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Consumer use of credit cards rose dramatically during the late 20th century, fueled in part by real estate price increases that made homeowners wealthier. With the recent drop in home values, credit card debt has become a serious problem.

Discover Card is a credit card issued by Discover Financial Services. Since its inception in 1986, the company has grown to have over 50 million cardmembers. On the website, users can find out about the various kinds of discover cards available.

Visa, headquartered in San Francisco, began in 1958 as BankAmericard; it changed its name to Visa in 1976. Over 13,000 financial institutions are members of Visa, which has over 520 million card holders in the U.S.

Capital One, established in 1995 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, is a diversified financial services company offering a broad array of credit, savings, and loan products.

Chase, with corporate headquarters in New York City, provides banking services worldwide. On the website, users can learn about credit cards, checking and savings accounts, CDs, debit cards, and online banking.

Citibank.com is the source of information about and access to domestic financial services provided by Citibank retail banking and other Citibank services.

MasterCard is a credit card company or, as it calls itself, an electronic payment industry.