ActBlue Technical Services (ABTS) is a left-of-center nonprofit political organization formed by ActBlue as the organization’s credit card processing arm, and is used to help pay for ActBlue PAC’s operational expenses. ^[1] The organization was originally created in 2007 as a for-profit company called Auburn Quad, but was reorganized as ABTS in 2009. ^[2]The organization raises funds through credit card processing fees that are charged whenever a person uses the ActBlue platform to contribute to a PAC, candidate, or organization. ABTS also raises funds from one dollar “tips” solicited from donors. ^[3]