Find Recurring Payments on Discover Cards

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Erica Chiang
June 20, 2023

Discover How to Find Recurring Payments on Any Discover Card: An Easy Guide

With the abundance of subscription-based services, it can be challenging to keep track of your monthly spending. Various credit card issuers, including Discover, provide certain tools to help manage these expenses. But, it's time to take control of your finances and simplify your budget by discontinuing any unwanted subscriptions.
In this blog, we'll provide an easy-to-follow process for finding and cancelling recurring charges on any of your Discover cards. Get ready to gain financial freedom and streamline your monthly budget with our helpful guide.
The Discover App has a Spend Analyzer feature that gives helpful spending insights, like a budgeting app, but can neither identify subscriptions nor save or cancel them. Sadly the categories are too vague for subscription service management.
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9-steps to find subscriptions via the Discover app

Note: You can view transactions on the app just not an official credit card statement.
  1. Login to your Discover App
  2. In the Activity Tab, tap View Statements
  3. You can view credit card statements of your different Discover accounts and cards
  4. Review statements line-by-line to find unwanted automatic payments
  5. Take note of the merchant name, amount, and next scheduled payment date for each recurring payment.
  6. Click previous month’s statement to ensure the monthly or yearly recurring credit card charges are the same and weren't increased
  7. If the charge is there and it is wrong, contact your credit card issuer and initiate the process of canceling. Once you've identified an automatic payment you want to cancel, you'll need to find the merchant's contact information and go through the process of canceling that subscription manually.
  8. Repeat steps 1-7 for every single Discover card (e.g., Discover it Cash Back, Discover it Miles, Discover it Student Cash Back, Discover it Secured Credit Card, Discover it Chrome for Students) you have in your wallet.
  9. Review your credit card account regularly and make at least the minimum payment on your credit card bill.

9-steps to find subscriptions via discover.com

  1. Login via https://portal.discover.com/customersvcs/universalLogin/ac%5Fmain
  2. Click Activity & Statements
  3. Click the most recent statement
  4. Review statements line-by-line to find unwanted automatic payments.
  5. Take note of the merchant name, amount, and next scheduled payment date for each recurring payment
  6. Click previous month’s statement to ensure the monthly or yearly subscription service is the same and wasn’t increased
  7. If the charge is there and it is wrong you then have to go through the process of canceling. Once you've identified a recurring payment you want to cancel, you'll need to find the merchant's contact information and go through the process of canceling that subscription manually.
  8. Repeat steps 1-7 for every single Discover card (e.g., Discover it Cash Back, Discover it Miles, Discover it Student Cash Back, Discover it Secured Credit Card, Discover it Chrome for Students) you have in your wallet.
  9. Review your account regularly

3-steps with ScribeUp: The Easiest Solution for Identifying & Canceling Subscriptions

With ScribeUp, managing subscriptions on your Discover credit card or even a debit card becomes a breeze. By finding and canceling unwanted subscriptions, you'll be able to focus on the subscriptions that truly matter to you — and with ScribeUp, it won’t waste your time!
This all-in-one digital wallet and subscription management service simplifies the process of canceling recurring charges and identifying unwanted subscription services. By connecting your Discover cards, you can easily cancel or restart a service with just one click, saving you money and time:
  1. Scan your Credit Card or Bank Account securely via Plaid
  2. ScribeUp shows you a simple list of your active subscriptions (some of which you may not know you're paying for)
  3. Click Cancel (or add to ScribeUp for complete control and savings!)
That’s it! So simple and completely FREE! Download ScribeUp to experience subscription power with ScribeUp!