+ Are American Credit Card Companies Recession Proof? Daniel Jennings, October 7, 2015October 8, 2015, Investing, Investment Guide, Markets, Stocks, Wealth Builders, Amazon, American Express, Capital One, Citigroup, Costco, Credit Cards, Discover Financial Services, Mastercard, Visa, 0 A lot of investors were scared away from U.S. credit card companies by the Great Economic Meltdown of 2007–2008...