As a child, I sincerely believed that the word Chase on my dad’s credit card was some sort of anti-theft device. I envisioned a thief trying to use the card to buy groceries, the cashier seeing Chase on it, and then the entire store’s staff running the thief down. I really thought it meant ‘chase this person down, they shouldn’t have this.
Then I turned 17 and realized this was not the case, as my father would have been apprehended several hundred times by members of the cashiers’ union. Turns out Chase is actually a world-class bank and credit card issuer, and a branch of JP Morgan Chase that has assets of $1.4 trillion and operates in more than 50 countries. Who knew?
Most publicly, Chase is a credit card issuer first. They issue under both the MasterCard and Visa brands, and offer the full spectrum of card types, ranging from frequent flyer cards, to balance transfer cards, to low APR, etc. Virtually any kind of consumer credit card type you can think of, Chase probably issues one.
Also in the consumer market, along with their credit cards, Chase issues loans for small businesses, automobiles, education, as well as home...