Atlanta (February 9, 2026) – Elavon, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank and one of the world's largest payment processors is proud to be recognized with several performance honors in the 2026 Real Transaction Metrics Awards presented by (TSG), a globally recognized analytics, intelligence, and solutionsfocused firm serving the payments ecosystem. These awards highlight payment gateways that consistently deliver excellence across the performance areas that matter most to merchants and their customers.
Elavon’s Fusebox gateway received two first place awards for Best Performing Gateway and Best Transaction Speed while earning runner up honors for Highest Authorization Rate and Best Gateway Uptime.
Using its Global Experience Monitoring (GEM) platform, TSG evaluates gateway performance based on real transaction activity, capturing payments, uptime, and latency signals from more than 35 locations across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. More than 20 global payment providers were evaluated to determine this year’s award recipients.
“Elavon is committed to empowering businesses by providing secure, innovative, and flexible payment solutions that simplify operations and foster growth, and this honor by TSG is testament to our mission to improving the customer experience”, said Jamie Walker, Elavon CEO. “As leaders in global payments, Elavon is scaling its next omni-channel gateway - Elavon Payment Gateway (EPG) - for all its customers across retail, hospitality, restaurants, and small businesses globally.”
Details about TSG’s 2026 Real Transaction Metrics Awards and the list of winners are available here.
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About U.S. Bancorp
U.S. Bancorp, with approximately 70,000 employees and $692 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025, is the parent company of U.S. Bank National Association. Headquartered in Minneapolis, the company serves millions of customers locally, nationally and globally through a diversified mix of businesses including consumer banking, business banking, commercial banking, institutional banking, payments and wealth management. U.S. Bancorp has been recognized for its approach to digital innovation, community partnerships and customer service, including being named one of Fortune’s most admired superregional banks. Learn more at usbank.com/about.
About Elavon
Elavon is wholly owned by U.S. Bank (NYSE: USB), the fifth-largest bank in the United States, and provides end-to-end payment processing solutions and services to more than 2 million customers in the United States, Europe, and Canada. As the leading provider for airlines and a top five provider in hospitality, healthcare, retail, and public sector/education, Elavon’s innovative payment solutions are designed to solve pain points for businesses from small to the largest global enterprises.
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