diff --git a/src/definitions/finance.ts b/src/definitions/finance.ts
index 859af47a5f6..633d087f8f2 100644
--- a/src/definitions/finance.ts
+++ b/src/definitions/finance.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ export interface FinanceDefinitions {
    */
   account_type: string[];
   /**
-   * The pattern by (lowercase) provider name used to generate credit card codes.
+   * The pattern by (lowercase) issuer name used to generate credit card codes.
    * `L` will be replaced by the check bit.
    *
    * @see Helpers.replaceCreditCardSymbols()
    */
-  credit_card: { [provider: string]: string[] };
+  credit_card: { [issuer: string]: string[] };
   /**
    * Currencies by their full name and their symbols (e.g. `US Dollar` -> `USD` / `$`).
    */
diff --git a/src/finance.ts b/src/finance.ts
index 1ff24ecad10..7211de3b2f8 100644
--- a/src/finance.ts
+++ b/src/finance.ts
@@ -245,24 +245,24 @@ export class Finance {
   /**
    * Generates a random credit card number.
    *
-   * @param provider The name of the provider (case insensitive) or the format used to generate one.
+   * @param issuer The name of the issuer (case insensitive) or the format used to generate one.
    *
    * @example
    * faker.finance.creditCardNumber() // '4427163488668'
    * faker.finance.creditCardNumber('visa') // '4882664999003'
    * faker.finance.creditCardNumber('63[7-9]#-####-####-###L') // '6375-3265-4676-6644'
    */
-  creditCardNumber(provider = ''): string {
+  creditCardNumber(issuer = ''): string {
     let format: string;
     const localeFormat = this.faker.definitions.finance.credit_card;
-    const normalizedProvider = provider.toLowerCase();
-    if (normalizedProvider in localeFormat) {
-      format = this.faker.random.arrayElement(localeFormat[normalizedProvider]);
-    } else if (provider.match(/#/)) {
+    const normalizedIssuer = issuer.toLowerCase();
+    if (normalizedIssuer in localeFormat) {
+      format = this.faker.random.arrayElement(localeFormat[normalizedIssuer]);
+    } else if (issuer.match(/#/)) {
       // The user chose an optional scheme
-      format = provider;
+      format = issuer;
     } else {
-      // Choose a random provider
+      // Choose a random issuer
       // Credit cards are in an object structure
       const formats = this.faker.helpers.objectValue(localeFormat); // There could be multiple formats
       format = this.faker.random.arrayElement(formats);
@@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ export class Finance {
     return cvv;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns a random credit card issuer.
+   *
+   * @example
+   * faker.finance.creditCardIssuer() // 'discover'
+   */
+  creditCardIssuer(): string {
+    return this.faker.helpers.objectKey(
+      this.faker.definitions.finance.credit_card
+    ) as string;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Generates a random PIN number.
    *
diff --git a/test/finance.spec.ts b/test/finance.spec.ts
index 55e9008b23b..df5a193538f 100644
--- a/test/finance.spec.ts
+++ b/test/finance.spec.ts
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ describe('finance', () => {
           expect(luhnCheck(faker.finance.creditCardNumber())).toBeTruthy();
         });
 
-        it('should ignore case for provider', () => {
+        it('should ignore case for issuer', () => {
           const seed = faker.seedValue;
 
           faker.seed(seed);
@@ -450,6 +450,16 @@ describe('finance', () => {
         });
       });
 
+      describe('creditCardIssuer()', () => {
+        it('should return a string', () => {
+          const issuer = faker.finance.creditCardIssuer();
+          expect(issuer).toBeTypeOf('string');
+          expect(Object.keys(faker.definitions.finance.credit_card)).toContain(
+            issuer
+          );
+        });
+      });
+
       describe('creditCardCVV()', () => {
         it('should return a valid credit card CVV', () => {
           const cvv = faker.finance.creditCardCVV();