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Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 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.
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.
A really great gag in Futurama is that American Express survived 1000 years, but still no one accepts them for payment.
What happened to diners card?
Blackmist@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Lower fees.