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Discover Network, a business unit of Discover Financial Services, is a comprehensive and secure payments network. Discover Network markets and supports a full range of credit, debit and prepaid cards, including the Discover Card. Discover Network also provides customer-centric tools and programs designed to help issuers, acquirers and merchants drive loyalty, increase transaction volume and run their business more effectively with streamlined efficiencies. Connecting to millions of merchants throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, Discover Network Cards are increasingly becoming a leading payment choice for purchases made around the world.

Leveraging its legacy of comprehensive fraud prevention, customer service, loyalty expertise, innovative partner marketing practices, as well as its hands-on merchant, issuing and acquiring knowledge, Discover Network sets itself apart by delivering meaningful and differentiated solutions.

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Strategic Relationships

Discover Network Issuing Partners

Discover Network has agreements with a number of financial institutions to issue credit and prepaid cards including:

  • Alliance Data
  • Columbus Bank & Trust Company
  • CompuCredit Corp.
  • Exante Bank
  • First Bank & Trust (Brookings, S.D.)
  • First Bank of Delaware
  • GE Money (for Wal-Mart and SAM'S CLUB-branded credit cards)
  • Heartland Bank (St. Louis, MO)
  • HSBC Finance Corp.
  • MidAmerica Bank
  • Money Network Financial, LLC
  • nFinanSe Inc.
  • Palm Desert National Bank (Palm Desert, Calif.)
  • Swift Prepaid Solutions Inc.
  • West Suburban Bancorp Inc. (Lombard, Ill.)

Discover Network Acquiring/Processing Partners

  • Bank of America Merchant Services
  • Chase Paymentech
  • Elavon
  • Electronic Payments Inc.
  • Fifth Third Bank
  • First Data Corp.
  • First National Merchant Services
  • Global Payments Inc.
  • Humboldt Merchant Services
  • Newtek Business Services Inc.
  • PNC
  • RBS Lynk
  • TransFirst
  • TSYS Acquiring Solutions
  • Wells Fargo Merchant Services

PULSE

  • More than 4,500 participating financial institutions
  • More than 289,000 ATMs, as well as POS terminals at retail locations nationwide

Reciprocal Acceptance Agreements

Discover Network Leadership

Diane Offereins - EVP Payment Services, Discover Financial Services

Gloria Colgan - Senior Vice President, Marketing and Strategy, Discover Network

Beth Horowitz - Vice President, Strategic Merchant Relations, Discover Network

Joe Hurley - Vice President, Global Business Development, Discover Network

Matt Johanson - Vice President, Network Operations, Discover Network

Kevin O'Donnell - Vice President, Credit Issuance, Discover Network

Joby Orlowshy - Vice President, Strategic Initiatives , Discover Network

Suzanne Smits - Vice President, Network Services, Discover Network

Gerry Wagner - Vice President, Global Acceptance, Discover Network

Knowledge Center Fraud Prevention