Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. – [July 7, 2026] – ECS Payments, a leading provider of payment processing and merchant technology solutions, today announced a new reseller partnership with SnapMenuAI, an innovator in artificial intelligence solutions for the restaurant industry.
Restaurants continue to face persistent staffing shortages, rising operating costs, and increasing customer expectations for convenience. Through this partnership, ECS Payments will be able to provide its food service merchants with access to SnapMenuAI’s connected restaurant technology platform, allowing businesses to combine payment acceptance with AI-powered ordering, marketing, and operational tools from a single provider. This will improve customer service, streamline operations, and increase revenue.
“We’re incredibly excited to partner with Snap Menu AI and bring their innovative technology to our merchants. It’s an exciting step forward for US Alliance Group” said Mark Davis, Chief Sales Officer of ECS Payments. “From the very beginning, it’s been clear that their team shares our commitment to innovation, customer success, and delivering exceptional solutions. Their team has been outstanding to work with throughout this process. We’re looking forward to building a long, successful partnership, helping businesses grow together.”
The reseller partnership includes SnapMenuAI’s complete AI-powered restaurant growth platform, including several flagship solutions designed specifically for modern restaurant operations.
VoiceAI functions as a 24/7 AI-powered phone ordering assistant that answers every call, takes orders conversationally, responds to menu questions, recommends add-ons, and integrates directly into restaurant workflows. By reducing missed calls during busy periods and automatically upselling customers, VoiceAI helps restaurants recover revenue that would otherwise be lost while allowing staff to remain focused on in-person guests.
PromoFlowAI automates restaurant marketing with AI-generated promotional campaigns, social media content, SMS and email marketing, holiday promotions, and localized advertising opportunities. The platform also tracks campaign performance, helping restaurants identify which promotions generate the strongest customer engagement and repeat business. This reduces the need for a full-scale marketing team or hands-on marketing personnel.
The platform also includes CommerceAI, which connects online and QR ordering, restaurant websites and reservations, menu and payment management, and reporting into one connected dashboard. Additional solutions include MenuBuilderAI, which converts restaurant menus into structured digital menus for faster onboarding, and MAAS (Marketing-as-a-Service), providing restaurants with expert marketing support, local visibility strategies, content creation, and advertising management.
Together, these solutions are designed to help restaurants answer every customer inquiry, increase ticket sizes through intelligent recommendations, simplify ordering, improve marketing, and gain real-time visibility into sales performance and operational trends.
The next frontier of AI isn’t the boardroom, it’s the point of commerce. SnapMenuAI brings enterprise-proven AI to the restaurant POS, transforming every customer conversation into an opportunity to place an order, reserve a table, receive instant assistance, and build lasting guest relationships. Through natural voice and chat interactions, the platform helps restaurants increase revenue, streamline operations, and elevate the guest experience.
“We built SnapMenuAI to solve the everyday challenges restaurant owners face—from missed calls and labor shortages to rising operating costs and increasing guest expectations,” said Sayee Natarajan, Co-Founder and CEO of SnapMenuAI. “Our partnership with ECS Payments makes it easier for restaurants to adopt enterprise-grade AI through a trusted payments and merchant services partner. Together, we’re bringing intelligent guest engagement to more restaurants, helping them modernize operations, unlock new revenue opportunities, and deliver seamless experiences at every customer interaction.”
For ECS Payments, the partnership represents another step toward delivering comprehensive technology to businesses beyond transactions. Restaurants can now implement AI-powered customer engagement, marketing automation, operational management, and omnichannel transactions through a single trusted provider.
About ECS Payments
Founded in 1997 by Fadi Cheikha, ECS Payments provides one of the most comprehensive and fully integrated payment solution portfolios, serving the United States and Puerto Rico. By housing credit and debit processing, ACH, ATMs, and gift card programs within a single in-house ecosystem, the company eliminates the complexity of fragmented systems for businesses of all sizes.
As an industry leader, the team combines technical excellence with human-centered service to empower partners in navigating digital transactions and technical compliance. Above all, ECS Payments remains dedicated to driving success for its partners and local communities while maintaining a culture that values individual contribution and collective achievement.
For more information, visit www.ecspayments.com.
About SnapMenuAI
SnapMenuAI is an AI-powered restaurant technology company helping restaurants grow through intelligent automation. Its connected platform includes VoiceAI, PromoFlowAI, CommerceAI, MenuBuilderAI, and Marketing-as-a-Service (MAAS), enabling restaurants to automate phone ordering, digital commerce, marketing, menu management, and operational workflows from one integrated ecosystem. Founded by Sayee Natarajan and Rags Seshadri, SnapMenuAI is committed to helping restaurants increase revenue, improve efficiency, and deliver better customer experiences through practical artificial intelligence.
For more information, visit www.snapmenu.ai
