RIVERWOODS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 2015--
Discover Financial Services recently joined the Banking Industry
Architecture Network, a not-for-profit industry standards association,
to leverage a banking-industry-specific framework and standard messaging
to speed the delivery of new products and services.
The network’s objectives are the reduction of integration costs and
maintenance of a service-oriented architecture for information
technology in the banking industry.
Discover will be active in the newly forming North American chapter of
the network.
About Discover
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) is a direct banking and payment
services company with one of the most recognized brands in U.S.
financial services. Since its inception in 1986, the company has become
one of the largest card issuers in the United States. The company issues
the Discover card, America's cash rewards pioneer, and offers private
student loans, personal loans, home equity loans, checking and savings
accounts and certificates of deposit through its direct banking
business. It operates the Discover Network, with millions of merchant
and cash access locations; PULSE, one of the nation's leading ATM/debit
networks; and Diners Club International, a global payments network with
acceptance in more than 185 countries and territories. For more
information, visit www.discover.com/company.
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Discover
Sarah Grage, 224-405-6029
SarahGrage@discover.com