Meaning: Profound scholarly knowledge. Classified under: Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents. Synonyms: encyclopaedism; encyclopedism; eruditeness; erudition; learnedness; learning; scholarship. Hypernyms (erudition is a kind of...): education (knowledge acquired by learning and instruction) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of erudition): letters (scholarly attainment)
Below we list the 15 largest credit card companies (as measured by number of active U.S. accounts), along with links to their top credit cards, phone numbers, credit score ranges, and more: Visa is a monolith in the credit card world, widely accepted by over 8 million merchants.
The distinction between a credit card company (or issuer) and a credit card network is understandably confusing, but luckily it is simple to explain. Credit card companies are the financial institutions (in most cases, banks) that issue credit cards to consumers and service their accounts. Credit card networks, on the other hand, dictate where credit cards can be used and facilitate the payment process between credit card users, merchants, and credit card issuers.