Discover was founded in 1985 in Chicago, Illinois and is now recognized globally as a leading credit card issuer and electronic payment services company. Its flagship product, the Discover card, was one of the first cash reward cards in America and the company has now grown its portfolio to include digital banking and loan services.

Discover's payments networks - Discover Network, PULSE and Diners Club - together process billions of transactions a year. Discover Network connects millions of merchant and cash access locations; PULSE serves more than 4,400 financial institutions and point of sale terminals nationwide; and Diners Club International, which created the first multi-purpose charge card in the world, is a global payments network with acceptance in 185 countries and territories