National Secure Transport

What National Secure Transport does

National Secure Transport (NST) is a privately-held cash logistics and armored transportation company headquartered in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, providing integrated cash handling services across 19 contiguous states spanning from Maine to Virginia and west to Missouri. The company's service offering bundles five lines — cash-in-transit, smart safe management, ATM servicing (including a placement program), merchant payments processing, and change order/vault services — sold to banks, credit unions, multi-state retail groups, regional hospitality operators, and independent ATM networks. Its crews are staffed directly with retired law-enforcement officers averaging 20 years of prior service, with no subcontractors used in route operations.

The operational stack combines GPS-tracked armored vehicles, smart safe hardware at customer sites with provisional intraday credit, ATM placement and servicing, and a newly added payments processing layer. Customers receive reconciled digital reporting across the bundled services, positioning NST as a single-vendor reconciliation point rather than a point-solution carrier. The company is a member of the IACOA and operates as a state-licensed, insured, and bonded carrier across its footprint.

Revenue is generated through B2B contracts with pricing structured on a quote-based, bespoke basis per engagement rather than standardized list pricing. Distribution is increasingly bank-mediated, evidenced by recent strategic partnerships with Dart Bank (June 2024) and Valley Bank (January 2025) that embed NST's smart safe and cash management solutions into the banks' commercial customer bases. The ATM placement program introduces a revenue-share model alongside traditional fee-for-service contracts, signaling a deliberate move toward recurring, economics-aligned revenue.

Name

National Secure Transport

Legal name

National Secure Transport, Inc.

Website

https://nationalsecuretransport.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

National Secure Transport is a privately-held cash logistics and armored carrier operating across 19 contiguous states, bundling cash-in-transit, smart safes, ATM, payments processing, and vault services for banks, retailers, hospitality operators, and ATM networks using directly-employed retired law-enforcement crews.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Armored Cash Logistics & Cash-in-Transit Services

NAICS

Armored Car Services (561613)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Cash-in-Transit (CIT) & Valuables Logistics Security (IMAIAEAL)

Keywords

• Armored cash transport
• Cash-in-transit services
• Smart safe solutions
• ATM cash replenishment
• Vault processing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Newtown Square

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Cash-in-Transit Services: Daily, weekly, or on-demand armored pickup and deposit services with GPS-tracked routes and full chain-of-custody from door to vault
2. Smart Safe Services: Provisional-credit smart safe installation, servicing, and cash management - deposits can post before physical pickup
3. ATM Services: Turnkey ATM placement, service, and cash replenishment - no-cost program for merchants with revenue-share option
4. Payment Processing: Card payment processing services - competitively priced with rate matching offered
5. Change Orders & Vault Services: Coin and currency change orders plus vault processing delivered on scheduled routes

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

National Secure Transport provides licensed armored cash-in-transit, smart safe, ATM replenishment, card payment processing, and vault/change order services to banks, retailers, hospitality operators, and ATM networks. Pickups are performed by vetted two-person crews (predominantly retired law-enforcement officers) using GPS-tracked armored vehicles with tamper-evident sealed compartments and a dual-control lock architecture, maintaining an unbroken chain of custody from the point of sale to the vault.

Product overview

National Secure Transport offers a unified cash logistics platform consisting of five integrated service modules: Cash-in-Transit (armored GPS-tracked pickup and deposit), Smart Safes (provisional-credit deposit terminals), ATM Services (turnkey placement and replenishment), Payments (card processing), and Change Orders & Vault Services. These modules share a common infrastructure of licensed armored vehicles, vetted two-person law-enforcement crews, real-time GPS tracking, and a chain-of-custody system that maintains unbroken visibility from point of sale to vault deposit. Customers can procure individual services or consolidate cash management under one provider.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cash-in-Transit Daily, weekly, or on-demand armored pickup and deposit service with GPS-tracked routes, vetted two-person crews (including retired law-enforcement officers), and full chain-of-custody from the point of pickup to the vault. Targeted at banks, credit unions, retail, hospitality, and money service businesses.
• Smart Safes Provisional-credit smart safes and deposit terminals that secure cash on-site, provide daily visibility through dashboard reporting, and enable faster deposit posting to improve cash flow without extra bank trips. Targeted at banks, retailers, and businesses with high-volume on-site cash.
• ATM Services Turnkey, no-cost ATM placement, installation, service, and armored cash replenishment that keeps machines stocked and operational, with a revenue-share option for qualified merchants. Targeted at merchants and independent ATM networks.
• Payments Competitively priced card payment processing for card and contactless payments, with rate-matching guarantees and integrated under the same provider as cash management services. Targeted at merchants and businesses seeking consolidated card and cash processing.
• Change Orders & Vault Services Coin and currency change order delivery plus vault processing, ordered on the customer's schedule and delivered by the same armored crews handling cash-in-transit routes. Targeted at banks, credit unions, retailers, and other businesses needing coin/currency change orders and vault processing.

Quantifiable outcome

• Deposits can post to account before physical pickup via provisional credit
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Valley BankcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 January 2025Strategic Smart Safe partnership announced January 6, 2025. Valley Bank offers NST's smart safe program to its customers for secure on-site cash storage with provisional credit.
• Dart BankcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 June 2024AP News partnership announcement June 27, 2024 offering full suite of cash-management solutions through Dart Bank.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Securitas (Cash Handling Services): Global security services group with a cash handling and secure logistics division. Securitas offers overlapping CIT and valuables transport capabilities as part of a broader security services portfolio.
• NCR Atleos: Publicly traded ATM and self-service banking hardware/services provider spun out from NCR. NCR Atleos overlaps with NST's ATM placement and cash replenishment services but does not operate armored transport as a core competency.
• Wells Fargo (Cash Services / Armored): Large U.S. bank that operates captive cash-handling and armored transport services for its own branch network and select clients. Represents an incumbent alternative for bank customers evaluating NST.

Direct peers

• GardaWorld (Cash Logistics): Private security and cash logistics conglomerate providing armored transport, ATM servicing, and vault processing across North America. GardaWorld directly competes for the same enterprise CIT accounts NST targets.
• Prosegur Cash: International cash-in-transit and ATM services provider with U.S. operations. Prosegur Cash offers an overlapping suite of CIT, smart safe, and ATM services competing for NST's target verticals.
• Loomis: Specialist cash logistics provider offering CIT, ATM, and valuables transport in the U.S. and Europe. Loomis competes head-to-head with NST for financial institutions and retailers needing armored deposit and replenishment services.
• Dunbar Armored: Privately held U.S. armored carrier focused on cash logistics, ATM services, and smart safe solutions. Dunbar's regional focus and service mix closely parallel NST's positioning in the mid-market CIT segment.
• Brink's: Global market leader in cash-in-transit, ATM, and valuables logistics with operations across more than 100 countries. Brink's directly competes with NST for the same bank, retail, and ATM operator customers across the U.S.

Others

• Tidel: Manufacturer of smart safe and cash management hardware used by retailers and armored carriers. Tidel is adjacent technology infrastructure to NST's smart safe offering rather than a direct competitor.
• Armor Safe Technologies: Smart safe manufacturer providing deposit automation hardware to retailers and CIT operators. Like Tidel, Armor Safe is an enabling technology provider adjacent to NST's smart safe service rather than a direct armored transport competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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