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Card Overview
The Discover It Secured card is overall the best-Secured Credit card. But it can be somewhat difficult to get approved if you have negative marks on your credit report. The card can mature to an unsecured card after 8 months of on-time payments
Card-Smart Tips & Advice
- Secured credit card - no credit needed
- Discover will only approve you for one card every 12 months, and they only allow a total of 2 open Discover credit cards
- Discover will usually pull your Experian credit report. If you freeze your Experian credit report then Discover will be glad to pull from either TransUnion or Equifax.
- You can check your application status here or call 1 800 347 2683
- If declined your application cannot be reconsidered
Card Details And Benefits
- Free Fico credit score
- No Foreign Transaction Fee
