About Primax

A partner with proven experience

Committed to helping you grow and prosper.

In addition to our highly accessible senior management team, who have close to 80 years of proven experience and expertise in the card payments industry, you will not find a staff that is more capable or willing to assist you on an on-going basis. Primax will help you address every challenge, and take advantage of every opportunity your card program has to offer.

A History of Growth and Innovation

1981

T.K. Keith Company (TKKC), now doing business as Primax, was formed in 1981. Its founder, Theodore K. Keith, Sr., was originally retained as consultant by New England Bankcard Association (NEBA). NEBA was one of the original MasterCharge regional processing cooperatives formed in 1969. Mr. Keith, Sr.’s mission with Primax was to revitalize and refocus the organization. As a result of his assessment, the Board of Primax made the decision to sell its processing business but maintain the Association as an ongoing entity. Primax was formed to manage Primax concurrent to this sale.

1990

In 1990, Primax added to its portfolio additional consultative-based services; First Data system support, MasterCom imaging services, and data-mining and reporting. Concurrently, Mr. Keith, Sr. launched Harbor Card Services (HCS), an outsourcing company which provided operational and management services to credit card issuers.

1995

In 1995 HCS was merged into TKKC and moved its operations to Primax’s Wakefield headquarters. An expansion of the services offered to credit card issuers was initiated that included application processing, call center risk management and collections.

2007

In 2007 the company re-branded itself as Primax. TKKC remains the legal corporate name. In 2011 Primax sold the Merchant Services portion of the company in order to fully focus its resources on its payment card program clients. Then, in 2013 Primax acquired NEBA’s processing business.

2020

Primax acquired by PSCU on June 30, 2020.

Today

Today Primax designs and provides support services for payment card programs to businesses and financial institutions throughout the United States.

Experienced Leadership

The senior management team for Primax is a team that combines proven experience with leadership. Together, their goal is the successful growth and profitability of credit, debit, and merchant acquiring programs of its clients.

Brad Singer Executive Vice President

Brad Singer joined the company as General Manager in 2014 and is responsible for the growth and profitability of the business unit. Singer previously served as EVP/COO for PayOne. Prior to PayOne, he held executive roles in business development, client services, marketing, sales and product management in successful startups including Teleknowledge and NewsEdge. In addition, he worked in financial management positions with Fortune 100 organizations General Electric and Citibank. Singer served on the board of the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), has been a frequent speaker at industry events and holds multiple patents in mobile commerce and authentication. Brad earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Computer Science from Tufts University, and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the Wharton Business School.