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State Bank of India and Hitachi launch joint venture for payments

Wednesday 6 March 2019 13:04 CET | News

State Bank of India (SBI) and Hitachi Payment Services have unveiled a merchant acquiring joint venture (JV) in Mumbai to get at the digital payments market in India.

The idea is to offer to a digital platform – called SBI Payment Services – for India and other (unnamed) countries in the region. It follows on from October 2018, when they signed a definitive agreement for this JV.

The JV will also use the distribution network of SBI and bring artificial intelligence (AI) and other unspecified technological capabilities of Hitachi to SBI Payment Services.

SBI is the largest state-owned commercial bank in India. It has more than 425 million customers, around 600,000 POS terminals, and has migrated more than 80% of its transactions to alternate delivery channels.

Hitachi Payment Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, provides solutions such as ATM services, cash recycling machines, POS processing services, and toll and transit solutions.

It has been providing deployment, technology and management services for the card and digital acceptance payment network of SBI since 2011.


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