In Chile, Citibank was initially the agent and exclusive issuer. After the acquisition of Citibank by Banco de Chile (now Citibank Chile is known as Banco Edwards| Citi and is a subsidiary of Banco de Chile), Banco de Chile and Banco Edwards| Citi became the exclusive creditor of the rights, services and their issuance. In Argentina, Citibank has entered into a transfer agreement with Banco Comafi S.A.[3] (Comafi), under which Comafi will manage Diners Club`s credit card business in Argentina as of December 16, 2013. Thus, Comafi will be the new exclusive agent and therefore the sole issuer of the card until August 31, 2021, when it will no longer operate in the country and the Comafi Diners card will be replaced by a Mastercard from the same bank. In Brazil, Citibank was initially the exclusive agent and issuer of the Diners Club card, but with the acquisition of Citibank by Banco Itaú in 2017, it was operated by Itaú. [4] [5] But in November 2018, Itaú announced that it would replace Diners Club cards with Credicard Visa Exclusive. [6] On November 21, 2018, Brazilian payment and credit card company Elo signed a partnership agreement with Diners Club International to issue Elo Diners Club International cards in Brazil. [7] [8] Today, Elo is the operator of Diners Club cards in Brazil. [9] [10] In Venezuela, Banco Mercantil is the exclusive representative of this brand, its sole issuer for more than 30 years and once again the sole operator of Diners Club outlets in Venezuela. It is considered the most exclusive credit card among Venezuelan consumers and exceeds the «black» categories of Visa, MasterCard and American Express by consumer perception. Diners Club International, originally founded as Diners Club, is a credit, debit and prepaid card company founded in 1950 by Frank X. McNamara, Ralph Schneider and Casey R.

Taylor. When it first appeared, it became the world`s first independent credit card company. [2] Until April 2008, it was a subsidiary of Citigroup, after being acquired by Discover Financial Services for $165 million, Discover Financial Services operates the Discover credit card, which has more than 50 million users in the United States but does not operate internationally, which the Diners Club does. For this reason, Discover plans to merge the 2 companies within a maximum period of 3 years so that Discover users can use Diners services outside the United States and Diners users can use Discover services in the United States. Since March 2018, an important step in the history of the organization, the member of the Diners Club already has an application for Android and IOS. The goal is to maintain the leading role in the pursuit of the digital partner over the next 50 years. In Colombia, Banco Davivienda is the sole owner of the franchise and has exclusive rights to its services. In Peru, Diners Club Peru and Banco Pichincha have initiated a consortium between the two companies since 2015 to achieve a greater market position by diversifying their value proposition as a financial group. Indeed, both companies belong to the same Pichincha group. Since 2010, Diners Club Peru has pioneered the creation of a permanent and exclusive program called «Interest-Free Fees Deposited with Wayback Machine on August 14, 2017».

in which it is based on an alliance with the previously affiliated establishment, so that both (Diners Club Peru and this establishment) assume the financial cost of the purchase made by the Diners member (the one who has the credit card) in order to repeat a loyalty on the part of the latter. As of July 2016, Diners Club Peru had more than 4,000 establishments affiliated with this permanent program nationwide, and according to its current CEO, Pio Rossell (broken link available on Internet Archive; see history, first version and latest), it is expected to start in 2017 with more than 6,000 affiliated establishments. In Spain, Diners Club Spain is the main shareholder of Banco Santander and currently Mr. Luis Miguel Viñuela holds the position of CEO of Diners Club Spain. In Ecuador and Peru, it belongs to Grupo Pichincha.