1st Choice and Heartland pcAmerica have come together to offer one of the industry’s first EMV-ready, secure point-of-sale solutions, which is a game changer for restaurants, retail and bars as they prepare for counterfeit cards and stolen data transactions shifts. The 1st Choice Secure out-of-scope technology we pioneered materially reduces the opportunity for criminals to steal and monetize card data. Restaurant operators with a pcAmerica EMV-ready, 1stChoice Merchant Solutions Secure-certified POS solution, who are processing with us, are also fully protected by our comprehensive breach warranty. PAX's secure line of EMV products running the BroadPOS platform come equipped with multiple features to include Point-To-Point Encryption and Tokenization using TransArmor, online/offline PIN-based and Signature-based EMV credit, debit, gift and EBT transaction types. With PAX's unique semi-integrated solutions, Point-Of-Sale software developers can easily start processing EMV transactions by sending as simple as just the dollar amount and an invoice number to the EMV terminal, the EMV terminal processes the transactions directly with First Data Rapid Connect and returns only the non-sensitive data such as approval code and token back to the Point-Of-Sale software. The combination of the PAX EMV products through First Data Rapid Connect payments processing platform provides the industry with the cost effective, complete and secure payment system it needs and demands.