Card Brief: First Data Signs Pact With Bank of Hawaii

OMAHA - First Data Corp. said it will provide credit and debit card processing services for Bank of Hawaii's merchant customers in Hawaii, Guam, Saipan, and the Pacific Islands.

The subsidiary of $12.6 billion-asset Bancorp Hawaii is the latest to join First Data's merchant-bank alliance program, in which First Data provides technical and back-office support for banks' relationships with card-accepting retailers.

First Data's Card Services Group is the world's leading credit card processor, serving about 1.5 million merchants and 1,400 financial institutions.

Bancorp Hawaii is a regional bank holding company with more than 115 offices in Hawaii, Arizona, Asia, and the Pacific.

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