Talk:Deluxe Corporation#History request part I

I totally dispute "deadlyassassin"s tagging of this as spam and/or non notable-none of it is advertising for the company, and it is one of the largest check companies, so where's the notability issue? If this editor has a problem, put it up for a legitimate AfD, not this sweep-under-the-rug nonsense. Chris (クリス) (talk) 08:19, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

:All you need to do is to cite references that show why this entry is notable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam#Advertisements_masquerading_as_articles --DeadlyAssassin (talk) 08:35, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

::Citations are not needed to avoid deletion, as one can see from the deletion discussion and the more or less universal consensus to keep this article. Wikidemo (talk) 05:57, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

{{user|DeluxeCorp}} is making promotional edits to the article, removing references from reliable sources like Forbes and substituting PR materials. Reverted all edits from that source to last good version.

Some of the edits aren't bad, but we need to go through them one by one. --John Nagle (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

:User:DeluxeCorp has been blocked as a WP:SPAMNAME. – ukexpat (talk) 18:41, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

From: http://www.scriptlance.com/projects/1258595448.shtml

I have a few paragraphs that I would like to have posted to an existing Wikipedia article. My paragraphs include references, which should be added to the Wikipedia entry as well.

I will provide you my paragraphs as a Word document.

DOCUMENT FOLLOWS - see also HOSTOPIA below

Deluxe Corporation

Summary:

Deluxe Corp, one of the nation’s largest check printing companies (1), provides various personalized products and services to small businesses, financial institutions, and consumers. Some of the services available from Deluxe Corp are design services, website services, print marketing, promotional products, and fraud protection services. (2)

Deluxe Corp (NYSE: DLX) is based in Shoreview, Minnesota and has 33 facilities in the U.S. and 3 locations in Canada to conduct its printing and fulfillment, call center, and administrative functions. (3)

History:

In 1915, W.R. Hotchkiss started the Deluxe Check Printers in Saint Paul, MN. In 1952, the Deluxe Corporation Foundation was created to contribute to charitable organizations. (4) The company was privately held until 1965. (5) In 1988 the company incorporated and changed its name to Deluxe Corporation. In 1994, Deluxe Corporation acquired T/Maker, an early personal computer software company. (6) In 2004, Deluxe Corp acquired New England Business Services Inc (NEBS). In August 2008, the Company acquired Hostopia.com, Inc., a provider of Web services. As of December 31, 2008, the Company acquired the assets of PartnerUp, Inc., Logo Design Mojo, Inc., and Yoffi Digital Press. (7) In the course of more than 90 years, Deluxe Corp has expanded to become a $1.5 billion dollar company that offers various services and products to financial institutions, small businesses, and consumers. (8)

Lines of business:

Deluxe Corp and its subsidiary brands are organized into three business units: Small Business Services, Financial Services, and Direct Checks.

The Small Business Services sector offers business checks, printed forms, promotional products, marketing materials, and related services and products to small business customers. It also produces computer forms compatible with accounting software packages, as well as stationery, letterhead, envelopes, retail packaging, and a wide variety of business cards. This segment offers its services and products to small businesses and home offices through direct response marketing, financial institution referrals, independent distributors, the Internet, and sales representatives.

The Financial Services sector sells personal and business checks; check-related products and services; customer loyalty, retention, and fraud monitoring and protection services; and stored value gift cards to banks and other financial institutions. It also provides enhanced services, such as customized reporting, file management, and expedited account conversion support.

The Direct Checks sector sells personal and business checks and related products and services directly to consumers through direct response marketing and the Internet. This segment sells its products under the Checks Unlimited, Designer Checks, and Checks.com brand names. (9)

Officers & Directors:

Koldenhoven, Lynn - Vice President, Sales and Marketing Direct-to-Consumer

Peterson, Terry - Investor Relations, Chief Accounting Officer

Godich, Peter - Vice President, Fulfillment

Radewald, Laura - Vice President, Brand, Experience and Media Relations

Scarfone, Anthony - Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

McRoberts, Malcolm - Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Loosbrock, Julie - Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Morefield, Thomas - Senior Vice President, Financial Services Segment Leader Nachtsheim, Stephen - Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

McKissack, Cheryl - Director

Haggerty, Charles - Director

Redgrave, Martyn - Director

O'Dwyer, Mary - Director

Harris, Isaiah - Director

Baldwin, Ronald - Director

McGrath, Donald - Director

Metviner, Neil - Director

Greene, Richard - Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Schram, Lee - Chief Executive Officer, Director (10)

See Also:

Hostopia

References:

1.Quick Take: Deluxe Corp (DLX); Steve Alexander, January 22, 2009; www.istockanalyst.com

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/2973710

2.Profile for DLX; www.MPR.org

http://finance.mpr.org/mpr/?Page=PROFILE&Ticker=DLX

3. Deluxe Corporation Company Snapshot; www.CorporateInformation.com

http://www.corporateinformation.com/Company-Snapshot.aspx?cusip=248019101

4. “Deluxe Corporation Foundation Donates Funding to SCORE to Boost Small Business and Job Creation;” www.SCORE.org

http://www.score.org/deluxe_foundation_donation.html

5. Lewis B. Cullman (2004). Can't Take It With You. John Wiley and Sons.

6. “T/Maker acquired. (bought by Deluxe Corporation)” MacWorld; Sept. 1, 1994

7. Deluxe Corporation; www.NYTimes.com

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/business/companies/deluxe-corporation/index.html

8. Deluxe Corp. (DLX): Key Statistics; Yahoo Finance

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=DLX

9. DLX Details; www.Businessweek.com

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ric=DLX

10. Officers and Directors for Deluxe Corporation; www.Reuters.com http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyOfficers?symbol=DLX&WTmodLOC=C4-Officers-5

External Links:

Company website

http://www.deluxe.com/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.89.129.237 (talk) 03:27, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

We now have two competing sources that say Deluxe is either the largest or second largest check printer. I'm inclined to believe Reuters India, since it's more recent, and the other ref just says the merger has been approved, not that it already happened. For now I changed the wording and will try to track this down. Rees11 (talk) 17:29, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

It does look like Harland Clarke (sub of M & F Worldwide) might be bigger, but I can't find a source that says so. And it would depend on how you measure "bigness." Rees11 (talk) 17:38, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

No mention made yet of Deluxe acquiring Custom Direct in 2010. Custom Direct has 7 brands of checks that are marketed to consumers (Check Gallery, Styles Checks, Artistic Checks, Life Checks, Check Crafters, Message Checks, and Identity Check Printers).

source:

http://directmag.com/mail/news/deluxe-check-custom-direct-0413/

68.222.155.179 (talk) 21:21, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

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The Deluxe Corporation logo has changed and I would like to update it here. I can't figure out how to change it and am hoping someone can help direct me. Thank you.Deluxe Corporation (talk) 14:15, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

:Please follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Files for upload. A volunteer will upload the new logo for you if it meets the required criteria. Altamel (talk) 04:38, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

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{{Infobox company

| name = Deluxe Corporation

| logo = :Deluxe Logo 2020 - RGB.png

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{NYSE|DLX}}
S&P 600 component

| industry = Corporate services

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1915}}, in Saint Paul, Minnesota

| location = Shoreview, Minnesota, U.S.

| key_people = {{ubl|class=nowrap

| Barry McCarthy (CEO)

| Scott Bomar (CFO){{cite news |title=Deluxe Hires Scott Bomar as CFO |last=Grossman |first=Matt |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/deluxe-hires-scott-bomar-as-cfo-271622637725 |work=Dow Jones Newswires |date=June 2, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2021}}

}}

| products =

| revenue = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} US$ 1.8 billion (2020)}}

| operating_income = {{nowrap|{{increase}} US$ 44.5 million (2020)}}

| net_income = {{nowrap|{{increase}} US$ 8.8 million (2020)}}

| assets = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} US$ 1.9 billion (2020)}}

| equity = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} US$ 540.8 million (2020)}}

| num_employees = {{nowrap|6,500 (2020)}}{{cite news |title=The century-old company that invented the checkbook may be a key coronavirus economic player |work=CNBC |last=Dreyfuss |first=Joel |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/28/coronavirus-checkbook-inventor-is-potential-stimulus-check-distributor.html |date=March 28, 2020 |accessdate=November 2, 2020}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.deluxe.com/}}

| footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://deluxecorporation.gcs-web.com/node/20676/html |title=US SEC: Form 10-K Deluxe Corporation|publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|accessdate=June 23, 2021}}

}}

Hi, I am Jeremy from the public relations firm Cookerly on behalf of our client Deluxe Corporation. I’m here to seek updates to this article, which is quite dated at this point. In an effort to keep everything above board, I am proposing my changes here on the article Talk page for others to review and publish on my behalf if the content meets the appropriate content policies. For my first request, I prepared an updated infobox with Deluxe's new CFO, Scott Bomar,{{cite news |title=Deluxe Hires Scott Bomar as CFO |last=Grossman |first=Matt |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/deluxe-hires-scott-bomar-as-cfo-271622637725 |work=Dow Jones Newswires |date=June 2, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2021}} updated financials,{{cite web|url=https://deluxecorporation.gcs-web.com/node/20676/html |title=US SEC: Form 10-K Deluxe Corporation|publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|accessdate=June 23, 2021}} and number of employees from 2020.{{cite news |title=The century-old company that invented the checkbook may be a key coronavirus economic player |work=CNBC |last=Dreyfuss |first=Joel |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/28/coronavirus-checkbook-inventor-is-potential-stimulus-check-distributor.html |date=March 28, 2020 |accessdate=November 2, 2020}} Can editors update the infobox if these changes are appropriate? Please note that I disabled the logo on the Talk page. Thank you. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 17:31, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

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:{{done}} These changes have been made. JayJay^{What did I do?} 02:42, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

::{{Reply to|JayJay}} Thank you for implementing this request. I am also posting another request to update the article below if you are interested. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 19:48, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

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{{Reply to|JayJay}} and other editors: Can you also consider

the following edits to this infobox?

For "key people", add {{highlight|Cheryl Mayberry McKissack

(Chairwoman){{cite news |title=New Deluxe

CEO focuses on solidifying shift away from legacy check

business |work=Star Tribune

|url=https://www.startribune.com/new-deluxe-ceo-focuses-on-soli

difying-shift-away-from-legacy-check-business/562222782/?refres

h=true |last=Kennedy |first=Patrick |date=October 6, 2020

|accessdate=November 2, 2020}}|yellow}}

And update Barry McCarthy's title to ({{highlight|President

and|yellow}} CEO){{cite news |title=Deluxe to

Scoop Up First American for $960 Million |last=Beltran

|first=Luisa

|url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/deluxe-to-scoop-up-firstamerican-

for-960-million-51619123958 |work=Barron's

|date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=June 22, 2021}}

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Thank you. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 17:57, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

:{{done}} DatraxMada (talk) 19:37, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you DatraxMada! Thank you very much for your time. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 20:04, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

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Hi, this is Jeremy from the public relations firm Cookerly on behalf of our client Deluxe Corporation. I’m here with another request for this article. Business units is also quite dated at this point, as the information is at least 12 years old, and the entire section cites LinkedIn, which I understand is not a reliable source for Wikipedia.

I prepared an updated section that could replace Business units. I renamed the section Corporate overview and updated its business units, while also including details of the company's status, headquarters, leadership, and other pertinent information.

:Corporate overview

:Deluxe Corporation is a public company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. It is headquartered in Shoreview, Minnesota, and has announced plans to move to downtown Minneapolis in 2021.{{cite news |title=Deluxe moving its headquarters from Shoreview to downtown Minneapolis |last=Kennedy |first=Patrick |url=https://www.startribune.com/deluxe-moving-its-headquarters-to-downtown-mpls-from-shoreview/572408782/ |work=Star Tribune |date=September 14, 2020 |access-date=May 10, 2021}} Cheryl Mayberry McKissack is chairwoman. Since November 2018, Barry McCarthy has served as Deluxe's president and chief executive officer.{{cite news |title=The century-old company that invented the checkbook may be a key coronavirus economic player |work=CNBC |last=Dreyfuss |first=Joel |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/28/coronavirus-checkbook-inventor-is-potential-stimulus-check-distributor.html |date=March 28, 2020 |accessdate=November 2, 2020}}{{cite news |title=Deluxe to Scoop Up First American for $960 Million |last=Beltran |first=Luisa |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/deluxe-to-scoop-up-first-american-for-960-million-51619123958 |work=Barron's |date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=June 22, 2021}} In 2020, McCarthy created a new management team, including the company's first-ever chief revenue officer, and instituted a new organizational structure.{{cite news |title=New Deluxe CEO focuses on solidifying shift away from legacy check business |work=Star Tribune |url=https://www.startribune.com/new-deluxe-ceo-focuses-on-solidifying-shift-away-from-legacy-check-business/562222782/?refresh=true |last=Kennedy |first=Patrick |date=October 6, 2020 |accessdate=November 2, 2020}} As a result, Deluxe has four business divisions: cloud, payments, promotional products, and checks. As of 2020, Deluxe's clients include the Federal Reserve, 4.5 million small businesses and 4,000 financial institutions as customers.{{cite news |title=Deluxe Corp. center is bringing 709 jobs and $10.2M investment to Sandy Springs |last=Catts |first=Everett |url=https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/northside_sandy_springs/business/deluxe-corp-center-is-bringing-709-jobs-and-10-2m-investment-to-sandy-springs/article_14d573fc-f2e4-11ea-b632-bba7c36d8e3c.html |work=MDJOnline.com |date=September 9, 2020 |access-date=May 25, 2021}} Through its systems for customers to send and receive payments, Deluxe processes more than $2.8 trillion in annual payments. In June 2021, Scott Bomar was named CFO.{{cite news |title=Deluxe Hires Scott Bomar as CFO |last=Grossman |first=Matt |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/deluxe-hires-scott-bomar-as-cfo-271622637725 |work=Dow Jones Newswires |date=June 2, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2021}}

:Deluxe also produces a small business reality TV show called Small Business Revolution on Hulu and Amazon Prime Video, where the company helps revitalize small towns selected by viewers by offering advice to struggling businesses.{{cite news |title=Branding Out Loud |work=Twin Cities Business |url=https://tcbmag.com/branding-out-loud/ |last=Allen |first=Tess |date=October 2, 2019 |accessdate=November 2, 2020}}{{cite news |title=After being furloughed, makeup artist launches beauty brand, is on reality series |last=Williams |first=Nick |url=https://www.startribune.com/after-being-furloughed-makeup-artist-launches-beauty-brand-is-on-reality-series/600061070/ |work=Star Tribune |date=May 25, 2021 |access-date=June 22, 2021}} The show launched in 2016 to help small businesses in towns across the U.S. with marketing strategy, financial advice, and design improvements, among other things,{{cite news |title=Deluxe Corp.’s ‘Small Business Revolution’ Turns its Cameras on Black-Owned Businesses |last=Allen |first=Tess |url=https://tcbmag.com/deluxe-corp-s-small-business-revolution-turns-its-cameras-on-twin-cities-black-owned-businesses/ |work=Twin Cities Business |date=March 2, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2021}} and position Deluxe as a provider of small business solutions in light of decreases in paper check use due to debit/credit cards and online payment systems. The show's sixth season is co-hosted by Amanda Brinkman and Baron Davis, focusing on Black-owned businesses in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area.{{cite news |title=Shoreview company's 'Small Business Revolution' comes home to help Black-owned firms |last=Kennedy |first=Patrick |url=https://www.startribune.com/shoreview-company-s-small-business-revolution-comes-home-to-help-black-owned-firms/600029411/ |work=Star Tribune |date=March 2, 2021 |access-date=May 10, 2021}} Previous co-hosts include Robert Herjavec and Ty Pennington.

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Can editors update the article if these changes are appropriate? Thank you. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 19:48, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

:This looks too promotional to me, so I'm leaning towards declining this request. Quetstar (talk) 02:05, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

:File:Pictogram voting comment.svg Note: I find it unclear whether one of the major sources, the one from CNBC, is reliable. It does appear to be written by an actual journalist, but it also appears to be published under the "Technology Executive Council", which to me suggests the company may have had influence over it. Regardless, it might be fine per WP:ABOUTSELF, though of course with caution. I agree it looks a little too promotional. (pinging JeremyJuhasz) — Lauritz Thomsen (talk) 05:23, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

::File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: After further review, i find this request too promotional and therefore decline it. Quetstar (talk) 16:49, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

:::{{Reply to|Quetstar}} I appreciate your review of this request. Can you provide specific feedback about what makes it too promotional? That way I can revise my draft and come back with something that is better suited for Wikipedia. The current Business units section cites LinkedIn and it is 12 years outdated, so I'm hoping to provide more useful information that is in line with Wikipedia's rules. I appreciate your guidance. Thank you. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 20:41, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

::::@JeremyJuhasz: First, i would remove the paragraph about the TV show, as it is not notable enough. Second, I would rewrite the first paragraph so that it focuses on Deluxe's operations and activities rather than its executives. I hope that answers your questions. Quetstar (talk) 21:07, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

{{od}}

{{Reply to|Quetstar}} Thank you. I updated my draft, which you can see below, based on your feedback. You can see that I have removed the paragraph about the TV show and focused the remaining paragraph on its operations rather than its executives. Additionally, I included new citations to supplement the CNBC source.

:Corporate overview

:Deluxe Corporation is a public company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. It is headquartered in Shoreview, Minnesota,{{cite news |title=New Deluxe CEO focuses on solidifying shift away from legacy check business |work=Star Tribune |url=https://www.startribune.com/new-deluxe-ceo-focuses-on-solidifying-shift-away-from-legacy-check-business/562222782/?refresh=true |last=Kennedy |first=Patrick |date=October 6, 2020 |accessdate=November 2, 2020}} and has announced plans to move to downtown Minneapolis in 2021.{{cite news |title=Deluxe moving its headquarters from Shoreview to downtown Minneapolis |last=Kennedy |first=Patrick |url=https://www.startribune.com/deluxe-moving-its-headquarters-to-downtown-mpls-from-shoreview/572408782/ |work=Star Tribune |date=September 14, 2020 |access-date=May 10, 2021}} Deluxe has four business divisions: cloud, payments, promotional products, and checks.{{cite news |title=The century-old company that invented the checkbook may be a key coronavirus economic player |work=CNBC |last=Dreyfuss |first=Joel |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/28/coronavirus-checkbook-inventor-is-potential-stimulus-check-distributor.html |date=March 28, 2020 |accessdate=November 2, 2020}}{{cite news |title=How Deluxe transformed from paper checks to providing an SMB cloud, payments stack |last=Dignan |first=Larry |date=June 27, 2021 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-deluxe-transformed-from-paper-checks-to-providing-an-smb-cloud-payments-stack/ |work=ZDNet}} As of 2020, Deluxe's clients include the Federal Reserve, 4.5 million small businesses and 4,000 financial institutions.{{cite news |title=Deluxe Corp. center is bringing 709 jobs and $10.2M investment to Sandy Springs |last=Catts |first=Everett |url=https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/northside_sandy_springs/business/deluxe-corp-center-is-bringing-709-jobs-and-10-2m-investment-to-sandy-springs/article_14d573fc-f2e4-11ea-b632-bba7c36d8e3c.html |work=MDJOnline.com |date=September 9, 2020 |access-date=May 25, 2021}} Through its systems for customers to send and receive payments, Deluxe processes more than $2.8 trillion in annual payments.{{cite news |title=Deluxe to Scoop Up First American for $960 Million |last=Beltran |first=Luisa |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/deluxe-to-scoop-up-first-american-for-960-million-51619123958 |work=Barron's |date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2021}}

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Quetstar, do you think this request is more appropriate? Thank you. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 16:56, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

:@JeremyJuhasz: Much better than the last one. Quetstar (talk) 04:03, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

::{{reply to|Quetstar}} Thanks for reviewing. Do you have time to implement this change, or should I create a new edit request? JeremyJuhasz (talk) 15:05, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

:::File:Yes check.svg Done Quetstar (talk) 03:15, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

::::{{reply to|Quetstar}} Thank you for implementing this request. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 15:46, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

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Hi, this is Jeremy from the public relations firm Cookerly on behalf of our client Deluxe Corporation. I’m here with another request for this article. History is fairly short for a 106-year-old company. Specifically, it is missing material from the 1980s to the present about the impact of digital payment systems on Deluxe and the company's growth. Some of this is alluded to with the Company acquisitions table, but the table itself is unsourced or poorly sourced in places; I attempted to contextualize the key acquisitions by incorporating them in paragraph form.

Among my updates are:

1. Adding detail on early history (the business was founded after securing a $300 loan)
2. Contextualizing Deluxe's expansion from a check printing company to include its other business service operations
3. Correcting the year the Deluxe Corporation Foundation was founded to 1954
4. Fleshing out the gap between 1988 and 2008
5. Adding a paragraph on the impact of digital payment systems on Deluxe's business, and how Deluxe shifted its focus as a result
6. Including acquisitions in paragraph form for context and improved sourcing
7. Including a short paragraph on Deluxe's TV show Small Business Revolution
8. Including moves by current CEO Barry McCarthy to reorganize Deluxe
9. Including the grant of stock to all companies
10. Including Deluxe's FinTech and Customer Innovation Center
11. Adding Deluxe's largest acquisition (the $960 million acquisition of First American Payment Systems in April 2021)

:History

:Deluxe Corporation was founded as Deluxe Check Printers in 1915 by W.R. Hotchkiss in Saint Paul, Minnesota, after Hotchkiss secured a $300 loan.{{cite news |last1=Zaveri |first1=Paayal |title=A 105-year-old company that invented the checkbook explains how it transformed from a tangle of disparate businesses that 'no one really understood' into a sales powerhouse |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/deluxe-checkbook-modernizing-business-digital-transformation-salesforce-microsoft-2020-5 |work=Business Insider |date=May 17, 2020 |accessdate=November 18, 2020}} Hotchkiss was the creator of some important, speed-enhancing inventions, which included the Hotchkiss Imprinting Press (patented in 1925), a two-way perforator, and the Hotchkiss Lithograph Press (patented in 1928). He also created the first personal flat-pocket checkbook and holder.{{cite news|last1=Burns|first1=Jim|title=Investor's Edge: As check printing business declines, Deluxe Corp. moves into services|url=http://blog.syracuse.com/moneywise/2012/09/investors_edge_as_check_printi.html|accessdate=3 November 2016|publisher=The Post-Standard|date=3 September 2012}} For most of its early history, Deluxe operated largely as a check printing company. Its other business service operations would come later as the advent of digital payment systems impacted Deluxe's core business.{{cite book|last1=Goodrich|first1=Laura|title=Seeing Red Cars: Driving Yourself, Your Team, and Your Organization to A|date=2011|publisher=ReadHowYouWant|isbn=9781459626409|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SEAEavd7wCYC&q=%22Deluxe+Corporation%22+%2B+1915&pg=PA63|accessdate=3 November 2016}}

:In 1954, the Deluxe Corporation Foundation was created to contribute to charitable organizations.{{cite news |title=Program receives grant |work=Akron Beacon Journal |date=December 25, 2015}} The company was privately held until 1965, during which time it began using magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) check printing technology.{{cite book|last1=Cullman|first1=Lewis B.|title=Can't Take It With You: The Art of Making and Giving Money|date=2004|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9780471666783|url=https://archive.org/details/canttakeitwithyo00lewi|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/canttakeitwithyo00lewi/page/107 107]|quote=Deluxe Check Printers + 1915.|accessdate=3 November 2016}} By the 1980s, the company was facing reduced demand for its products and increasing competition.{{cite book|title=The Shape Shifters|author=John L. Mariotti|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|year=1997|isbn=0-595-48195-7}} In 1988, the company incorporated and changed its name to Deluxe Corporation.[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ric=DLX Businessweek.com] URL last accessed November 22, 2009. In the early 1990s the company expanded into customer service for businesses.

:As use of digital payment systems gained popularity, Deluxe's core business was impacted significantly. In the mid-1990s, the company announced an expansion of its transaction processing and software businesses.{{cite news |title=Deluxe Corp. CEO Expects Check Use To Begin Waning as Early as Next Year |last1=Tracey |first1=Brian |url=https://advance.lexis.com/api/permalink/20d5df08-b21e-4796-8b3e-7bde18db6599/?context=1519360 |work=The American Banker |date=February 20, 1996 |accessdate=November 23, 2020}} Deluxe began selling business forms and supplies, promotional products and offered other business services, such as payroll.{{cite news |title=CEO to retire at Shoreview, Minn., check printer Deluxe Corp. |work=Pioneer Press |date=December 14, 2004}} In 1999, Deluxe employed 15,400 people and operated 13 check-printing plants. In 2004, Deluxe employed 9,300 with eight plants. Deluxe acquired small business services provider New England Business Service in 2004.{{cite news |title=Deluxe completes $745 million takeover of NEBS |work=Boston Business Journal |date=June 25, 2004 |access-date=May 3, 2021 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2004/06/21/daily46.html}} Deluxe shifted its focus from printing products to primarily business services in 2008.{{cite news|last1=Depass|first1=Dee|title=Down but not out, Deluxe on a comeback|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-182925932.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118181944/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-182925932.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2018|accessdate=5 November 2016|publisher=Star Tribune|date=10 August 2008}} It launched an employee background-screening service called HireRight and expanded its service offerings through acquisitions. This included the 2008 purchases of Hostopia (web hosting), Logo Mojo (logo design), and PartnerUp (market intelligence),{{cite news|last1=Schifrin|first1=Matthew|title=Checkmaker Lives On|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0921/makers-breakers-deluxe-corp-checkmaker-lives-on.html |accessdate=5 November 2016|work=Forbes|date=21 September 2009}} and the 2009 acquisition of search engine marketer MerchEngines.{{cite news|last1=Tartakoff|first1=Joseph|title=Check Printer Deluxe Purchases Search Engine Marketing Firm MerchEngines|url=https://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/419-check-printer-deluxe-purchases-search-engine-marketing-firm-merchengine/|accessdate=13 November 2016|publisher=Gigaom|date=14 July 2009}}

:From 2010 onward, Deluxe expanded its offerings to include web hosting, marketing services, promotional items, payroll management tools, and other services by acquiring more than 50 companies, including online printing service PsPrint and web-based marketing firm OrangeSoda, email marketing company VerticalResponse (2014),{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Anita|title=VerticalResponse Email Marketing Company Acquired by Deluxe|url=https://smallbiztrends.com/2013/07/verticalresponse-email-marketing-company-acquired-by-deluxe.html|accessdate=21 November 2016|publisher=Small Business Trends|date=26 July 2013}} transaction processing company Wausau Financial Services (2014),{{cite news|last1=Ramstad|first1=Evan|title=Deluxe net falls on charge, buys Wausau Financial|url=http://www.startribune.com/deluxe-net-falls-on-charge-buys-wausau-financial/280191562/|accessdate=21 November 2016|publisher=Star Tribune|date=23 October 2014}} and logo designer LogoMix (2018),{{cite news |title=Deluxe Acquires LogoMix in $43M Deal |last=Ostuni |first=Amanda |url=https://tcbmag.com/deluxe-acquires-logomix-in-43m-deal/ |work=Twin Cities Business |date=May 10, 2018 |access-date=May 3, 2021}}, among others. It also began offering echecks.{{cite news |title=New services tackle small business finance challenges |last=Arar |first=Denny |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2049406/new-services-tackle-small-business-finance-challenges.html |work=PC World |date=September 26, 2013 |access-date=June 23, 2021}}

:Deluxe launched a small business reality TV show called Small Business Revolution in 2016 to help small businesses rebuild Main Streets across the U.S. with mentoring and donations of $500,000 each season.{{cite news |title=Deluxe Corp.’s ‘Small Business Revolution’ Turns its Cameras on Black-Owned Businesses |last=Allen |first=Tess |url=https://tcbmag.com/deluxe-corp-s-small-business-revolution-turns-its-cameras-on-twin-cities-black-owned-businesses/ |work=Twin Cities Business |date=March 2, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2021}}{{cite news |title=Branding Out Loud |work=Twin Cities Business |url=https://tcbmag.com/branding-out-loud/ |last=Allen |first=Tess |date=October 2, 2019 |accessdate=November 2, 2020}} The show is distributed on Hulu and Amazon Prime Video.{{cite news |title=After being furloughed, makeup artist launches beauty brand, is on reality series |last=Williams |first=Nick |url=https://www.startribune.com/after-being-furloughed-makeup-artist-launches-beauty-brand-is-on-reality-series/600061070/ |work=Star Tribune |date=May 25, 2021 |access-date=June 22, 2021}} Co-hosts have included Baron Davis, Robert Herjavec, Ty Pennington and Amanda Brinkman.{{cite news |title=Shoreview company's 'Small Business Revolution' comes home to help Black-owned firms |last=Kennedy |first=Patrick |url=https://www.startribune.com/shoreview-company-s-small-business-revolution-comes-home-to-help-black-owned-firms/600029411/ |work=Star Tribune |date=March 2, 2021 |access-date=May 10, 2021}} In 2021, the show was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle Series.{{cite news |title=Daytime Emmy Nominations For Children’s, Animation & Lifestyle Categories Revealed |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/daytime-emmy-nominations-2021-childrens-animation-lifestyle-1234782778/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 28, 2021 |access-date=August 17, 2021}}

:Due to Deluxe's growth via acquisitions, Deluxe operated as a "company of companies". In 2018 when Barry McCarthy became CEO, one of his stated main initiatives was to create a Transformation Leadership Office to remove the company's silos and enable employees to sell products more efficiently, and to clarify Deluxe's offerings with customers.

:Deluxe granted at least $750 in company stock to all of its employees in April 2019 to give all employees a stake in ownership. Also in 2019, Deluxe secured three of the largest deals in its history, including contracts with Synchrony Financial.

:In 2020, McCarthy created a new management team, including the company's first-ever chief revenue officer, and instituted a new organizational structure.{{cite news |title=New Deluxe CEO focuses on solidifying shift away from legacy check business |work=Star Tribune |url=https://www.startribune.com/new-deluxe-ceo-focuses-on-solidifying-shift-away-from-legacy-check-business/562222782/?refresh=true |last=Kennedy |first=Patrick |date=October 6, 2020 |accessdate=November 2, 2020}}

:In 2020, Deluxe partnered with Salesforce to create one database of Deluxe customers across all its businesses. The move was aimed at streamlining Deluxe's sales processes.{{cite news |title=The century-old company that invented the checkbook may be a key coronavirus economic player |work=CNBC |last=Dreyfuss |first=Joel |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/28/coronavirus-checkbook-inventor-is-potential-stimulus-check-distributor.html |date=March 28, 2020 |accessdate=November 2, 2020}} In September, Deluxe announced it would open its FinTech and Customer Innovation Center in Sandy Springs, Georgia, in 2021, focusing on payment and cloud services business.{{cite news |title=Deluxe moving hundreds of workers into existing Sandy Springs office tower |last=Murchison |first=Adrianne |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/deluxe-moving-hundreds-of-workers-into-existing-sandy-springs-office-tower/YPN2WAP755HODFKCQ45SLPNUEE/ |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=September 10, 2020 |access-date=May 10, 2021}}{{cite news |title=Deluxe Corp. center is bringing 709 jobs and $10.2M investment to Sandy Springs |last=Catts |first=Everett |url=https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/northside_sandy_springs/business/deluxe-corp-center-is-bringing-709-jobs-and-10-2m-investment-to-sandy-springs/article_14d573fc-f2e4-11ea-b632-bba7c36d8e3c.html |work=MDJOnline.com |date=September 9, 2020 |access-date=May 25, 2021}} The hub bolsters Deluxe's financial technology, payment, and cloud services.

:Deluxe acquired First American Payment Systems, a payment processing company, for $960 million in April 2021. The deal was Deluxe's largest to-date, and was aimed at growing Deluxe's digital payments business.{{cite news |title=Deluxe Signs $960 Million Acquisition Deal For First American Payments |url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2021/deluxe-signs-960-million-acquisition-deal-for-first-american-payments/ |work=PYMNTS.com |date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2021}} First American provides tools for merchants to process in-store and online payments.{{cite news |title=Deluxe Signs $960 Million Acquisition Deal For First American Payments |url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2021/deluxe-signs-960-million-acquisition-deal-for-first-american-payments/#:~:text=Deluxe%20is%20acquiring%20First%20American,payments%20in%2Dstore%20and%20online |work=PYMNTS.com |date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=May 10, 2021}} Barron's reported that First American Payment Systems generated $300 million in revenue and the acquisition was expected to double annual revenue of Deluxe's payments business.{{cite news |title=Deluxe to Scoop Up First American for $960 Million |last=Beltran |first=Luisa |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/deluxe-to-scoop-up-first-american-for-960-million-51619123958 |work=Barron's |date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2021}}

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Can editors update the article if these changes are appropriate? Thank you. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 15:46, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

:File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Too bloated. Quetstar (talk) 21:18, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

::{{Reply to|Quetstar}} Similar to my last request, can you provide specific feedback about what makes it too bloated? I would like to revise my draft and come back with a version that is more suited for Wikipedia. I appreciate your guidance. Thank you. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 14:37, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

:::@JeremyJuhasz This request needs to be more concise. In its current state, it would take forever to review. Quetstar (talk) 22:25, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

{{edit COI|P|V}}

Hi, this is Jeremy from the public relations firm Cookerly on behalf of our client Deluxe Corporation. Above editor {{u|Quetstar}} suggested I be more concise with my request to update History, so I will break my request up in smaller bits so it's not such a heavy lift for reviewers. With this request, I will focus on the first paragraphs of History. I highlighted my proposed changes yellow. The updates are:

1. Adding detail on early history (the business was founded after securing a $300 loan)
2. Rewriting the sentence: "Deluxe was originally a check printing company, but in the early 1900s expanded into customer service for businesses." That is incorrect; customer service for businesses did not start in the early 1900s, it was the early 1990s (see below)
3. Correcting the year the Deluxe Corporation Foundation was founded to 1954
4. Adding that Deluxe expanded into customer service for businesses in the early 1990s, after the company faced reduced demand for its products and increasing competition in the 1980s

Can editors update the first two paragraphs of History with the following changes if appropriate?

:Deluxe Corporation was founded as Deluxe Check Printers in 1915 by W.R. Hotchkiss in Saint Paul, Minnesota{{highlight|, after Hotchkiss secured a $300 loan.{{cite news |last1=Zaveri |first1=Paayal |title=A 105-year-old company that invented the checkbook explains how it transformed from a tangle of disparate businesses that 'no one really understood' into a sales powerhouse |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/deluxe-checkbook-modernizing-business-digital-transformation-salesforce-microsoft-2020-5 |work=Business Insider |date=May 17, 2020 |accessdate=November 18, 2020}}|yellow}} Hotchkiss was the creator of some important, speed-enhancing inventions, which included the Hotchkiss Imprinting Press (patented in 1925), a two-way perforator, and the Hotchkiss Lithograph Press (patented in 1928). He also created the first personal flat-pocket checkbook and holder.{{cite news|last1=Burns|first1=Jim|title=Investor's Edge: As check printing business declines, Deluxe Corp. moves into services|url=http://blog.syracuse.com/moneywise/2012/09/investors_edge_as_check_printi.html|accessdate=3 November 2016|publisher=The Post-Standard|date=3 September 2012}} {{highlight|For most of its early history, Deluxe operated largely as a check printing company. Its other business service operations would come later as the advent of digital payment systems impacted Deluxe's core business.{{cite book|last1=Goodrich|first1=Laura|title=Seeing Red Cars: Driving Yourself, Your Team, and Your Organization to A|date=2011|publisher=ReadHowYouWant|isbn=9781459626409|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SEAEavd7wCYC&q=%22Deluxe+Corporation%22+%2B+1915&pg=PA63|accessdate=3 November 2016}}|yellow}}

:In {{highlight|1954|yellow}}, the Deluxe Corporation Foundation was created to contribute to charitable organizations.{{cite news |title=Program receives grant |work=Akron Beacon Journal |date=December 25, 2015}} The company was privately held until 1965, during which time it began using magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) check printing technology.{{cite book|last1=Cullman|first1=Lewis B.|title=Can't Take It With You: The Art of Making and Giving Money|date=2004|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9780471666783|url=https://archive.org/details/canttakeitwithyo00lewi|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/canttakeitwithyo00lewi/page/107 107]|quote=Deluxe Check Printers + 1915.|accessdate=3 November 2016}} By the 1980s, the company was facing reduced demand for its products and increasing competition.{{cite book|title=The Shape Shifters|author=John L. Mariotti|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|year=1997|isbn=0-595-48195-7}} In 1988, the company incorporated and changed its name to Deluxe Corporation.[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ric=DLX Businessweek.com] URL last accessed November 22, 2009. {{highlight|In the early 1990s the company expanded into customer service for businesses.|yellow}}

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Can editors update the article if these changes are appropriate? Thank you. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 17:50, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

:@JeremyJuhasz: Done the first addition, about the loan. I will come back to the rest later, as source 4 would probably be better off if a digital version could be found. Yeeno (talk) 🍁 07:11, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

:@Yeeno Thank you! JeremyJuhasz (talk) 17:33, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

:@Yeeno I know you mentioned that you would return to the rest of the edits. Are you able to complete the others in this particular request as outlined and, if so, do so in the near future? Thank you for your time! JeremyJuhasz (talk) 17:56, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

:

:I know you've been waiting a while and thank you for being careful about handling your conflict of interest.

:# {{done}} I see that #1 has been completed by User:Yeeno

:# {{partially done}} I've updated the last sentence in the first paragraph in the History section to remove the inaccurate 1900s date. However, it would be preferably to find a better source for that shift in business model. The source book is not a scholarly work and is summarizing an article written by a Deluxe executive with no apparent fact-checking by the book's author. The point about digital payment systems impacting Deluxe's core business is an interesting one but I'd want to see a more reliable scholarly or journalistic source make that statement before we include it. See WP:BIASED.

:# {{done}} I've also updated the foundation date of the Deluxe Corporation Foundation (and added a digital clipping of the reference). However, as with #2, this is not a great source as it appears to be simply an announcement by Big Brothers & Sisters of Portage County vs. a news article. Without better sourcing this sentence may be removed in future. See WP:NEWSORG and specifically bullet 2.

:# {{done}} I've added the line about expansion into customer services but see #2 for issues with the source being used here.

:Feel free to raise another edit request with better sourcing for #2 and if you're able to provide better sources for #2-#4 that'll help prevent those statements from being removed in future. DatraxMada (talk) 19:10, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

:@DatraxMada Thank you for this thorough review and feedback, especially pertaining to the sourcing. Very grateful for your expertise and time to make these changes. I will raise another edit request for this history section very soon and would greatly appreciate your help again once that request is submitted. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 20:12, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

{{edit COI|A}}

Hi, this is Jeremy from the public relations firm Cookerly on behalf of our client Deluxe Corporation. Continuing my effort to seek updates to History, I am here with a new request.{{u|Quetstar}} previously asked that I make my suggested edits to History more concise, which is why I am seeking smaller requests in bits. {{u|DatraxMada}} graciously edited the first part very recently.

With this request, I ask editors to replace the third paragraph of History and the acquisition table with two

paragraphs I provide below. The goal here is to better summarize the impact of the changing business landscape on Deluxe's operations, add context as to how the company's acquisitions played a role in Deluxe's expanded business offerings, and improve sourcing. As I did last time, I highlighted my proposed changes yellow.

:{{highlight|As use of digital payment systems gained popularity, Deluxe's core business was impacted significantly. In the mid-1990s, the company announced an expansion of its transaction processing and software businesses.{{cite news |title=Deluxe Corp. CEO Expects Check Use To Begin Waning as Early as Next Year |last1=Tracey|first1=Brian|url=https://advance.lexis.com/api/permalink/20d5df08-b21e-4796-8b3e-7bde18db6599/?context=1519360 |work=The American Banker

|date=February 20, 1996 |accessdate=November 23, 2020}} Deluxe began selling business forms and supplies, promotional products and offered other business services, such as payroll.{{cite news |title=CEO to retire at Shoreview, Minn., check printer Deluxe Corp. |work=Pioneer Press |date=December 14, 2004}} In 1999, Deluxe employed 15,400 people and operated 13 check-printing plants. In 2004,Deluxe employed 9,300 with eight plants. Deluxe acquired small business services provider New England Business Service in 2004.{{cite news |title=Deluxe completes $745 million takeover of NEBS |work=Boston Business Journal |date=June 25, 2004 |access-date=May 3, 2021 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2004/06/21/daily46.html}}|yellow}} Deluxe shifted its focus from printing products to primarily business services in 2008.{{cite news|last1=Depass|first1=Dee|title=Down but not out, Deluxe on a comeback|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-182925932.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118181944/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-182925932.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2018|accessdate=5 November 2016|publisher=Star Tribune|date=10 August 2008}} It launched an employee background-screening service called HireRight and expanded its service offerings through acquisitions. This included the 2008 purchases of Hostopia (web hosting), Logo Mojo (logo design), and PartnerUp (market intelligence){{highlight|,

{{cite news|last1=Schifrin|first1=Matthew|title=Checkmaker Lives On|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0921/makers-breakersdeluxe-corp-checkmaker-lives-on.html |accessdate=5 November 2016|work=Forbes|date=21 September 2009}} and the 2009 acquisition of search engine marketer MerchEngines.{{cite news|last1=Tartakoff|first1=Joseph|title=Check Printer Deluxe Purchases Search Engine Marketing Firm MerchEngines|url=https://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/419-check-printer-deluxe-purchases-search-engine-marketing-firm-merchengine.html|accessdate=13 November 2016|publisher=Gigaom|date=14 July 2009}}|yellow}}

:{{highlight|From 2010 onward, Deluxe expanded its offerings to include web hosting, marketing services, promotional items, payroll management tools, and other services by acquiring more than 50 companies,{{cite news |last1=Zaveri|first1=Paayal |title=A 105-year-old company that invented the checkbook explains how it transformed from a tangle of disparate businesses that 'no one really understood' into a sales powerhouse|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/deluxe-checkbook-modernizing-business-digital-transformation-salesforce-microsoft-2020-5|work=Business Insider |date=May 17, 2020|accessdate=November 18, 2020}} including|yellow}} online printing service PsPrint and web-based marketing firm OrangeSoda,{{cite news|last1=Burns|first1=Jim|title=Investor's Edge: As check printing business declines, Deluxe Corp. moves into services|url=http://blog.syracuse.com/moneywise/2012/09/investors_edge_as_check_printi.html|accessdate=3 November 2016|publisher=The Post-Standard|date=3 September 2012}} {{highlight|email marketing company VerticalResponse (2014),{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Anita|title=VerticalResponse Email Marketing Company Acquired by Deluxe|url=https://smallbiztrends.com/2013/07/verticalresponseemail-marketing-company-acquired-by-deluxe.html|accessdate=21 November 2016|publisher=Small Business Trends|date=26 July 2013}} transaction processing company Wausau Financial Services (2014),{{cite news|last1=Ramstad|first1=Evan|title=Deluxe net falls on charge, buys Wausau Financial|url=http://www.startribune.com/deluxe-net-falls-on-charge-buys-wausau-financial/280191562/|accessdate=21 November 2016|publisher=Star Tribune|date=23 October 2014}} and logo designer LogoMix (2018),{{cite news

|title=Deluxe Acquires LogoMix in $43M Deal |last=Ostuni|first=Amanda|url=https://tcbmag.com/deluxe-acquires-logomix-in-43m-deal/|work=Twin Cities Business |date=May 10, 2018 |access-date=May 3, 2021}}, among others. It also began offering echecks.{{cite news |title=New services tackle small business finance challenges |last=Arar|first=Denny |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2049406/new-services-tackle-small-business-finance-challenges.html |work=PC World |date=September 26, 2013 |access-date=June 23, 2021}}|yellow}}

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Can editors update the article if these changes are

appropriate? Thank you. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 14:58, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

:File:Yes check.svg Done I've implemented most of it. Didn't wholly remove the table, but instead deleted the rows that were mentioned in-line or otherwise unsourced. PK650 (talk) 23:51, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you PK650! This is greatly appreciated. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 21:28, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

{{edit COI|P}}

Hi, this is Jeremy from the public relations firm Cookerly on behalf of our client Deluxe Corporation. This is my third and last request to update History. I have been requesting updates in smaller chunks to make it easier for reviewers. With this request, I focus on 2016-to the present. I ask editors to add the following paragraphs of new content to close out the History section.

Among my updates are:

1. Including a short paragraph on Deluxe's TV show Small Business Revolution
2. Including moves by current CEO Barry McCarthy to reorganize Deluxe
3. Including the grant of stock to all companies
4. Including Deluxe's FinTech and Customer Innovation Center
5. Adding Deluxe's largest acquisition (the $960 million acquisition of First American Payment Systems in April 2021)

This is all new content, but I highlighted it yellow to accentuate that it's new.

:{{highlight|Deluxe launched a small business reality TV show called Small Business Revolution in 2016 to help small businesses rebuild Main Streets across the U.S. with mentoring and donations of $500,000 each season.{{cite news |title=Deluxe Corp.’s ‘Small Business Revolution’ Turns its Cameras on Black-Owned Businesses |last=Allen |first=Tess|url=https://tcbmag.com/deluxe-corp-s-small-business-revolution-turns-its-cameras-on-twin-cities-black-owned-businesses/|work=Twin Cities Business |date=March 2, 2021|access-date=June 23, 2021}}{{cite news |title=Branding Out Loud |work=Twin Cities Business|url=https://tcbmag.com/branding-out-loud/ |last=Allen|first=Tess |date=October 2, 2019 |accessdate=November 2, 2020}} The show is distributed on Hulu and Amazon Prime Video. {{cite news |title=After being furloughed, makeup artist launches beauty brand, is on reality series|last=Williams |first=Nick|url=https://www.startribune.com/after-being-furloughed-makeupartist-launches-beauty-brand-is-on-reality-series/600061070/|work=Star Tribune |date=May 25, 2021 |access-date=June 22, 2021}} Co-hosts have included Baron Davis, Robert Herjavec, Ty Pennington and Amanda Brinkman.{{cite news |title=Shoreview company's 'Small Business Revolution' comes home to help Black-owned firms |last=Kennedy |first=Patrick|url=https://www.startribune.com/shoreview-company-s-small-business-revolution-comes-home-to-help-black-owned-firms/600029411/|work=Star Tribune |date=March 2, 2021 |access-date=May 10, 2021}} In 2021, the show was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle Series.{{cite news |title=Daytime Emmy Nominations For Children’s, Animation & Lifestyle Categories Revealed|last=Pedersen |first=Erik|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/daytime-emmy-nominations-2021-childrens-animation-lifestyle-1234782778/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 28, 2021 |access-date=August 17, 2021}}|yellow}}

:{{highlight|Due to Deluxe's growth via acquisitions, Deluxe operated as a "company of companies". In 2018 when Barry McCarthy became CEO, one of his stated main initiatives was to create a Transformation Leadership Office to remove the company's silos and enable employees to sell products more efficiently, and to clarify Deluxe's offerings with customers.{{cite news|last1=Zaveri |first1=Paayal |title=A 105-year-old company that invented the checkbook explains how it transformed from a tangle of disparate businesses that 'no one really understood' into a sales powerhouse |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/deluxe-checkbook-modernizing-business-digital-transformation-salesforce-microsoft-2020-5 |work=Business Insider |date=May 17, 2020 |accessdate=November 18, 2020}}|yellow}}

:{{highlight|Deluxe granted at least $750 in company stock to all of its employees in April 2019 to give all employees a stake in ownership. Also in 2019, Deluxe secured three of the largest deals in its history, including contracts with Synchrony Financial.|yellow}}

:{{highlight|In 2020, McCarthy created a new management team, including the company's first-ever chief revenue officer, and instituted a new organizational structure.

name="CNBC"/>{{cite news |title=New Deluxe CEO focuses on solidifying shift away from legacy check business |work=Star Tribune|url=https://www.startribune.com/new-deluxe-ceo-focuses-on-solidifying-shift-away-from-legacy-check-business/562222782/?refresh=true |last=Kennedy |first=Patrick |date=October 6, 2020 |accessdate=November 2, 2020}}|yellow}}

:{{highlight|In 2020, Deluxe partnered with Salesforce to create one database of Deluxe customers across all its businesses. The move was aimed at streamlining Deluxe's sales processes.{{cite news |title=The century-old company that invented the checkbook may be a key coronavirus economic player |work=CNBC |last=Dreyfuss |first=Joel|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/28/coronavirus-checkbook-inventor-is-potential-stimulus-check-distributor.html |date=March 28, 2020 |accessdate=November 2, 2020}} In September, Deluxe announced it would open its FinTech and Customer Innovation Center in Sandy Springs, Georgia, in 2021, focusing on payment and cloud services business.{{cite news |title=Deluxe moving hundreds of workers into existing Sandy Springs office tower |last=Murchison |first=Adrianne |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/deluxe-moving-hundreds-of-workers-into-existing-sandy-springs-office-tower/YPN2WAP755HODFKCQ45SLPNUEE/ |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=September 10, 2020 |access-date=May 10, 2021}}{{cite news |title=Deluxe Corp. center is bringing 709 jobs and $10.2M investment to Sandy Springs |last=Catts |first=Everett |url=https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/northside_sandy_springs/business/deluxe-corp-center-is-bringing-709-jobs-and-10-2m-investment-to-sandy-springs/article_14d573fc-f2e4-11eab632-bba7c36d8e3c.html |work=MDJOnline.com |date=September 9, 2020 |access-date=May 25, 2021}} The hub bolsters Deluxe's financial technology, payment and cloud services.|yellow}}

:{{highlight|Deluxe acquired First American Payment Systems, a payment processing company, for $960 million in April 2021. The deal was Deluxe's largest to-date, and was aimed at growing Deluxe's digital payments business.{{cite news |title=Deluxe Signs $960 Million Acquisition Deal For First American Payments |url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2021/deluxe-signs-960-million-acquisition-deal-for-first-american-payments/ |work=PYMNTS.com |date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2021}} First American provides tools for merchants to process in-store and online payments. Barron's reported that First American Payment Systems generated $300 million in revenue and the acquisition was expected to double annual revenue of Deluxe's payments business.{{cite news |title=Deluxe to Scoop Up First American for $960 Million |last=Beltran |first=Luisa |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/deluxe-to-scoop-up-firstamerican-for-960-million-51619123958 |work=Barron's |date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=June 23, 2021}}|yellow}}

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Can editors update the article if these changes are appropriate?

:{{ping|PK650}} Would you be so kind to review this request if able?

Thank you! JeremyJuhasz (talk) 15:56, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

::Hi. I'll have a look soon, unless it's reviewed by someone else before me. PK650 (talk) 23:12, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

:{{ping|PK650}} Thank you very much! JeremyJuhasz (talk) 15:34, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

:{{ping|PK650}} Hello. Are you able to review this edit request soon, as indicated on Dec. 26? Thanks again! JeremyJuhasz (talk) 15:04, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

:File:Yellow check.svg Partly done: Thank you for your patience. What wasn't included was deemed promotional. PK650 (talk) 07:18, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

:{{ping|PK650}} Thank you!! Much appreciated. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 19:22, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

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Hi, this is Jeremy from the public relations firm Cookerly on

behalf of our client Deluxe Corporation. Now that the article

has been updated throughout, I propose edits to the

introduction of this article.

My updates to intro are:

1. Update the description of Deluxe Corporation and its business divisions
2. Add detail on Deluxe's size and location
3. Update info on its facilities

My changes are highlighted yellow.

:Deluxe Corporation is an American {{highlight|payments and business technology company. Its four business divisions comprise payments, cloud, promotional products, and checks. As of 2020, Deluxe has approximately 4.5 million small businesses and 4,000 financial institutions as customers. Deluxe is based in the St. Paul suburb of Shoreview, Minnesota. The company announced in September 2020 that it would move its headquarters to downtown Minneapolis in 2021.{{cite news |title=Deluxe moving its headquarters from Shoreview to downtown Minneapolis |last=Kennedy |first=Patrick |url=https://www.startribune.com/deluxe-moving-its-headquarters-to-downtown-mpls-from-shoreview/572408782/ |work=Star Tribune |date=September 14, 2020 |access-date=May 10, 2021}} Deluxe|yellow}} has facilities in the U.S., Canada, {{highlight|Australia, and Europe|yellow}} to conduct its printing and fulfillment, call center, {{highlight|web server|yellow}}, and administrative functions.[http://www.corporateinformation.com/Company-Snapshot.aspx?cusip=248019101 Deluxe Corporation Company Snapshot] URL last accessed November 21, 2009.{{cite news |title=Deluxe Corp. selects Sandy Springs to locate new technology innovation center |last=Bagby |first=Dyana |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2020/09/04/deluxe-corp-sandy-springs-tech-center.html |work=Atlanta Business Journal |date=September 4, 2020 |access-date=June 22, 2021}}

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Can editors update the article if these changes are appropriate?

:{{ping|PK650}} Thank you for your recent updates to prior requests. If you have an opportunity to look at this one as well, it would be greatly appreciated. JeremyJuhasz (talk) 13:30, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

:File:Yellow check.svg Partly done: Done, with edits. PK650 (talk) 23:41, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

:{{ping|PK650}} Thank you very much! JeremyJuhasz (talk) 13:12, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

The above back-and-forth on COI-sourced edits only apply to this company. What about the reading public, and their interest in knowing about what other options exist?

While DeLuxe's prices per box of checks compares to the price from Walmart Checks, the latter includes more checks per box: 150 Walmart vs. 125 DeLuxe. A third option for getting blank checks is via one's bank, which applies a markup.

A variation on the one's bank idea is, for whose who can tolerate a color-less check, is just that: white paper with black ink. It may not look like what people expect on a check, but it is an option, and may not even require a markup! Nuts240 (talk) 02:07, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

its well to say that the business sector needs more efficiency and durability.. 102.90.44.96 (talk) 15:56, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

:This Talk Page is for discussion of the article content. Do you have a suggestion/question for the article? Pyrrho the Skipper (talk) 17:42, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Is there a good reason to include this section? As of now, it doesn't seem to have any value. It doesn't even give information about the subject of the article. If you want to keep it, at least link "John H. Harland Company" to its wiki page and cite a source for the Walmart claim. Nom de vileplume (talk) 03:01, 2 February 2025 (UTC)