About Us

BWA Merchant Services was established from an arrangement between BankWest, a member of the HBOS Australia group, and First Data Corp, a global leader in electronic payments and e-commerce solutions.

BWA Merchant Services Pty Ltd ABN 51 115 245 531 is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Data Corporation and member of the First Data group.

First Data Corp. is a leading provider of electronic commerce and payment solutions for businesses worldwide. With operations in 38 countries, First Data serves over 5 million merchant locations, 1,900 card issuers and their customers. We power the global economy by making it easy, fast and secure for people and businesses around the world to buy goods and services using virtually any form of payment. The company's portfolio of services and solutions includes merchant transaction processing services; credit, debit, private-label, gift, payroll and other prepaid card offerings; fraud protection and authentication solutions; receivables management solutions; electronic check acceptance services through TeleCheck; as well as Internet commerce, loyalty and mobile payment solutions. The company's STAR Network offers PIN-secured debit acceptance at 2.1 million ATM and retail locations. For more information, visit www.firstdata.com.

BankWest has been around for more than 100 years and has assets of more than $29 billion. BankWest is part of the HBOS Australia Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, one of the UK's largest financial institutions.