Discover's embedded-finance stack

“Can Capital One leverage the Discover payment network to disintermediate Visa and Mastercard by routing its own card volume — and eventually third-party volume — over a proprietary network it now fully owns?”

5 layers disclosed

Payments / PSP
Discover Payments (self-operated), Discover Network (self-operated), Pulse Network (self-operated), Diners Club International (self-operated)
Banking / BaaS
In the Index's full report
Card issuing
In the Index's full report
Lending
In the Index's full report
KYC
In the Index's full report

7 more providers across 4 layers are in the Index's full report.

Full profile on the Embedded Finance Index ↗

Discover as a provider

#5 of 15 in Card Network

23 companies disclose it as a provider, including:

Vendor profile on the Embedded Finance Index ↗

Who uses Discover

23 companies disclose Discover in their embedded-finance stack, ranking it #5 of 15 in Card Network.

By segment

  • Bank35%
  • Infrastructure35%
  • Fintech17%
  • Other13%

By region

  • US14
  • APAC4
  • Other4

Used for

  • Card Network23

Often used alongside

  • Visa 95%
  • Mastercard 90%
  • American Express 50%
  • Stripe 20%
  • Plaid 15%
  • Authorize.net 15%
  • Global Payments 15%

Share of Discover's customers that also disclose each provider.

See all 23 customers on the Embedded Finance Index ↗

From the Embedded Finance Index, which maps the providers behind each company's embedded-finance products from public disclosures.

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