Headquartered in New York, American Express is more commonly known as 'Amex'. It is a diverse global company, which provides its customers with financial, banking and travel services. However, it is best known for it is Credit Cards, charge cards and Traveler’s cheque businesses. Currently, Amex operates in over 130 countries around the globe. It has more than 57 million cards in circulation and is the world's favorite card.

The world’s most preferred card. There are more than one billion cards in circulation, with unsurpassed acceptance in more than 150 countries. Visa-branded cards generate US Dollar 2.4 trillion in annual card sales volume. Nearly half of this in US alone.

Established in 1995, Agricultural Bank of China is one of four state-owned banks. It has a strong presence in commercial banking in china & the world. In China, its presence has been further strengthened by its nation-wide IT banking link-up, business infrastructure and efficient services for more than 100 million personal accounts and over 400 thousand corporate clients. It also offers a wide range of products and services including forex trading, bonds, derivatives, deposits, remittances, trade finance, syndicated loans and project finance. It is the leader in terms of geographical coverage and branch network.

Established in 1912, Bank of China traditionally deals with corporate banking, retail banking and banking with financial institutions. It is expanding to includes investment banking and insurance to keep in line with the developing trends of the international financial industry.

The Bank of China is the first and the only Chinese bank that has a presence in all major continents. At present, the bank offers financial services through its global network of over 560 overseas offices in 25 countries and regions. In the last 93 years, it has played an important role in promoting China ‘s economic and social progress through its active involvement in the country’s international trade and financial activities.

Founded in 1908, the Bank of Communications is one of the first few major national and note-issuing banks in China. Today, it is amongst the top 5 leading commercial banks and has an extensive network of over 2,800 branches covering over 80 major cities. Apart from Hong Kong, the Bank has also established overseas branches in New York, Tokyo, Singapore and representative offices in London and Frankfurt. The bank of communications had over 45,000 employees and a total asset reaching RMB 766.874 billion.

Incorporated in 1954, China Construction Bank Corporation was formerly known as China Construction Bank. It is a state owned bank and is one of the leading banks in the domestic banking sector. It also has a leadership role in key market segments in the areas of corporate banking, retail banking and investment banking services. In its efforts to maintain innovative banking services such as online banking to stay in a competitive edge it has created an extensive network in China. Currently, it operates more than 25,700 branches.

Founded in April 1987, China Merchants Bank is the first share-holding commercial bank wholly owned by corporate legal entities. It has transformed from a regional bank located in Shekou, Shenzhen into a national commercial bank with certain scale and influence.

The bank has built up its business network and organizational structure, and penetrated into both nation-wide domestic cities and overseas markets. China Merchants Bank has branches in more than 30 major cities in China as well as in HKSAR with total business network of over 400. In addition, China Merchants Bank has also setup a US Representative Office in New York. At present, CMB has established correspondent relations with over 1000 banks in more than 80 countries and regions.

The China Post Bank was established by the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) in efforts to reform the financial sector. The already existing Chinese postal savings service was converted into a commercial bank. With 9 percent of total deposits in China, the China Post Bank has become the fifth largest bank in China. It has 31,500 branches, 70% of which are in rural areas. It also oversees 1.22 trillion yuan (US$150.4 billion) of deposited funds while maintaining a firm market presence as the provider of basic banking services.

Founded in August 1992, Everbright Bank of China is the first state owned commercial bank whose shares are held by international financial institutions. It is one of China ‘s largest and most influential financial organizations. Its focus has been on growth and innovation for the last 11 years. This served as a period of expansion for the bank. It now has 370 branches and sub-branches in 36 cities in 23 provinces.

The Fujian Industrial Bank based in Fuzhou was set up in 1988. It is one of China‘s major state-controlled, share-holding, joint-stock commercial banks. Currently, the bank has opened 318 branches in 23 cities including Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin and Guangzhoo. It has also established agencies with more than 200 Chinese and foreign financial institutions.

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Incorporated in January 1993, it is a joint-stock commercial bank located in Shanghai. The objective of Pudong Development Bank is to provide services for the development of Pudong, in order to build Shanghai into an international economic, financial trade center in the shortest possible time. It also seeks to contribute to the national economic development and social progress. To facilitate these ventures the bank has set up 24 directly subordinate branches and sub-branches in Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjing, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Kunming, Zhenzhou, Dalian, Jinan, Xian, Chengdu, Shenyang, Wuhan, Taiyuan, Changsha, Harbin, Ningbo, Suzhou, Wenzhou, Wuhu etc. There are a total of 328 business network sites.

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Established in 1995, Shenzhen Commercial Bank Company Limited was formally known as Shenzhen Commercial Bank. It was created by 16 urban credit cooperatives in Shenzhen. It was the first urban co-operative, joint-stock commercial bank in China. It is a financial corporation with an independent legal entity status.

Shenzhen Development Bank is a national bank headquartered in Shenzhen, China. It is the first joint-stock owned company to list on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. It is known for its progressive approach to business. With RMB 210.5 billion in assets, Shenzhen Development Bank provides a broad range of services to commercial, retail and government customers through its 237 branches and sub-branches.

Established in 1985, Xiamen International Bank is headquartered in Xiamen . It is the first joint venture bank in China . It offers services like full-range foreign exchange business for personal customers and comprehensive financial services including RMB business for corporate and non-resident customers. It operates six establishments including Shanghai Branch, Fuzhou Branch, Zhuhai Branch, Xiamen Sub-branch, Xiamen Dongqu Sub-branch and Quanzhou Representative Office. It also has established correspondent relationships with 522 headquarters and branches of 171 banks from 59 countries and regions, with business links all over the world.

Citibank Singapore Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Citigroup, one of the world’s largest financial services organizations. It is a formidable market player with major market share in key businesses including unsecured lending, deposits and investments and secured assets. It offers some of the world’s leading range of financial services including deposit accounts, foreign currency deposits and investments as well as credit cards, mortgages, insurance and charge cards. It is known in the industry for its people management practices.

DBS is headquartered in Singapore. It is one of the largest financial services groups in Asia with leading positions in consumer banking, treasury and markets, asset management, securities brokerage, equity and debt fund raising in Singapore and Hong Kong. It also serves corporate, institutional and retail customers through its operations in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India and The Philippines. In China, the bank has branches and representative offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Fuzhou, Tianjin and Dongguan.

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) was founded on 6 August 1935. It provides a wide range of financial services from a global network of branches, offices and subsidiaries, associates to personal financial services, private banking, trust services, commercial and corporate banking, investment banking, corporate finance, capital market activities, treasury services, futures broking, asset management, venture capital management, general insurance, life assurance and stock broking services.

Standard Chartered Bank was formed in 1969 through the merger of Standard Bank of South Africa and Chartered Bank of India, China and Australia. The bank headquarters are situated in London with operations in more than 70 countries with more than 1,700 branches and 73,000 strong workforce. The India operations of Standard Chartered Bank originated in Kolkata, but the headquarters are now in Mumbai with Kolkata branch as a key associate.

The bank has a wide product portfolio catering to its huge customer base spread across India. Standard Chartered Bank offers sophisticated banking and financial products and is regarded as one of the most prominent and customer friendly banks in India. The bank operates through 82 branches and 210 ATMs spread across India. Further, the bank facilitates its customers with 24X7, 21 card helpline centers and 29 phone banking facilitation centers, across India.

DUN & BRADSTREET (NYSE:DNB) is the world's leading provider of business information, enabling business-to-business commerce for 160 years. D&B's information and technology solutions help businesses reduce credit risk, find profitable customers and manage vendors efficiently. Avenues, the owner of the website www.ccavenue.com is globally registered with worldwide DNB numbers – i-934-40364 (USA), 894-834-824 (Singapore) and 91-843-3652 (India). The D&B D-U-N-S Number is a unique nine-digit identification sequence, which provides unique identifiers of single business entities, while linking corporate family structures together. In today's global economy, the D&B D-U-N-S Number has become the standard for keeping track of the world's businesses.

Founded by Singapore 's leading banks in 1985, Network for Electronic Transfers Singapore (NETS) pioneered the concept of convenient cashless payments in Singapore . NETS' offers a range of payment solutions suited to different lifestyles and transactions. Its products give consumers the freedom to choose the best payment method for their lifestyle, control over their expenses. Moreover, customer can make payments from different devices and locations with a guarantee of security and reliability.

NETS services are available with more than 12,500 merchants across 30,000 points of access, including retail outlets, educational institutions, government establishments and car parks.

VERISIGN INC.(Nasdaq:VRSN) is the world's leading provider of trusted infrastructure services to Web sites, enterprises, electronic commerce service providers and individuals. Verisign provides to CCAvenue the critical Web identity, authentication and transaction infrastructure to conduct secure ecommerce transactions and communications.

ScanAlert, Inc. is headquartered in Napa, CA, It is the world's largest web site security certification authority, protecting over 75,000 web sites in 40 countries through the HACKER SAFE certification program. The certification mark indicates that these sites protect the personal data of millions of shoppers every day by meeting the highest federal and industry web site security standards. The certification mark also indicates Payment Card Industry compliance and meets the requirements of Visa's CISP and AIS,MasterCard's SDP, American Express' DSS, DiscoverCard and JCB. ScanAlert was selected by Visa International to be the exclusive provider of Visa-branded PCI / AIS validation services over 70 countries. Over half of the Internet Retailer TOP 500 use HACKER SAFE certification because it is the recognized independent authority of assurance that consumers respond to