The Card
You Deserve

See if you pre-qualify. It's quick, easy, and won’t affect your credit score

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The Card
You Deserve

It's quick, easy, and won’t affect your credit score

Get Started!

$0 Annual Fee

Apply for Edu
1%

Cash Back

Amazon Prime
Student on Us

a $59 Value

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Start Building

Your Credit History Today

$0 Annual Fee

Apply for PRO
3%

On Travel & Entertainment Including Vacation Rentals, & Ridesharing

2%

On Restaurants 
Including Your Favorite Delivery Apps

1%

All Other
Purchases

Subject to approval. Certain terms, conditions and exclusions apply. Please see Deserve Edu Terms and Conditions or Deserve Pro Terms and Conditions for details.

Take Charge of Your Credit

Deserve allows you to grow your credit and puts you in charge. We have tools to help every step of the way, such as credit insights to give real-time feedback on the big and small things you can do right now to improve your credit.

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Winner! Best Student Card!

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“An A+ credit card for students lacking credit. The idea behind Deserve is simple, but powerful: Students deserve the chance to build credit with a credit card, and they shouldn’t have to jump through hoops just to get approved.”

Our Customers Love Us

I’m a proud customer. It’s efficient with clear payment options, great rewards like Amazon Prime, and it’s accepted everywhere Mastercard is. I would absolutely recommend it to my friends and all students.

Margaret

Margaret K
University of Texas San Antonio

My Deserve card is helping me build credit history and I use it everywhere. I'm happy with the card and their service. Highly recommended for all students.

Deserve Customer Testimonial

Jin L.
University of Texas at Dallas

I use my credit card for many things from buying groceries to paying my bills. It's more convenient than carrying cash.

Diana

Diana A.
University of California Berkeley

A Simpler Way to Get Credit

Deserve asks you to connect your bank account to qualify for credit. 
To get approved, we need to do the following:

Verify your identity
Check that you haven't already damaged your credit
Make sure you can afford your card payments based on your bank account spending and income
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Our Promise to You

Fairness

We will work with you to build a good credit score.

Transparency

We don't believe in gotchas and hidden fees.

Control

We give you the tools to build your credit responsibly.