Clover Network
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| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | POS |
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, CA , |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Leonard Speiser, John Beatty |
| Employees | 45 |
| URL | clover.com |
| Launched | April 2012 |
Clover is a cloud-based point of sale POS platform that was launched in April 2012. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, CA. Clover was acquired on December 28, 2012 by First Data Corporation.[1] Bank of America Merchant Services was the first to announce it would sell Clover to its merchant base in October 2013.[2][3] PNC Merchant Services was the second to announce it would sell Clover to its merchant base.[4]
Clover launched its first hardware solution, the Clover Station, in 2013 and began shipping it in January 2014.[5] Clover opened its App Marketplace to third party developers in 2014. Gyft announced the launch of its Gift Cloud Service on Clover in April 2014.[6]
First Data announced the sale of 17,000 Clover Stations six months after the release of the product.[7] This put Clover ahead of Square Stand in terms of total units shipped.
On September 9th Clover announced its work with Apple to support Apple Pay via its POS Platfrom.[8]
References
- ^ http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/09/first-data-quietly-buys-payments-startup-clover-launches-point-of-sale-platform-for-merchants/
- ^ http://merch.bankofamerica.com/cloverdetailspage
- ^ https://www.firstdata.com/en_us/about-first-data/media/press-releases/10_09_13.html
- ^ https://www.pnc.com/webapp/unsec/Blank.do?siteArea=/pnccorp/PNC/Home/Small+Business/Merchant+Services/Accept+Payments/Merchant+Services+Clover
- ^ http://gigaom.com/2013/10/09/after-a-quiet-year-clover-emerges-with-a-sexy-cash-register-a-new-owner/
- ^ http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1837151
- ^ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-16/kkr-banks-on-bisignano-forging-apple-deal-at-first-data.html
- ^ http://clover-developers.blogspot.com/2014/09/apple-pay.html