Discover.com Activate New Discover Card Online [UPDATE]

Discover Financial is the owner of Discover Financial. It is a credit card service that is mostly available in the USA. When it was first launched, the credit card brand Discover didn’t charge an annual fee and offered customers a higher credit limit than normal. The Discover card also offers a unique cashback bonus on purchases made by cardholders.

If you recently received a Discover card, you will first need to activate it on the discover.com/activate page. You can use your card online or offline once it is activated. The following information will help you activate your Discover Card online.

Prerequisites for activating a Discover Card

  • Date of birth for the primary cardholder
  • The last 4 digits of your Social Security Number (commonly called SSN)
  • 16-digit card number
  • Discover card expiration date
  • Security code (3-Digit Sequence Identification)

Guide to Activate Discover Card at discover.com/activate

Discover Card provides a range of credit cards to its users. These include Cash Back and Student Cash Back, Secured, Business and NHL, Student Chrome, Gas & Restaurant Card, as well as Travel and Student Cash Back. Follow the below instructions to activate any of these cards if you have been issued one.

  1. Open a web browser from your smartphone or computer and go to www.discover.com
  2. Click on the Activate Credit Card button located in the upper-right corner.

Or

  • You can also click on the Help and Resources button located in the upper-right corner. This will open a drop-down menu. Select Card Help Center from this drop-down menu. Next, click on Activate My Card in the blue color menu.

 

Or

  • Alternatively, enter discover.com/activate in the address bar of your web browser and press the Enter key on your keyboard. This will take you to the Discover Card activation webpage.
  1. Select one of these options when activating your Discover Card
  • Logging in is not required
  • Log In
  1. You can choose to not log in if you want to enter your primary cardmember date of birth, last 4 Digits SSN, 16-Digit Number, Card Expiration Date, and 3-Digit SequenceID.
  2. After you have completed all required fields, click on Continue.
  3. Follow the prompts on the screen to activate your Discover Card.
  4. If you choose the login option, however, you will need the User ID, Password, and 3-Digit Sequence I in the fields provided, and then click Continue.
  5. Clicking the Continue button will log you in to your Discover Card account. Follow the prompts to activate your Discover Card.

How to create/register a Discover Card account

Follow these steps to register for a Discover Card account if you don’t already have one.

  • Go to the Discover Card website using a web browser. (https://www.discover.com/)
  • Click on the Register Account button located in the upper-right corner.
  • Next, click on Register Now under Credit Cards.
  • Next, enter the 16-digit card number, expiration date, birth date, and last 4 digits of your Social Security Number (SSN). Click CONTINUE. NOTE: Please enter details for the Primary Card Member.
  • Follow the prompts on the screen to complete your account registration.

So, these are the steps that you will need to follow to activate Discover Card online using discover.com/activate.