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Power your growth with a future-ready payment processing platform
CSG Forte Payments

Power your growth with a future-ready payment processing platform

Modernize your revenue stack with an enterprise-grade payment solution that supports the entire customer lifecycle.

Allow your customers to pay how and where they want

Continue to evolve as your customer’s buying behaviors do by providing payment options—including online, in-person, by phone, text or contactless—that fit their lifestyles and grow your business (or revenues).

Capabilities

Make payments your competitive advantage

Manage the entire payment lifecycle in one place

Forget toggling between screens. Dex is a unified, cloud-based platform where you can view transactions, manage disputes, and analyze funding in real-time. It’s your single source of truth for every dollar moving through your business.

Accept payments through any channel

Give your customers the ability to pay seamlessly across channels—online, in-person and by phone, using ACH, credit and debit cards and digital wallets.

Protect and grow revenue

Validate bank accounts and check for fraud risks instantly, reducing returns and administrative headaches before the transaction even clears.

Benefits

Payment solutions designed for your business

Deploy at speed

Our best-in-class APIs allow integrated software vendors (ISVs) and developers to integrate payments in days, not months.

Scale on demand

Our SaaS model means our payments solutions grow with your business.

Bank-grade security

We bake in PCI compliance, tokenization, and end-to-end encryption (P2PE) so you don’t have to lose sleep over data breaches.

Payment verification

Reduce manual errors at the point of capture and reduce bad checks prior to processing with the Validate Program.

Manage the entire payment lifecycle in one place

Give your customers the ability to pay seamlessly across channels—online, in-person, and by phone, using ACH, credit and debit cards, and digital wallets.

Accept payments through any channel

Trusted to deliver real results

$195B+
in annual payments
175K
worldwide merchants
25+
years of experience
260M
transactions processed annually
Industries

Purpose built for you

See why businesses rely on CSG Forte Payments to power their full potential.

Telecommunications

Deliver the seamless payment experiences your customers expect

Process billing and payment interactions with fast, secure payments that cut churn, reduce risk and save costs.

Awards

Recognized for excellence

Fintech Breakthrough Awards: Payment Enablement Platform of the Year, 2026

Fintech Breakthrough Awards: Payment Enablement Platform of the Year, 2026

CSG Forte's Payment Enablement Platform of the Year award validates our leadership in delivering faster, more reliable payment solutions.

Forrester Included in for The Merchant Payment Providers Landscape, Q4 2025, 2025

Forrester Included in for The Merchant Payment Providers Landscape, Q4 2025, 2025

CSG Forte's inclusion in Forrester's Merchant Payment Providers Landscape confirms our competitive position in the payments industry.

QKS Spark Matrix: Merchant Payment Provider, Q4, 2025

QKS Spark Matrix: Merchant Payment Provider, Q4, 2025

CSG Forte named Strong Contender for Merchant Payment Provider

2024 PayTech Award

2024 PayTech Award

Top Innovation in Payments

 Juniper Future Digital Awards: Omnichannel Payments Platform

Juniper Future Digital Awards: Omnichannel Payments Platform

CSG Forte awarded Omnichannel Payments Platform at the 2024 Juniper Future Digital Awards

Juniper Future Digital Awards: Recurring Payment Platform of the Year

Juniper Future Digital Awards: Recurring Payment Platform of the Year

CSG Forte awarded Recurring Payment Innovation at the 2024 Juniper Future Digital Awards

Customer Stories

Where market leaders go to grow

When industry leaders need to move billions of dollars without error, they rely on our infrastructure.

CSG > Global > Customer Stories > Spotlight Cards > Nathan Miller

"CSG Forte Payments is the best partner in payments we’ve ever had.”

Nathan MillerPresident & Founder - Rentec Direct
Nathan Miller President & Founder - Rentec Direct
CSG / FOR > Global > Spotlight Card > Customer Story > Gina Hughes (Lucas County)

“Their customer service is awesome … Just dynamite when it comes to making sure we are taken care of.”

Gina HughesCash Management Supervisor - Lucas County
Gina Hughes Cash Management Supervisor - Lucas County
CSG > Products > Forte > Customer Stories > Spotlight Cards > Ido Meros

“There aren’t many companies that utilize the same vendor for more than eight years. There is a reason this has occurred with us in CSG Forte Payments’ case.”

Ido MerosSenior Vice President - Check21
CSG > Products > Forte > Customer Stories > Spotlight Cards > Kathy Hohenstreiter

“The integration with CSG Forte Payments’ tools created a seamless solution. Integrating with CSG Forte Payments quantifiably saves time and creates a better customer experience.”

Kathy HohenstreiterCounty Treasurer - Jackson County
CSG > Products > Forte > Customer Stories > Spotlight Cards > Thomas Carcone

“From a flow standpoint, from the client side, it just feels easy and like how it’s supposed to be.”

Thomas CarconeCo‑founder/Co‑owner - Gordon James Realty
CSG > Products > Forte > Customer Stories > Spotlight Cards > Scott Lewis

“One thing you don’t want to do as a merchant is worry about your processor; with NCMS and CSG Forte Payments, you don’t have to.”

Scott LewisPresident & CEO, National Cash Management Systems (NCMS)
CSG > Products > Forte > Customer Stories > Spotlight Cards > Rosie Alfaro

“I absolutely love CSG Forte Payments. It is just the greatest thing ever.”

Rosie AlfaroDimmit County Court Clerk, Intech Apex Court Solutions
CSG > Products > Forte > Customer Stories > Spotlight Cards > James Blanton

CSG Forte Payments’ ability to handle service fees and online bill pay made a significant difference. This was a huge win for us and our customers using WasteWORKS.”

James BlantonChief Financial Officer, WasteWORKS by Carolina Software
James Blanton Chief Financial Officer, WasteWORKS by Carolina Software