The Master Trust Accounts
In this prospectus, we present information about the pool of receivables that Discover Bank has conveyed, directly or indirectly through the depositor, to the master trust and the accounts in which they arise. When we refer to the Discover Card in this section entitled “—The Master Trust Accounts,” we are referring to the Discover it card and other general purpose cards and card products issued by Discover Bank. DCENT may also acquire other collateral certificates that represent interests in pools of receivables that may not arise under accounts in the Discover Card portfolio.
Discover Bank began distributing the Discover Card nationally in March 1986. As of June 30, 2019, there were approximately 34.3 million Discover Card accounts with approximately 23.6 million active accounts. The total receivables balance in the Discover Card portfolio as of June 30, 2019, December 31, 2018, December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was $72,228,036,000, $72,731,890,000, $67,150,916,000, $61,369,048,000, $57,731,543,000 and $55,940,836,000, respectively.
Prior to the Substitution Date, on various dates at and after the formation of the master trust in October 1993, Discover Bank selected the accounts designated for transfer from the pool of unsecuritized accounts then available in the Discover Card portfolio. Prior to the Substitution Date, Discover Bank randomly selected accounts for removal from the list of accounts designated to the master trust and has also, from time to time, removed accounts with defaulted receivables from that list. After the Substitution Date, the depositor caused Discover Bank to designate additional accounts, the receivables of which were (and, in the future, will be) transferred to the master trust. For each addition of accounts, Discover Bank, as servicer, must confirm that the additional accounts were not selected on the basis of any selection criteria believed to be materially adverse to the interests of the noteholders of any outstanding tranche of DiscoverSeries notes. See “The Discover Card Business — The Accounts” for more information.
The receivables in the accounts designated for the master trust totaled $31,237,744,896.40 and the total number of those accounts was 15,199,601 as of June 30, 2019. Also, as of June 30, 2019, the average account balance was $3,279 (using 9,527,779 active accounts designated for the master trust for which cardmembers had a balance, a monetary transaction or authorization within the past month) and the average credit limit was $12,465.
Current Composition and Distribution of the Master Trust Accounts
We have set forth information below about the accounts that are designated for the master trust. The performance information included in this section is generally consistent with the monthly performance information that will be provided in the monthly certificateholders’ statement for the collateral certificate.
Geographic Distribution. As of June 30, 2019, the following nine states had the largest receivables balances and comprised over 50% of the receivables:
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State | | Percentage of Total Receivables | |
Texas | | | 8.5 | % |
California | | | 7.9 | % |
New York | | | 6.4 | % |
Florida | | | 5.9 | % |
Illinois | | | 5.8 | % |
Pennsylvania | | | 5.4 | % |
Ohio | | | 4.5 | % |
New Jersey | | | 3.7 | % |
Georgia | | | 2.9 | % |
Other States | | | 49.0 | % |
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Total | | | 100.0 | % |
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Since the largest amounts of outstanding receivables were with cardmembers whose billing addresses were in Texas, California, New York, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey and Georgia, adverse changes in
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