Merchant Link, a provider of enterprise payment and security solutions, announced it has formed a new partnership with MSI Solutions, one of the hospitality industry's leading providers of integrated technology services.

The relationship will allow MSI Solutions to offer Merchant Link's credit card gateway and security products and services as add-on interfaces to MSI Solutions' property management systems, including WinPM, NovaPlus and EnterprisePM.

"MSI Solutions has one of the strongest brands and reputations in the lodging industry, which explain their 3,000 property management systems installations with many of the sector's best-known hotels, resorts and other facilities," said Merchant Link CTO Dan Lane.  "With MSI's solutions, and Merchant Link's hospitality-related point-of-sale technology and support, we believe we'll be able to offer hospitality clients an unprecedented level of payments reporting, verification, security and services."

"At MSI Solutions, we have a desire to work with companies that share our client-centric vision," said MSI Solutions president, Tim Tiller, MSW.  "With its gateway and TransactionVault™ products, Merchant Link certainly fits into that category, offering the very best technology and unparalleled customer service."

Tiller added that his company's desire to enter into the partnership agreement with Merchant Link was driven by MSI's desire to continue providing prospective clients and existing clients options when it comes to technology solutions.  Further, MSI has a desire to provide the latest in credit card security and PCI-compliant solutions.

"Our lodging clients across the nation and around the world are increasingly concerned, for their guests and for themselves, about the ever-present threat of intrusions into their payment systems, and the theft of sensitive, personal credit card information," said Tiller.  "Under our partnership agreement, MSI Solutions will now make Merchant Link's TransactionVault™ technology available to our clients - giving them the peace of mind that they are not storing credit card information, and helping them achieve and/or maintain PCI compliance."

Merchant Link and MSI Solutions are currently completing development of their combined offerings, which they expect to make available to existing and prospective hospitality clients by mid-year.