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<em>Co-Branded Cards</em>
Enjoy higher direct mail response rates. See annual spend levels increase.

Discover Network Co-Branded Cards combine the strengths and benefits of the business brand, backed by an unparalleled level of resources and support from Discover Network. By working with Co-Branded Card partners, Discover Network can help increase direct mail response rates, activation rates and spend levels. What’s more, the flexible network infrastructure enables Discover Network to shape a Co-Branded Card product around the specific needs and goals of the business.

With Discover Network Co-Branded Cards, businesses can:

Discover Network’s exceptional team of marketing and product development professionals are able to co-create customized value propositions that build awareness and drive increased usage. This team has developed a finely honed product development process based on industry best practices, which can be leveraged to maximize the effectiveness of Co-Branded Card programs.

By developing a Co-Branded Card with Discover Network, businesses benefit from the consumer confidence Discover Network has established. Combining the strengths of both brands enhances brand loyalty with a unique product that appeals to the widest possible range of customers.

The key to developing a successful product that will build consumer demand is creating unique value that fits the specific needs of the customer. Discover Network not only provides internal expertise, but also works with the business to design customer research to shape the program’s development. This collaboration helps identify migration-driven offer elements and general elements that appeal to the specific target segments.

Utilize fraud prevention features such as 100% transaction authorization requirement, transaction monitoring, online risk management tools and reporting, fraud alerts, fraud assistance help desk, along with training and other value-added services.

Co-Branded Cards for Small Business

Discover Network has modeled its platform based on the needs of small businesses where quality and speed are vital. In addition to the Co-Branded Card benefits outlined above, this unique offering gives small businesses the opportunity to:

The Co-Branded Card offers a special opportunity to build brand recognition between the business and cardholders, as well as customer loyalty with businesses.

Discover Network provides enhanced data on select travel and entertainment transactions. This data is valuable to cardholders, allowing them to better track expenses and reduce account reconciliation.

Based on its industry knowledge of the small business segment, Discover Network has developed a unique, proprietary set of ancillary benefits and offers for the small business owners who expect value and reliability in their small business credit products.

Discover Network’s panel of small business owners provides issuers and merchants with a forum to test and challenge new product concepts directly, giving them the benefit of knowing how to maximize their programs before launch.

Discover Network provides merchants and issuers with an extensive toolkit designed to help kick-start their marketing efforts. Depending upon the Network relationship, the content in the toolkit can be custom-branded for each issuer and merchant.


To learn more about Discover Network Co-Branded Cards, contact your Discover Network Relationship Manager or click to Get Started today.

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Discover Network Co-Branded Cards are unique in helping issuers:

Discover Network is at the forefront of the industry in offering high-quality merchant data, derived directly through close merchant relationships. This data can help issuers increase understanding of customer loyalty drivers and provide improved tracking of category spend levels, better management of rewards programs and insight regarding the effectiveness of promotional campaigns, along with other valuable data.

Discover Network’s exceptional team of marketing and product development professionals are able to co-create customized value propositions that build awareness and drive increased usage. This team has developed a finely honed product development process based on industry best practices, which can be leveraged to maximize the effectiveness of Co-Branded Card programs.

Utilizing the flexible infrastructure of Discover Network, a highly skilled team works with each issuer to develop and implement a set of tailored programs.

The key to developing a successful product that builds consumer demand is creating unique value that fits the specific needs of the customer. Discover Network not only provides internal expertise, but also works with the business to design customer research that will help shape the program design. This collaboration process helps identify migration-driven offer elements and general elements that appeal to the specific target segments.


To learn more about issuing Discover Network Co-Branded Cards, contact your Discover Network Relationship Manager or click to Get Started today.

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Through Discover Network, your merchants and their Discover Network Issuer can easily process Co-Branded Card transactions and settlement without difficult system or equipment changes. Co-Branded Cards allow your merchants to maximize the potential of their loyal customers, benefiting acquirers through increased transactions and revenue.

To learn more about Discover Network Co-Branded Cards, contact your Discover Network Relationship Manager or click to Get Started today.

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Co-Branded Cards allow merchants to maximize their customer base by building loyalty, increasing brand recognition and promoting repeat transactions. Regardless of size, merchants can leverage this affordable way to increase awareness and build and retain their customer base, all by leveraging existing equipment and infrastructure. With a prebuilt platform, extensive resources and a collaborative way of doing business, Discover Network eliminates all of the heavy lifting.

Discover Network provides merchants with a unique opportunity to partner with an issuer to showcase the merchant brand and draw cardholders from both entities’ existing bases of loyal customers. Merchants can utilize promotions and services to deepen existing customer relationships and build new ones.

Launch a program quickly and easily by eliminating the operational challenge and expenses of establishing a direct link between the issuer and the merchant when creating a program from scratch.


To learn more about accepting Discover Network Co-Branded Cards, contact your Discover Network Relationship Manager or click to Get Started today.

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