Run your own Proprietary fuel, Fleet, Gift, and House-Account cards
Pioneer Card Processor: Custom Proprietary and Fleet Cards
The Pioneer Card Processor is Red River Software’s proprietary card processing platform – the software behind private-label fuel cards, fleet cards, house accounts, and branded gift cards issued in your own name. Increase brand awareness, manage customer accounts, and avoid transaction fees by keeping card processing in-house.
Pioneer integrates seamlessly with the Vanguard POS system, so you can accept gift and private cards branded to your location and manage every account from one place across all of your sites.
Private Label Card Software
Pioneer acts as a fleet card, gift card, and private label fuel card software in one. Design and print cards branded to your business, issue them to fleet and commercial customers, and control exactly where and how much they can spend. Because you process the transactions yourself, there are no per-swipe network fees eating into margins.
- Design and print your own branded gift cards and fleet cards
- Create new proprietary cards or re-use existing ones
- Set fee-free processing on your own card network
- Integrate with other POS systems such as Verifone, Gilbarco, or Wayne
House Account Software that Does the Work For You
Pioneer is house account software that takes the work out of managing charge customers. Accurately track and invoice house accounts, create tiered discounts, and run intuitive reports – so month-end billing is quick and correct instead of a manual chore.
Credit Limits and Spending Controls
Allow unlimited spending, or set credit limits on the account or per card. Give a fleet manager one shared limit or cap each driver individually, restrict cards to fuel-only, and adjust controls instantly as customer needs change.
Branded Gift Cards
Launch a branded gift card program that keeps customers coming back to your locations. Cards are branded to your business, sold and redeemed through your point of sale. Accept payments at the pump or through unattended sites with the Sentinel Island Card Reader.
Track and Invoice for Multiple Locations
Update users’ access for one or multiple locations in real time. Track and invoice per location or for your whole chain from the comfort of your home office.
Why C-Store Operators Choose Red River Software
Purpose-built convenience store software, not generic accounting tools
One connected system from pump to register to back office
Stronger reporting, tighter margins, and better daily visibility
Scales from a single store to a multi-site chain
Experienced U.S.-based support from a team that knows the c-store business
Trusted by operators for more than 40 years
What customers are saying
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Frequently Asked Questions
Proprietary card processing means you issue and process cards branded to your own business – fuel, fleet, gift, or house-account cards – rather than routing them through an outside card network. The Pioneer Card Processor gives you the software to run that network yourself.
Because transactions on your proprietary cards run on your own system instead of a third-party network, there are no per-swipe interchange or network fees on those cards. That protects fuel margins on fleet and house-account volume where fees add up fastest.
You set up each charge customer as a house account, issue one or more cards against it, and Pioneer tracks every purchase automatically. At billing time you generate accurate invoices and statements, apply tiered discounts, and report on balances – all without re-keying transactions.
Yes. Allow unlimited spending or set credit limits on the account or on each individual card. You can also restrict cards to specific products, such as fuel only, and change limits at any time.
