Discover Financial Services

Discover provides banking and credit products that help people achieve their goals—from establishing good credit to paying for a college education to consolidating debt. The company is headquartered in Riverwoods, Illinois. The firm operates through two segments: Digital Banking and Payment Services. The Digital Banking segment includes consumer banking and lending products, specifically Discover-branded credit cards issued to individuals on the Discover Network and other consumer banking products and services, including personal loans, home loans and deposit products. The Payment Services segment includes PULSE, Diners Club and its Network Partners business, which provides payment transaction processing and settlement, merchant acquisition, ATM access and related payments services on the Discover Global Network. Its Diners Club business maintains a global acceptance network through its relationships with licensees. Its processing services cover four functional areas: card personalization, print/mail, remittance processing and item processing. The firm is a subsidiary of Capital One Financial Corporation.