Capital One Financial Stock News

Capital One (NYSE: COF) announced last week that it had received approval from the Office of the Delaware State Bank Commissioner on Wednesday to acquire Discover Financial. This is seen as one of the key regulatory hurdles in the all-stock merger valued at $35.3 billion which was announced back in February.

Warren Buffett appears to be on track to beat the S&P 500 again in 2024, but not by much. Berkshire Hathaway's shares are up year-to-date only around 3% more than the S&P.

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at approximately 4:05 p.m. Eastern Time, Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) will release its fourth quarter 2024 earnings results. Additionally, the company will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to review financial and operating performance for the quarter ending December 31, 2024. The call will be webcast li...

Capital One said Thursday (Dec. 19) that its previously announced acquisition of Discover Financial Services has moved another step toward completion by receiving approval from the Office of the Delaware State Bank Commissioner. The bank received that approval Wednesday (Dec. 18), it said in a Thursday press release.

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capital One (NYSE: COF) announced today that it received approval from the Office of the Delaware State Bank Commissioner on December 18, 2024, to complete its previously announced acquisition of Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) and its subsidiary bank, Discover Bank, which is a Delaware-chartered bank. Both companies have long-standing commitments to Delawa...

MCLEAN, Va. & RIVERWOODS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) and Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) today announced that each company intends to hold a special meeting of stockholders on February 18, 2025 for the companies' respective common stockholders to consider and vote on Capital One's acquisition of Discover and related matters. The boards of direct...

Banks that issue credit cards used by millions of consumers raised interest rates and introduced new fees in response to an impending regulation that most experts believe will never take effect. Synchrony and Bread Financial have said that the moves were necessary after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in March announced a rule slashing what the industry can charge in late fees.

Bank stocks could be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Federal Reserve's rate cuts, which are widely expected to continue for at least the next couple of years. They could also benefit from the loosening regulatory environment and lower corporate tax rates that could come with the incoming presidential administration.