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JCB chooses Pulse for global ATM transactions

May 30, 2013

Starting in August, ATM acquirers in the United States will be able to route JCB transactions over the Pulse Network, following JCB's selection of Pulse as its preferred choice for global ATM transactions. Discover Financial Services, parent company of Pulse, announced the agreement in a news release.

The pact is expected to increase volume on the U.S. ATM network for both JCB and Discover, which currently has more than 415,000 ATM locations in the U.S. more than 1 million ATM and cash access points around the globe.

"This expansion strengthens our already successful relationship by offering JCB cardmembers the ability to access cash at Pulse U.S. ATMs," said Diane Offereins, president of payment services for Discover.

The relationship between JCB and Discover began in 2006 with a reciprocal agreement that allowed the acceptance of JCB cards at the point of sale on the Discover Network in the U.S., and of Discover cards on the JCB network in Japan.

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