There are hundreds if not thousands of credit card issuing companies in existence and more often than not you can get better terms with a better rate by taking your business elsewhere. (stockmonkeys.com)
Banks are the more well - known credit card issuing company. (lendedu.com)
So if they get paid $ 10,000 a month by customers in the form of credit cards, the business pays out $ 100 - 300 a month to the credit card processor - a good portion of which will make it back to the credit card issuing company, and is a major source of income for them. (money.stackexchange.com)