Merchant Services

Let your customers pay any way that they please.

Not long ago, people walked through your doors with cash-filled wallets. These days, they're more likely to pull plastic from their pockets. With Merchant Services, your business can satisfy these customers and keep sales growing. Our cost-efficient solutions allow you to process most types of card and electronic payments, and then quickly move the proceeds into your accounts.

First Peoples has partnered with Helcim to help our business members get paid faster and grow.

Helcim helps you accept credit cards with ease by making it easier to sign up, providing smarter payment tools, and making it more affordable to get paid. No matter how you want to get paid Helcim has the in-person and online payment solutions your business needs.


When you sign up for Helcim, here are some of the tools you get access to:

  • A Virtual Terminal for easy payments over the phone
  • Unlimited Online Invoices
  • The ability to send text and email Payment Requests
  • A Hosted Online Store you can set up in minutes
  • Subscription Management or Recurring Invoices for repeat payments

Helcim offers affordable, transparent interchange-plus pricing with no contracts, cancellation fees, hidden fees, or monthly account fees!

As a First Peoples business member, you get access to better payments right away.


First Peoples Community Federal Credit Union is a full-service financial institution with branches in Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

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