Deluxe Corporation
American financial services company
Deluxe Corporation is an American financial services company that provides payment processing, data services, checks and promotional products, and merchant services. It operates in four divisions: B2B payments, data, print, and merchant services. As of 2025, the company serves millions of small businesses and thousands of financial institutions, processing more than $2.8 trillion in payments annually. According to its May 6, 2026 earnings call, 51% of the company's revenue is generated by its payments and data divisions.
Founded in 1915 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Deluxe relocated its headquarters to downtown Minneapolis in 2021. The company operates facilities in the United States and Canada for production, fulfillment, and administrative functions.
History
1915–1959
Deluxe Corporation was founded in 1915 as Deluxe Check Printers by William Roy (W.R.) Hotchkiss after obtaining a $300 personal loan. Hotchkiss patented several printing innovations, including the Hotchkiss Imprinting Press (1925) and the Hotchkiss Lithograph Press (1928), as well as the first personal flat-pocket checkbook and holder. For much of its early history, Deluxe operations focused exclusively on check printing, with business services added later.
1960–1989
In 1965, Deluxe became a publicly traded company and adopted magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) technology for check printing.
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