First Data providing services to Mercator stores

First Data Corp., a provider of electronic commerce and payment services, reported on the company site that Mercator, a leading retail chain in Southeast Europe, selected First Data for processing payment and loyalty cards. The service which is at the moment provided in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina was launched 10 after First Data entered into agreement with Mercator.

Under the terms of the deal First Data is providing issuing processing services for Mercator's popular loyalty programme 'Mercator Pika'. Besides, First Data also provides network services and acquiring processing across all geographies, enabling Mercator's stores to accept payment cards from all the major international and domestic schemes in the region.

Domagoj Mandari, First Data's managing director in South Eastern Europe, said, "Mercator's selection of First Data as its partner in the card business highlights First Data's ability to deliver complex cross-border projects and provide sophisticated services to retailers."