RBS picks First Data for merchant services

First Data (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in commerce enabling technology, announced today it has signed an agreement with Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBSG) to provide merchant services to business customers throughout the U.K.

This aligns with RBSG’s commitment to provide the very best service to its customers and will be supported by First Data’s processing and support services and market-leading Clover smart terminals.

First Data will provide a range of products, services and expertise to RBSG, replacing its current supplier. At the forefront of this, is First Data’s state of art point-of-sale platform, Clover, as well as the company’s payments acceptance gateway and prize-winning global multi-currency processing platform.

First Data expects to begin providing services to RBSG merchant customers in 2019.