Together with our alliance partners and ISOs, we hope to expand Discover card acceptance throughout our merchant base." Through the agreement, merchants, such as restaurants, retailers, and specialty shops will now receive an easy, cost-effective, all-in-one payment processing solution with the convenience of a single source for statements, settlement, and customer service. Global Payments and its participating alliance partners and ISOs will have full responsibility for pricing, processing, settlement, risk management and customer service for the merchant accounts.