CardWorks provides lending and merchant acquiring services through Merrick Bank. Carson Smithfield, LLC provides post-charge-off debt recovery services. Servicing more than 6 million accounts, CardWorks Servicing, LLC is the premier independent servicer of nationally-branded Visa®/Mastercard® cards, secured cards, and unsecured installment loans. CardWorks provides servicing operations and portfolio management to bank and non-bank consumer and small business lenders through CardWorks Servicing, LLC and Carson Smithfield, LLC. Parthenon was advised on the transaction by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and CardWorks was advised by Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.įounded in 1987, CardWorks is a diversified consumer finance and payments company, operating three principal lines of business: Servicing, Lending, and Merchant Acquiring. The terms of the transaction are confidential. I am humbled by the opportunity to join the Board of this iconic financial technology franchise that excels in consumer lending, payments and servicing and contribute to its continued success on behalf of its employees, clients and customers for many years to come.” “We value our partnership with Don, Dan Pillemer, and the entire CardWorks team. “Having known Don Berman and the unique franchise he has nurtured at CardWorks for nearly 30 years, I am thrilled to expand our investment in the company,” said Golson. “I am confident that Brian’s perspectives and experience will be valuable as we work together to grow our business as a people-centric, compliance-focused organization enabled by data and technology.” “Furthermore, I am excited to welcome Brian Golson to CardWorks’ Board,” Berman added. I am pleased that Parthenon’s confidence in CardWorks has merited an additional investment.”
In connection with the transaction, Parthenon’s co-CEO and managing partner, Brian Golson, will join CardWorks’ Board of Directors.ĭon Berman, CardWorks founder, executive chairman and majority shareholder, commented, “Everyone at CardWorks has benefited from having Parthenon Capital involved in our company as shareholders and partners over the last four years. AUSTIN, Texas-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Parthenon Capital is pleased to announce that it has made an additional investment in CardWorks, Inc., the parent company of CardWorks Servicing, Merrick Bank and Carson Smithfield.
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