Discover Financial Services, INC.
Diversified financial services firm.
Based in DC
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AI Overview
With $540K in lobbying spend across 19 quarterly filings, Discover Financial Services, INC is an active lobbying client. Their lobbying covers 3 issue areas. Active from 2021 to 2025.
$540K
Total Spend
5
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
5
Lobbyists Deployed
3
Issues Lobbied
Spending Trend
View as table
| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $120K |
| 2022 | $120K |
| 2023 | $120K |
| 2024 | $120K |
| 2025 | $60K |
Issues Lobbied
Lobbying Firms
Lobbyists
What They Lobby About
These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Accounting, Financial, Taxation
- •Issues related to the Dodd-Frank Act and issues related to loan underwriting. Issues related to the Federal Accounting Standards Board standards and standard setting process.
- •Issues related to the Dodd-Frank Act. Issues related to loan underwriting. Issues related to the student lending market. Issues related to data privacy and data security.
- •Issues related to the Dodd-Frank Act. Issues related to loan underwriting, including but not limited to price setting/rate caps. Issues related to the student lending market. Issues related to data pr
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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