Discover Financial Services Chairman & CEO To Discuss The Digital Consumer And The Future Of Financial Services At The Executives' Club Of Chicago's Global Leaders Luncheon

CHICAGO, Feb. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The current environment in financial services is characterized by rapid changes in technology, regulation, consumer behavior and more.

Join Discover Financial Services Chairman & CEO David Nelms and connect with hundreds of Chicago's business leaders on February 12 as Nelms addresses changes in the industry, meeting consumer needs in the digital age and trends in consumer lending – including student loan debt – and how all of these issues may impact consumers and your business.

Discover's direct banking and payments businesses include credit cards, student loans, personal loans, home equity loans, mortgages, CDs, money market accounts and checking accounts. The company's payments business includes Discover Network, a comprehensive payments network that supports multiple card products, issuers and processors; PULSE, one of the nation's leading PIN debit networks; and Diners Club International, a global payments network. In addition, Nelms serves as Chairman of Discover Bank, the issuing bank for Discover cards.

Before his appointment at Discover in September 1998, Nelms served as a Vice Chairman of MBNA America Bank. He previously held management positions at Progressive Insurance, General Electric Company and Bain & Company Consulting.

The discussion will be moderated by Austan Goolsbee, Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.

Event Details

• Global Leaders Luncheon with David Nelms: Thursday, February 12, 2015

"The Digital Consumer and the Future of Financial Services"
In alignment with the Finance Committee
Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60601
Registration and Networking: 11:15 a.m.; Program: 12:00-1:15 p.m.

Platinum Series Sponsor: KPMG LLP

Gold Sponsors: Accenture, Baxter, CDW Corporation, Discover Financial Services, PwC and The Private Bank

Media Sponsors: The Wall Street Journal

For further information on this program, purchasing tables and tickets, membership or sponsorship, call (312) 263-3500 or email Membership@ExecutivesClub.org.

About The Executives' Club of Chicago:

The Executives' Club is Chicago's premier membership and business forum.  For more than one hundred years, The Club has been a valued resource for Chicago's business leaders - connecting members, and providing opportunities for strategic relationship development, access to intellectual exchange and world class speakers, and enhanced exposure to the global business community. Through its Global Leaders, Women's Leadership, Chicago CEO Series and other programming, The Club brings together business, civic and academic leaders from all industries to discuss strategies that address challenges and opportunities affecting Chicago and the world. For more information on The Club, visit www.ExecutivesClub.org.

About Discover:

Discover Financial Services DFS is a direct banking and payment services company with one of the most recognized brands in U.S. financial services. Since its inception in 1986, the company has become one of the largest card issuers in the United States. The company issues the Discover card, America's cash rewards pioneer, and offers home loans, private student loans, personal loans, home equity loans, checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit and money market accounts through its direct banking business. It operates the Discover Network, with millions of merchant and cash access locations; PULSE, one of the nation's leading ATM/debit networks; and Diners Club International, a global payments network with acceptance in more than 185 countries and territories. For more information, visit www.discover.com/company.

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