Discover Net Charge-Off Rate Reaches Highest Level Since February
December 15 2017 - 11:01AM
Dow Jones News
By Cara Lombardo
Discover Financial Services's (DFS) net charge-off rate for
credit cards reached its highest level last month since February,
according to a company filing Friday.
Net charge-off rates reflect the percentage of outstanding debt
that issuers write off as a loss
Discover's credit card charge-off rate rose to 3.1% in November
from 3% in October. Before February, the last time it had reached
that level was in 2012.
The company's delinquency rates for credit card balances over 30
days old also rose, reaching 2.3% in November, up from 2.2% last
month.
Discover shares rose 0.9% in early Friday trading.
Credit card charge-offs also rose at Capital One Financial Corp.
(COF) in November, while they dropped for the company's auto
loans.
Capital One shares rose 2.4% early Friday.
Write to Cara Lombardo at cara.lombardo@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 15, 2017 10:46 ET (15:46 GMT)
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