Rede S.A.
Rede known as Redecard is a Brazilian multi-brand acquirer with 25 brands in its portfolio, for credit, debit and benefit cards. Its activities include merchant acquiring, capturing, transmission, processing and settlement of credit and debit card transactions, prepayment of receivables to merchants (resulting from sales made by means of credit cards), rental of POS terminals, check verification through POS terminals, and the capture and transmission of transactions using benefit-voucher, private-label cards and loyalty programs such as Multiplus. The company is the second largest in its sector, after Cielo. The company was traded in BM&F Bovespa and disclosed in 2012, 24, September.
History
Rede history dates back to 1970, when Citibank, who is among the largest financial institutions and credit card issuers worldwide, along with Banco Itaú and Unibanco (currently Itau Unibanco), who are among the largest financial institutions and credit card issuers in Brazil, gathered to found Credicard. Credicard´s activities included those of a credit card brand, an issuer and a merchant acquirer and payment processor.