Major card brands include American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, Mastercard, RuPay, UnionPay and Visa.
[2] On 7 September 2006, American Express, Discover Financial Services, Japan Credit Bureau, Mastercard and Visa International formed the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) with the goal of managing the ongoing evolution of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
[3] A total of 275 merchants were listed, including Amazon, Burger King, Citgo, Dell, Equifax, ExxonMobil, Global Cash Access, Motorola, Microsoft, Southwest Airlines and Walmart.
[3] MasterCard's Nicole Krieg has noted that the Russian credit card market started in early 2000, when issuers first began launching products.
The Interac Association is the organization responsible for the development of Canada's national network of two shared electronic financial services: Shared Cash Dispensing (SCD) for cash withdrawals from any ABM not belonging to a cardholder's financial institution; and Interac Direct Payment (IDP) for Debit Card payments at the Point-of-Sale