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Capital One Financial Corporation

Capital One Financial Corporation

Financial Institution

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Trump's debanking war with Wall Street

Rule Changes

The fourth-largest U.S. bank by deposits, facing its own debanking lawsuit from Trump. - Defendant in separate Trump debanking lawsuit

Donald Trump banked with JPMorgan Chase for decades. Seven weeks after the January 6 Capitol attack, the bank gave him 60 days to move hundreds of millions of dollars elsewhere. Now, as a sitting president, Trump is suing America's largest bank and its CEO for $5 billion, alleging political discrimination.

Updated Jan 25

Capital One doubles down on business payments with $5.15B Brex acquisition

Money Moves

The largest credit card lender in the United States with $669 billion in assets. - Acquirer; largest U.S. credit card lender

Capital One spent two decades as a credit card company that happened to be a bank. Now Richard Fairbank wants to become something else: a technology company that happens to issue cards. Eight months after closing its $35 billion Discover acquisition—making it America's largest credit card lender—Capital One announced it will pay $5.15 billion for Brex, the AI-native expense management platform that counts Anthropic, DoorDash, and Robinhood among its 25,000 corporate customers. The deal structure splits evenly: $2.75 billion in cash and 10.6 million Capital One shares.

Updated Jan 25