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First Data Merchant Solutions, Discover Global Network to increase payment options

Tuesday 12 November 2013 09:47 CET | News

First Data, a global provider of electronic commerce and payment processing services, and Diners Club International, a business unit of Discover Financial Services, have announced a new merchant acquiring agreement in UK.

Under the agreement, First Data Merchant Solutions clients will accept all cards on the Discover Global Network including Diners Club and Discover transactions, alongside Visa, MasterCard and American Express. This will be relevant to First Data Merchant Solutions customers in the travel, hospitality and entertainment sectors who service and supply international visitors to the UK.

Discover Global Network is comprised of Discover Card, Diners Club International, BC Global Card, DinaCard and Rupay.

In recent news, MasterCard and First Data have entered an agreement to launch the latter’s Pogo> mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) service in Hong Kong.

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