Freedom-Focused Fintech Firm Relocates To South Florida From Las Vegas
An online payment processing company that bills itself as a Christian merchant services firm is moving its headquarters from Sin City to South Florida.
Revere Payments has signed a lease to move its corporate headquarters to Palm Beach Gardens in November. The fintech company already occupies a coworking space in the city and said the headquarters move was in part due to the political atmosphere of the state.
“Revere Payments protects our clients’ freedom to do business while providing them with best in class payment solutions and white glove service,” founder and CEO Wendy Kinney said in a press release. “It makes perfect sense that we would make our home in the beautiful, thriving Palm Beaches area.”
The firm moved into a temporary space in the Venture X coworking location at 2000 PGA Blvd. less than a month ago and plans to move into a 3,800 SF suite at 100 Avenue of Champions before November.
The 41K SF building previously served as PGA of America’s longtime headquarters before the company relocated to Frisco, Texas, earlier this year. It sold the building to Boca Raton-based Blue Water Advisors for more than $12M.
Revere Payments, a subsidiary of the Las Vegas-based payments processing company Metrics Global, partnered with the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County on the move, which Revere Payments said will create 100 new jobs in the area over the next three years.
Kinney was attracted to Palm Beach Gardens because of the “big patriotic movement going on in Florida,” Amber Mantel, the marketing manager for Revere Payments, told the South Florida Business Journal. She added that the company would keep its Las Vegas office but would relocate its official headquarters in part because of Florida’s “pro-America” atmosphere.
While Mantel didn’t elaborate on the specifics of Florida’s rising patriotism, state lawmakers have drawn national attention for a wide range of policy shifts this year.
Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, the state has banned discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools and created rules requiring that students learn about how slaves benefited from their involuntary servitude. DeSantis also signed laws this year banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy and allowing anyone to carry a concealed firearm without a permit.
Revere Payment’s website says the firm was established in 2021 after Kinney “was deeply troubled when she saw the attacks on US-based companies” that were losing access to payment services “unexpectedly due to their conservative or religious beliefs.”
Its clients include the Conservative Political Action Committee; the nonprofit Moms for America, which aims to keep "radical Marxist agendas" out of school curricula; and social media startup CloutHub.
Ahead of its relocation, the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County helped Revere Payments establish connections with the local branch of CareerSource Florida, a workforce policy and investment board, as well as local colleges and universities.
The firm is now hiring for positions in Florida including director of operations, executive assistants and client success department leads.
“The City of Palm Beach Gardens is happy to welcome the corporate headquarters of Revere Payments as the newest addition to this area’s business hub," Chelsea Reed, the mayor of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, said in a statement. "The company will provide new jobs for local residents and will continue to create a positive impact as it grows.”
