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Riverwoods, IL. and London, UK – PXP, a global provider of omni-channel payment gateway solutions, and Diners Club International, a business unit of Discover Financial Services and part of the Discover Global Network have announced an agreement that will expand Discover card acceptance globally.

Discover Global Network’s strategy of working with key payment solution providers, such as PXP, allows the continued growth of the number of merchants that accept Discover, Diners Club, PULSE and affiliate network cards.

“This relationship is a significant part of our acceptance strategy for a key markets,” said Amy Parsons, senior vice president of Global Acceptance at Discover. “PXP provides merchants with omni-channel payment applications across the retail, cruise and travel and entertainment sectors where our global card holders often visit and it is important that they can use their card of choice.”

Discover Global Network has over 42 million merchant acceptance locations and 2 million ATM and cash access locations across 190 countries and territories, Discover Global Network includes Discover, Diners Club International, PULSE and affiliated networks.

Franco Del Basso, Director and Head of Business Development commented, “PXP is delighted to continue our work with Discover to increase the global footprint through acceptance at our merchants. The importance of choice and multi-functional card and payment acceptance channels is paramount to our service offering and the growth of our business.”

Today optile, a next-generation open payment platform for online businesses, announced a cooperation with Kalixa, a leading global payment platform.

The partnership aims at leveraging strengths of both companies to turn payments into a competitive advantage for optile’s customers.

As a strong asset to optile’s open payment network, Kalixa helps bring clear benefits to international online businesses and end-customers. This specifically includes increased conversion rates and a seamless customer experience. In return, optile gives Kalixa a single access to the Open Payment Ecosystem, providing a unique opportunity to reach new customers and easily introduce Kalixa’s offerings to online businesses.

The partnership aims to further improve the market reach for merchants while providing frictionless cross-platform services to global businesses from a variety of industries.

“At optile, we believe that accumulating our partners’ strengths can only improve the overall payment experience and provide better scalability opportunities for global online businesses. – said Manuel Sandhofer, VP Sales and Partner at optile. “We are therefore happy that Kalixa have joined our Payment Ecosystem – our collaboration is a valuable contribution into creating an open payment world for businesses and their customers”.

“We are proud to be working together with optile, a leading innovative payment platform, to deliver greater value to their customer base.” said Kamran Hedjri, CEO of PXP Financial. “This cooperation further strengthens Kalixa’s position as the leading acquirer. We look forward to making a real difference by improving payment experience and customer satisfaction with our cutting-edge
services”.