed 4,340,045 transactions totaling a volume of $184,713,860.

However, we also enjoy giving back. Over the last 12 months, Premier employees have proudly volunteered over 1,000 hours coaching high school wrestlers, and company president Kurt Karjalainen volunteers his time coaching youth soccer and wrestling.

Premier is proud to give back to communities. It’s also proud of its employees in their ability to not only find time to volunteer, but do it without compromising one of our best features — customer service!

RIGHT: Premier’s Trevor Charbonneau jumps into the air while coaching at the 2017 Nebraska State Wrestling Tournament.

Premier History

A History of Industry Leading Expertise and Customer Support

Premier Merchants Group is a privately owned and operated company. Beginning in 1996, our company started its foundation with prepaid phone cards.

In 2011, our company grew 34 percent and was named Payment Alliance International’s (PAI) second largest growing company. PAI is the largest non-bank ATM operator in the United States with more than 80,000 ATMs across the country.

Premier Merchants Group has over 2,400 ATMs in 29 states and continues to look for new opportunities in the electronic marketplace. As a growing company, we’ve added customers, staff, and more products and services. Premier specializes in ATMs and credit card processing. It also has point-of-sale systems options for merchants.

Premier Merchants Group has had a long-standing experience in the ATM and prepaid business and has focused on placing and processing ATMs.

First and foremost, you can depend on Premier Merchants Group to provide top-quality service. We know working directly with the customer dictates our growth, and because of this, we strive to help you in any way possible.

If you have any questions concerning the information covered on our website, please contact us. We look forward to speaking with you. Your business and friendship are appreciated at Premier Merchants Group.