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Transaction Network Services

Data communications company

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is a privately held, multinational company in the payments, financial and telecommunications industries. TNS is the supplier of networking, integrated data, and voice services to many organizations in the global payments and financial communities, as well as a provider of telecommunications network solutions to service providers.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1990Founded1
  • Industrydata transmission1
  • HeadquartersReston1
  • Websitewww.tnsi.com
  • Legal formCorporation3
  • LEI549300IMQVRYKPC0TQ903
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressC/O UNITED AGENT GROUP INC., 19803 Wilmington, United States3
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 30530513

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Transaction Network Services (TNS) is a privately held, multinational company in the payments, financial and telecommunications industries. TNS is the supplier of networking, integrated data, and voice services to many organizations in the global payments and financial communities, as well as a provider of telecommunications network solutions to service providers.2

Corporate structure

Transaction Network Services is part of a group headed by Koch, Inc.. 67 entities, 14 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Koch, Inc. Wichita, Kansas, United States
    • Guardian Industries Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
    • KOCH COMPANIES, LLC Wichita, Kansas, United States
    • Transaction Network Services Reston, Virginia, United States
    • FHR MEXICO ENERGIA S DE RL DE CV Subsidiary · Mexico City, Mexico
    • FLINT HILLS RESOURCES CANADA, LP Subsidiary · Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • FLINT HILLS RESOURCES MEXICO S DE RL DE CV Subsidiary · Mexico City, Mexico
    • FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, LP Subsidiary · Wichita, Kansas, United States
      • FLINT HILLS RESOURCES GRAIN, LLC Subsidiary · Wichita, Kansas, United States
    • GP Cellulose Asia Marketing (HK) Limited Subsidiary · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES RESOURCES, LLC Subsidiary · Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
    • Infor (Deutschland) GmbH Subsidiary · Aschheim, Germany
    • Infor (United Kingdom) Limited Subsidiary · Solihull, United Kingdom
      • PLATFORM SETTLEMENT SERVICES LLC Subsidiary · Atlanta, Georgia, United States
    • INFOR (US), LLC Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
      • INFOR (ITALIA) S.R.L. Subsidiary · Vimercate, Italy
    • INFOR, LLC Subsidiary · Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
    • INV PROPYLENE, LLC Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • INVISTA TEXTILES (U.K.) TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • KF Financial Investments, Ltd. Subsidiary · Wichita, Kansas, United States
    • KOCH AG & ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC Subsidiary · Wichita, Kansas, United States
      • KOCH FERTILIZER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
      • Odessa-Ector Power Partners, L.P. Subsidiary · Hartford, Connecticut, United States
    • KOCH AG & ENERGY, LLC Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • KOCH AGRONOMIC SERVICES, LLC Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • KOCH ENERGY SERVICES, LLC Subsidiary · Wichita, Kansas, United States
    • KOCH FERTILIZANTES DO BRASIL LTDA Subsidiary · Barueri, Brazil
    • KOCH FERTILIZER BEATRICE, LLC Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • KOCH FERTILIZER CANADA, ULC Subsidiary · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
      • Koch Canada Energy Services, LP Subsidiary · Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • KOCH FERTILIZER DODGE CITY, LLC Subsidiary · Wichita, Kansas, United States
    • KOCH FERTILIZER ENID, LLC Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • and 11 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

1990 – TNS founded in the US to provide services to the point-of-sale/payments industry

1994 – Initial public offering – NASDAQ listed

1995 – TNS' Telecommunications Services division launched

1996 – International offices launched in the UK, Canada and Ireland and TNS' Financial Services division launched

1998 – Acquired AT&T's Transaction Access Service (USA)

1999 – Offices opened in Australia, France and Japan. Processing services launched in the UK. Listed on the NYSE.

1999 – Acquired by PSINet for $705 million (US$1.1 Billion (2019))

2000 – Office opened in Spain

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2001 – Management, in conjunction with private equity firm GTCR Golder Rauner LLC, bought back TNS from PSINet

2002 – Office opened in Italy

2003 – Acquired Openet (Italy) and Transpoll Offline (UK)

2004 – Initial Public Offering – NYSE listing

2005 – Acquired Connect Ro (Romania)

2006 – Offices opened in India, Thailand and South Korea. Acquired Comms XL (UK), InfiniRoute Networks Inc. (USA), Sonic Inc. (USA) and JPG Telecom SAS (France)

2007 – Acquired Dialect Payment Technologies (Australia)

2008 – Offices opened in Hong Kong and Singapore

2009 – Acquired Verisign's Communication Services Group (USA)

2010 - Acquired Cequint - a mobile Caller ID company.

2013 – Office opened in Taiwan. TNS acquired by Siris Capital Group LLC in a take-private transaction

2015 – Sells Call Authentication assets to Neustar

2016 – Received investment led by Koch Equity Development LLC

2017 – Offices opened in New Zealand and the Philippines

2018 – Acquired Advam

2019 – Acquired Link Solutions (Brazil), OpSiSe (France), and R2G (Chicago)

2021 – Acquired by Koch Equity Development LLC

2022 – Acquired AGNITY Global, Inc.; First Orion and Hiya joined Neustar and TNS to develop enterprise call authentication standards.

2023 – Acquired BornTec's managed hosting and colocation business.; Acquired West Highland Support Services.

2024 – Opened AI Labs Poland.

From Wikipedia’s article on Transaction Network Services, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Ultimate parent

Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. 1990Founded Founded1

Sources

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