Lower fees.
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Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 months agoThere are only 4 credit card networks in the US, regardless of the credit card brand: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. Anecdotally Visa and Mastercard are by far the most commonly used and accepted, but I couldn’t tell you why, beyond it often being the default debit card issued by banks.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 months ago
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What happened to diners card?
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I can offer a clue.
Discover was Sears’ in-house charge/credit card. It got spun off by itself but a lot of companies never really started accepting Discover.
American Express, their whole thing is exclusivity. It’s the card you use to pay at fancy places. They charge merchants more in service fees, so a lot of places just don’t do business with them.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 10 months ago
A really great gag in Futurama is that American Express survived 1000 years, but still no one accepts them for payment.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
It was Discover.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Damn, my mistake.