CUC International

CUC International
CUC (Comp-U-Card) International Inc.
Founded1973
United States
HeadquartersUnited States
Number of locations
International
Domestic
Area served
Worldwide

CUC (Comp-U-Card) International Inc. was a membership-based consumer services conglomerate with travel, shopping, auto, dining, home improvement and financial services offered to more than 60 million customers worldwide based in Stamford, Connecticut, US, and founded in 1973 by Kirk Shelton and Walter Forbes. In 1998, it became involved in a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into what, at the time, was the biggest accounting scandal in corporate history.[1]