Earnings season is less than two weeks old. By and large, the data and the press releases indicate that consumers are still spending, on experiences...
Capital One says its planned $35.3 billion purchase of Discover will boost competition. That’s according to a report Thursday (March 21) by Reuters, citing information shared by a...
Before Capital One acquired Discover Financial last month, J.P. Morgan Chase reportedly considered its own bid. The country’s largest bank spent roughly a year exploring...
The news that Capital One has launched a $35 billion bid to acquire Discover Financial has shaken up the financial services industry. Jim McCarthy, CEO...
In what could be one of the largest acquisitions of the decade, Capital One recently announced it wants to purchase Discover Financial in a deal...
If Capital One’s planned acquisition of Discover Financial falls through, one firm or the other could pay a termination fee of $1.38 billion. This termination...
Democrat Congresswoman Maxine Waters has called on banking regulators to block the $35.3 billion planned acquisition of Discover Financial by Capital One Financial. Waters, D-Calif., said Wednesday (Feb. 21) that she...
In any industry, a $35 billion deal is, of course … a big deal. But in financial services, the news that Capital One has set...
As 2023 winds down, Discover is eyeing 2024 and its increasing charge-off rate. “So what we’ve said previously is we expect charge-offs to peak sometime around the...