Company Profile For Discover Financial Services

Discover Financial Services (DFS) is a credit card issuer and electronic payment services company. DFS is also engaged in payments processing. Its business segments include U.S. Card and Third-Party Payments. U.S. Card segment includes Discover Card-branded credit cards issued over Discover’s card network (the Discover Network), and consumer lending and deposit products offered through its subsidiary, Discover Bank. Third-Party Payments segment includes PULSE Network (PULSE), an automated teller machine (ATM), debit and electronic funds transfer network; Diners Club International (Diners Club), and its third-party business. On March 31, 2008, DFS sold its United Kingdom credit card business (Goldfish) to Barclays Bank PLC. On June 30, 2008, the Company acquired Diners Club International. In July 2008, DFS announced the opening of a new subsidiary, Discover Information Technology (Shanghai) Ltd., in the People’s Republic of China, to support its data analysis and modeling operations.

BRIEF: For the nine months ended 31 August 2009, Discover Financial Services' interest income increased 28% to $2.51B. Net interest loss after LLP totaled $392.8M vs. an income of $116.8M. Net income from cont. ops. applic. to Common increased 44% to $889M. Net interest income reflects increased income from interest earning assets, offset by an increase in provision for loan losses. Net income was offset by a decrease in employee compensation and benefit expenses.