In 2016, Synchrony Financial launched Digital Apply, a credit application site, and SyPI (Synchrony plug-in), a feature for retailers' mobile apps, through which customers can access their credit card information. Synchrony's corporate ventures arm, Synchrony Ventures, invests in early-stage companies that provide emerging technology and products. Synchrony has four "Innovation Stations," which are located in Stamford, Connecticut Chicago, Illinois Kettering, Ohio and Hyderabad, India. Synchrony also increased its Car Care acceptance network to more than 500,000 locations across 25 categories including gas, auto parts and service, car washes, parking, and ride sharing. Synchrony partnered with Discover Financial, and launched the Synchrony HOME Credit Card, which can be used by consumers to finance their home needs at more than a million retail locations nationwide. In 2019, Synchrony expanded its auto and home acceptance locations and value propositions. Brands partnered with Synchrony include Amazon, Lowe's, Guitar Center, Cathay Pacific, Rakuten, Verizon, Sleep Number, Walgreens, and Sam's Club. Synchrony is the largest provider of private label credit cards in the U.S. GIC Private Limited, the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore, owns 7.72% of Synchrony's stock. Pets Best will operate under Synchrony's CareCredit platform. In 2019, Synchrony announced the acquisition of Pets Best, which offers pet insurance and wellness plans for dogs and cats. These transactions (collectively, the "PayPal transaction") officially closed in July 2018. Additionally, PayPal agreed to extend its existing co-brand credit card relationship with Synchrony through the same 10-year term. PayPal also chose Synchrony Bank to be its exclusive issuer for the PayPal Credit point of sale financing program in the United States through 2028. In 2018, Synchrony's largest program was the acquisition of PayPal's $7.6 billion credit receivables portfolio. In 2018, Synchrony acquired Loop Commerce, which provides a patented digital gifting platform called GiftNow. On July 31, 2014, Synchrony Financial raised $2.88 billion in its initial public offering. GE's SEC filing indicated that the new company would be called Synchrony Financial. GE filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2014, announcing its intention to spin-off the portion of its GE Capital business dedicated to retail credit cards. The lending arm remained GE Capital Retail Bank until being spun off from its parent company in June 2014. GE Capital Retail Bank was started during the Great Depression, providing customers a line of credit to purchase GE appliances. The company offers consumer financing products, including credit, promotional financing and loyalty programs, installment lending to industries, and FDIC-insured consumer savings products through Synchrony Bank, its wholly owned online bank subsidiary. Synchrony Financial is a consumer financial services company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States.
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