Paragon Application Systems
Software DevelopmentNorth Carolina, United States11-50 Employees
Paragon Application Systems is a software development firm based in Holly Springs, North Carolina, founded in 1994. It focuses on testing and quality assurance for payments infrastructure, aiming to improve system availability, operational efficiency, and customer experience. The company positions itself as an independent specialist delivering testing and simulation capabilities for ATM and payments ecosystems, working with issuers, acquirers, processors, and ATM fleet owners around the world. Its offerings are aimed at helping clients automate and integrate their testing workflows across the payments landscape. Its client base exceeds 600 organizations globally, and its testing scope encompasses more than 100,000 ATMs and connections to over 100 interchanges, supporting thousands of transactions per second. In June 2026, Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. acquired Paragon Application Systems.