Laurie Gaikowski

Higher Standards Sales Associate

Phone number: 952.334.4857

Higher Standards, Inc. is a merchant processing and mobile marketing company based in Lakeville, Minnesota. Founded in 2000, our company offers a robust line of products and services available within the electronic payment and text marketing industry.

Higher Standards’ structure allows for all the benefits and stability of our products and services by utilizing the strengths of our affiliate service providers.

The personal service includes, but is not limited to, consulting with prospective merchants to determine the best-fit processing program for them, providing training on processing methods and equipment to keep costs down, and troubleshooting and investigating processing challenges and questions. Higher Standards’ product line includes the following:

• Credit Card Processing
• Mobile Marketing
• Check Guarantee & Verification Services
• Card Terminal Equipment
• Gift/Stored Value Cards & Processing
• PIN Debit Processing
• Prepaid and Payroll Cards
• Electronic Benefits Transfer
• E-Commerce and Supplies

In addition to offering these products to our merchants, we also provide free consulting services as we work with new and existing merchants to analyze their business needs, assuring the most efficient processing possible. We are a company that can compete with any competitor on price, but we earn and maintain our merchants’ business by providing the best service.

Our  Mission

to provide seamless and integrated payment processing to our merchants
in order to optimize their customer experience and satisfaction.

Higher Professionalism

From the inception of Higher Standards, our core belief has been, and continues to be, to provide the highest level of customer service to our merchants and affiliate partners. Due to our high level of service, Higher Standards has one of the lowest attrition rates in the industry – only 1.5% .

We are very proud of that fact, but our goal is to improve that number by hiring sales professionals and customer support people that not only understand our standards, but live by them each day. Our sales training program for new professionals, as well as those with more experience, is an on-going process. We believe in keeping a step ahead of the trends, new technology and consultative services.

Higher Standards understands the busy nature of running a business, because most of our management team has operated or owned their own organization. Walking in a similar footprint gives us an advantage when servicing our clients. We invite you to visit our “Contact Us” to schedule an appointment to discuss your non-cash payment needs.

On behalf of the Higher Standards organization, we look forward to becoming your preferred Merchant Processing and Mobile Marketing Provider.