Luca Bizzotto and Alto Global Processing
THE INCEPTION:
Alto Global Processing was created in 2010 by Luca Bizzotto and a group of partners who are veteran experts in the credit card payment processing arena. Since its inception the company has grown beyond any of its partners and employees expectations.
Luca Bizzotto started his career as an e-commerce merchant in 2006. From day one when he set up his first payment method on his e-commerce websites, Luca’s goal was to move to the credit card processing side of the industry. He realized the growth potential the payment industry had to offer and his e-commerce business became secondary almost prior to even getting it off the ground.
In 2009 Luca finally made some headway and started to look for partners to create the payment processing company he had dreamed of. Noticing many flaws in the service aspect of the merchant processing industry as a merchant himself, he set out to create a company that understood the merchant’s needs, as he felt that many merchant account providers are simply looking to set up a merchant account and walk away. His goal was to create a merchant services company by the merchant, with the merchant’s needs as the focal point. Approximately 2 years later, with the company’s continued growth, and word-of-mouth referrals growing daily, Alto Global Processing’s vision is proving to be successful.
THE EXPERIENCE:
Creating a merchant services company from a merchant’s perspective has not only been beneficial to Alto Global Processing’s merchants, but it has been a great tool for the acquirers that Alto Global Processing works with. Luca Bizzotto’s experience in the e-commerce sector, as well as many of Alto Global Processing’s key employees that have been recruited from the e-commerce merchant world, have helped to identify some ‘gray area’ practices that some merchants exercise. Risk management, financial transparency, and account longevity are the keys behind Alto’s success, and being able to identify accounts that will not withstand the test of time at the early stages helps everyone in the long run. In turn, Alto Global Processing offers long term and profit centered suggestions to the merchants on ways to improve their processing business, which creates a win-win for both the acquiring banks and the merchant.
THE EXPANSION:
It is no secret that Luca still maintains ownership positions in other ventures in the e-commerce space, but Alto Global Processing is where he lives and breathes. Despite rumors, Luca’s partners in Alto Global Processing are not from other Florida based merchant processing companies. The partners include finance veterans as well as successful merchant processing entrepreneurs from the West Coast of the United States.
Alto Global Processing currently has 2 main offices in the United States as well as a technology center, and has an acquiring bank portfolio of over 20 banks both domestically and offshore. The company has been featured in industry publications and has been active in attending and sponsoring select tradeshows nationwide.
For more information on Alto Global Processing, Luca Bizzotto or the Alto Global Processing executive team, please feel free to contact 305-672-8363 |