The Nevada Restaurant Association (NvRA) has selected Heartland Payment Systems® (NYSE: HPY), one of the nation's largest payments processors, as its exclusively endorsed provider of card processing, gift marketing and check management services. This integrated offering is part of Full Course Business SolutionsSM, a comprehensive suite of tools and resources founded on the industry's first-ever unified payments processing platform.

?As an association, we recognize that payments processing, if not properly managed, can eat away at an operator's productivity and profitability,? said Katherine Jacobi, president and chief executive officer at the NvRA. ?With Heartland, our members will benefit from industry-leading payment technologies and competitive pricing that can help them save time and money, as well as face-to-face support to ensure their business operations are running smoothly.?

Bob Carr, Heartland's chairman and chief executive officer, added, ?When we launched Full Course Business Solutions earlier this year in conjunction with our exclusive endorsement by the National Restaurant Association, the Council of State Restaurant Associations and 40+ state restaurant associations, our primary goal was ? and continues to be ? to empower restaurateurs to revolutionize their operations and maximize their profitability. By providing a full menu of payments solutions, local restaurant experts and technical assistance 24/7/365 ? all from one source ? we're helping operators do just that.?

?We're pleased to welcome the NvRA as the 43rd state restaurant association in our alliance, and we look forward to serving its member restaurants,? concluded Dennis Carpenter, director of association alliances at Heartland.

About Heartland Payment Systems

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (NYSE: HPY), the fifth largest payments processor in the United States, delivers credit/debit/prepaid card processing, gift marketing and loyalty programs, payroll, check management and related business solutions to more than 250,000 business locations nationwide. A FORTUNE 1000 company, Heartland is the founding supporter of The Merchant Bill of Rights, a public advocacy initiative that educates merchants about fair credit and debit card processing practices. The company is also a leader in the development of end-to-end encryption technology designed to protect cardholder data, rendering it useless to cybercriminals. For more information, please visit HeartlandPaymentSystems.com, MerchantBillOfRights.org, CostOfABurger.com and E3secure.com.

About The Nevada Restaurant Association

Founded in 1982, the Nevada Restaurant Association is the leading business association serving the needs of food service operators in Nevada. As an affiliate of the National Restaurant Association and together with the Nevada Restaurant Association Educational Foundation the Association's mission is to represent, educate and promote a rapidly growing industry that is comprised of some 5,000 restaurant and foodservice outlets employing over a hundred thousand people in this state.

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