For Immediate Release: November 8, 2021

Brookfield, Wis. – For some funeral home owners and managers, processing payroll can be time-consuming and complex. The National Funeral Directors Association has teamed up with Heartland Payroll Processing to help members manage their business and payroll more efficiently. Heartland – formerly known as TSYS – has been a valued Endorsed Provider partner for merchant processing for more than eight years, helping hundreds of NFDA members save time and money. 

“We are excited to expand our Endorsed Provider relationship with Heartland and offer this new service to members,” said NFDA Senior Vice President of Membership Anna Bernfeld, CAE. “Heartland Payroll Processing will significantly reduce the time spent on payroll so you can focus on serving families and growing your business.”

Heartland Payroll Processing is a flexible and easy-to-use payroll solution that accommodates all of a funeral home’s payroll needs, avoids errors and eliminates confusion. Whether a funeral home has one employee or 100, Heartland Payroll Processing eliminates guesswork so owners and managers can quickly and confidently submit payroll and payroll taxes on time from any internet-enabled device.

With this new partnership, NFDA members will have access to payroll specialists who understand the funeral service profession and what is needed for a successful payroll experience. Heartland is committed to helping NFDA members build greater efficiency in their operations while saving valuable time. 

Heartland’s services include:

• Clear, straightforward payroll pricing – no hidden fees or surprises
• Payroll tax management with a wide variety of reporting capabilities
• Scalable solutions – the product will grow with your business
• Integration with point of sale, 401k, general ledger and workers’ compensation
• On-demand access to payroll professionals who can provide state- and/or industry -specific labor laws, customizable documents and more 

As an exclusive benefit for NFDA members, Heartland Payroll Processing will waive their one-time set-up fee (an approximate $300 value). 

As a special introductory offer, Heartland Payroll Processing is offering NFDA members 30 days of free payroll processing (offer ends December 31, 2021). 

For more information about Heartland Payroll Processing or credit card processing, visit www.nfda.org/endorsedproviders or call NFDA at 800-228-6332. 

About Heartland

Heartland is a Global Payments company (NYSE: GPN), a leading payments technology company delivering innovative software and services to customers globally. Heartland’s technologies, services and team member expertise allow us to provide a broad range of solutions that enable our customers to operate their businesses more efficiently across a variety of channels around the world.

Heartland Payments and Payroll teams are in Oklahoma City. Global Payments Inc. is headquartered in Georgia with nearly 24,000 team members worldwide, Global Payments is a Fortune 500® company and a member of the S&P 500 with worldwide reach spanning over 100 countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. 

About NFDA

NFDA is the world's leading and largest funeral service association, serving more than 20,000 individual members who represent nearly 11,000 funeral homes in the United States and 49 countries around the world. NFDA is the trusted leader, beacon for ethics and the strongest advocate for the profession. NFDA is the association of choice because it offers funeral professionals comprehensive educational resources, tools to manage successful businesses, guidance to become pillars in their communities and the expertise to foster future generations of funeral professionals. NFDA is headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., and has an office in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.nfda.org.

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Contact: Jessica Koth, 262-814-1536, jkoth@nfda.org