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Heartland Payment Systems Loses Valuable CoworkerJEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. --(Business Wire)-- April 23, 2005 -- It is with our deepest regret that we learned early Friday, April 22, 2005 of the death of Christian Melcher, an associate in our Customer Service Contact Center in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Christian had been employed at Heartland since October, 2004. In an effort to assist Christian's co-workers in dealing with her death, our Employee Assistance Program personnel, in conjunction with Cigna health care professionals, have made grief counseling available to our staff. Heartland employs approximately 340 people at our Jeffersonville office. We do not know the details surrounding her death and would refer any questions related to the case to the local law enforcement officials. We offer our heartfelt condolences to Christian's family and loved ones. About Heartland Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. delivers credit/debit card processing and payroll solutions to merchants throughout the United States. HPS also provides additional services to its merchants such as gift and loyalty card programs, paper check authorization, and sells and rents point-of-sale devices and supplies. In 2002, and again in 2003, the company was selected by Inc. Magazine as one of the Top 500 fastest growing private companies in America, based on its last five years of financial performance. Heartland is now the eighth largest provider of merchant acquiring services in the United States with a portfolio of $22.5 billion in annual card processing volume. |
