Dead dog offered credit card
GlobalPost (blog)
Capital One urges 'Spark Sloan,' who's been dead for 10 years, in a letter to apply for a special credit card offer. A Canadian man's dog receives a credit card offer in the mail from Capital One -- even though she's been dead for 10 years.

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Triple Pundit

Capital One: Another Too-Big-To-Fail Bank?
Triple Pundit
The Fed acknowledges that Capital One becomes the fourth largest provider of credit cards. That's apparently no problem, the Fed observes, because there would be “three competing credit card lenders” with larger portfolios. Based on this shallow, ...



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More issuers cutting credit card foreign transaction fees
CreditCards.com
But increasingly, there are more credit card offerings that don't charge transaction fees, says Charles Leocha, publisher of ConsumerTraveler.com. In November 2011, Discover joined Capital One in eliminating foreign transaction fees on all of its ...
Deploy All Units. Charge! (NYSE: MA) (NYSE: V) (NYSE: AXP)The Markets Are Open (blog)

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TIME

ING and Capital One: Is a Culture Clash Inevitable?
TIME
Capital One uses the tagline “no hassle” for its credit card rewards, but if it takes away any of the inexpensive simplicity that makes ING customers so loyal, customer complaints even could drown out pitchman Alec Baldwin's bombast.
Capital One Bid For ING Direct Approved By Federal Reserve (NYSE: COF)Web Inquirer
Consumer groups consider next move in wake of Fed's Capital One decisionWashington Post

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Bloomberg

Capital One shares up on Fed OK to buy ING Direct
BusinessWeek
Consumer advocates and community banks had raised objections to the deal, maintaining that it would create another "too big to fail" bank that relies too heavily on volatile credit cards. Capital One depends on its credit card business -- known for its ...
Capital One Has 21% Upside Off ING Deal: CitigroupTheStreet.com
Fed Clears Capital One's Deal for ING DirectNew York Times
Fed Clears Capital One Purchase of ING DirectWall Street Journal
Bloomberg -Lynchburg News and Advance -CBS News
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lovemoney.com

New Capital One balance transfer card helps you rebuild your credit rating
lovemoney.com
by John Fitzsimons today | 0 comments The new Balance credit card from Capital One offers 0% on balance transfers to borrowers with a less than spotless credit record. Capital One has launched a new 0% interest balance transfer credit card aimed at ...

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eCreditDaily.com

Capital One Says ING Direct Won't Change With Purchase
Huffington Post
Capital One basic rewards checking has a monthly fee of $8.95, ATM fees and an overdraft fee of $35. Consumer groups stepped up scrutiny of Capital One's business model after the deal was announced. The bank, which started as a credit card company 1988 ...
Fed: Capital One to be 5th Biggest by Deposits, 4th in Credit CardseCreditDaily.com
Federal Reserve Approves Capital One's Acquisition of ING DirectForbes
What's in Capital One's wallet? ING's online bankInvestmentNews
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Capital One: US Credit-Card Delinquencies, Charge-Offs Rose In Jan
NASDAQ
Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) said delinquencies and charge-offs at its US credit-card business rose in January. While charge-offs--loans banks don't expect to be able to collect--and delinquencies remain below 2010 levels, the progress has been ...

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Forbes

Choosing a Cash-Back Credit Card
SecondAct
1 reward that consumers are demanding for their credit card spending, according to a new Capital One survey. If you're not getting this perk, it's like you're missing out on free money. At our house, virtually every purchase from groceries to karate ...
This Week in Credit Card NewsForbes

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SBT Monthly 0% Balance Transfer Credit Card Index – Balance Transfer Fees at ...
Albany Times Union
According to the SBT monthly survey, both balance transfer fees and average 0% balance transfer credit card durations declined in February. The former is a positive for consumers, while the latter does not bode well for the remainder of the year.

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