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Company announcement/payments

PXP Financial integrates with Discover

PXP Financial (‘PXP’), the expert in payment services, data analysis and fraud, today announces that it is partnering with Discover Global Network, the payment brand of Discover and the world’s fastest-growing global payment card network.

08 June 2022

Company announcement/cloud

IBM works with Discover on hybrid cloud shift

IBM Consulting (NYSE: IBM) is working with Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) to help the leading digital bank and payments company enhance its digital transformation of applications and existing systems to a hybrid cloud architecture using Red Hat OpenShift.

11 April 2022

Company announcement/payments

Tribe Payments adds Discover to broaden scheme access

Payment technology provider, Tribe Payments, today announced it will integrate the Discover Global Network into its core API-led platform ISAAC.

30 March 2022

Company announcement/payments

Discover and Flutterwave extend payment acceptance across Africa

Discover Global Network and Flutterwave, a San Francisco and Lagos-based payments technology company, have signed an agreement that will help increase acceptance for both local and international e-commerce merchants. Flutterwave’s merchants will be accepting Discover Global Network cards from Discover, Diners Club International and network alliance partners on e-commerce payment pages and via apps.

20 August 2021

News/people

Top 25 financial services employers for women: Who is on Forbes’ 2021 list?

Forbes has just released its annual ranking of America’s ‘Best Employers for Women’.

20 August 2021

News/payments

Discover invests $30m in BNPL firm Sezzle

Discover is investing $30 million in buy now, pay later startup Sezzle as part of an agreement that also sees the card firm launch a BNPL service on its network.

15 July 2021

Company announcement/payments

Arab Financial Services and Discover sign network alliance agreement

Arab Financial Services (AFS), the leading digital payment solutions provider and fintech enabler in the Middle East and Africa, and Discover, a digital banking and payments services company, have signed a strategic network alliance agreement that will increase the global acceptance footprint for both organizations.

20 May 2021

Company announcement/payments

Flywire and Discover on global education payments

Flywire and Discover announced a new partnership that provides students and schools around the world with digital options for education payments.

06 May 2021

News/regulation

RBI takes action against AmEx for breaking Indian data storage rules

The Reserve Bank of India has banned American Express and Diners Club from onboarding new customers in the country, accusing the firms of violating data storage rules.

23 April 2021

Company announcement/payments

Discover forges alliance with Malaysia's Paynet

Discover, a leading digital bank and payments company, and Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet), the national payments network and shared central infrastructure for payment services in Malaysia, have signed an agreement that will greatly expand acceptance for Discover, Diners Club International and network alliance cardholders in Malaysia.

23 March 2021

Company announcement

Payments CEOs form industry trade association

Today the chief executive officers (CEOs) of American Express, Discover Financial Services, FIS, Fiserv, Global Payments, Mastercard, and Visa announce the launch of the Payments Leadership Council (PLC).

02 March 2021

Company announcement/payments

Discover tie up boosts acceptance of BNPL from Sezzle

Discover, a digital banking and payments services company, and Sezzle, Inc. (ASX:SZL), an installment payment platform, have announced an agreement that will allow Sezzle to work with selected merchants on the Discover Global Network in offering consumers additional payment options.

19 February 2021