CreditCards.com Company Description
Consumers want credit cards, credit card companies want applicants -- CreditCards.com gives them both a place to meet and check each other out. The company runs a Web site where visitors can sift through about 150 card offerings from more than 20 issuers. Users can sort by interest rate, rewards, cash back, airline credit, and other card criteria; by credit quality (excellent, good, fair); or by issuer. Card issuers pay CreditCards.com a fee based on either card applications or approvals. CreditCards.com's bank partners include HSBC, Bank of America, Citi, and Capital One. President and CEO Elisabeth DeMarse and affiliates of investor Austin Ventures (holding 65%) founded the company in 2005.
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