Discover Financial Services

139 results about this entity

Period: 04 Oct 2004 - 05 Mar 2025

Morgan Stanley decides to keep Discover

Morgan Stanley's new CEO John Mack says the firm will not spin-off its Discover credit card unit, reversing a previous decision made by former chief executive Philip Purcell.

Discover cafe introduces biometric payments

Employees of card scheme Discover can now pay for their purchases in the company cafeteria at the touch of a finger using technology from biometric outfit Pay By Touch.

Morgan Stanley to spin off Discover

Under pressure from dissident shareholders over company strategy, Morgan Stanley chairman and chief executive Philip Purcell has announced plans to spin off the Discover credit card unit.

Discover to acquire Pulse EFT network

Morgan Stanley subsidiary Discover Financial Services is to acquire US electronic funds transfer network Pulse for an aggregate purchase price of $311 million.

Card skimmers going Underground

London Underground is warning staff to be on the look out for suspicious activity at cash machines across the tube network after discovering card cloning devices attached to station ATMs.

Discover Financial moves to Teradata warehouse

Discover Financial Services, a business unit of Morgan Stanley, is to move to Teradata's multi-terabyte data warehouse to support its reporting and analysis needs.

US Supreme Court upholds Visa and MasterCard ruling

The US Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that Visa and MasterCard violated federal antitrust laws by banning their member banks from issuing cards from rival firms such as American Express and Morgan Stanley Discover.