Vantiv's Element Payment Services Named
Business Solutions Magazine Best Channel Vendor for 2014

Element Receives Best Channel Vendor Award for Fifth Consecutive Year

CHANDLER, Ariz., - Jan. 24, 2014 - Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE: VNTV) announced today that its subsidiary Element Payment Services, Inc., a recognized leader in PCI compliant payment processing solutions, was awarded the Business Solutions magazine Best Channel Vendor Award for 2014. This marks the fifth consecutive year that Element has received the honor of Best Channel Vendor based on the input of Value-Added Resellers (VARs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) across the industry. Element was nominated in the payment processing category and was rated on various functions such as service, support, features, innovation and reliability.

"We're honored to have received this recognition from Business Solutions magazine and are incredibly appreciative to those who provided their input and feedback," says Sean Kramer, president at Element Payment Services. "We remain committed to providing industry-leading innovative solutions that ease the burden of PCI compliance for software providers and their customers."

Business Solutions magazine partnered with Penn State University to conduct the survey and analyze the results. The survey of almost 2,500 of the most active VAR and ISV subscribers drew nearly 4,700 votes, continuing the tradition of this being one of the largest surveys of its kind. The top five vendors chosen from the survey were honored with the Best Channel Vendor Award, making for an exclusive list of winners of which Element is proud to be included.

Element Payment Services will be recognized for its 2014 Best Channel Vendor Award in the January 2014 issue of Business Solutions magazine, as well as on the Business Solutions Best Channel Vendors Feature page, year-round.

CONTACTS:
Andrew Ciafardini
Director of Corporate Communications
Vantiv
513.900.5308
andrew.ciafardini@vantiv.com

Brock Robertson
Chief Marketing Officer
Element Payment Services, Inc.
866.435.3636 ext. 1794
brobertson@elementps.com

About Element Payment Services
Acquired in 2013 by Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE: VNTV), Element Payment Services, Inc., is an industry leading software company that develops PCI DSS compliant technology designed to secure the processing, transmitting, and storing of payment card related data. Element's technology is deployed through partnerships with Point of Interaction (POI) hardware vendors and business management software providers. Engineered using service-oriented architecture, Element's Express Processing Platform allows for easy integration and supports advanced technologies including tokenization and point-to-point encryption. More information about Element Payment Services can be found at elementps.com.

About Vantiv, Inc.
Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE: VNTV) is a leading, integrated payment processor differentiated by a single, proprietary technology platform. Vantiv offers a comprehensive suite of traditional and innovative payment processing and technology solutions to merchants and financial institutions of all sizes in the U.S., enabling them to address their payment processing needs through a single provider. We build strong relationships with our customers, helping them become more efficient, more secure and more successful. Vantiv is the third largest merchant acquirer and the largest PIN debit acquirer based on number of transactions in the U.S. The company's growth strategy includes expanding further into high growth payment segments, such as ecommerce, payment facilitation (PayFacTM), mobile, prepaid and information solutions, and attractive industry verticals such as business-to-business, ecommerce, healthcare, gaming, government and education.  For more information, visit www.vantiv.com.

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