Capital One

100 results about this entity

Period: 08 Apr 2008 - 07 Jun 2024

Former Google exec launches fintech startup

A startup offering free credit checks has been launched by the former managing director of Google UK, Dan Cobley.

Capital One buys design and development specialist Monsoon

Continuing its strategy of buying in user experience expertise, Capital One has acquired Oakland-based design and development outfit Monsoon for an undisclosed fee.

Capital One Bank forges merchant services partnership with Vantiv

Capital One Bank today announced a long-term agreement with Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE: VNTV), a leading provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions of all sizes, to provide its full suite of payment solutions to the bank’s new and existing Merchant Services customers located throughout the United States.

US bank-owned clearXchange introduces real-time payments

American bank-owned digital payments network clearXchange is rolling out a system that enables real-time bank-to-bank transfers.

Capital One strikes deal with Uber

Capital One Financial Corporation and Uber announced today a unique new partnership that offers Capital One cardholders and Uber riders simple new ways to save.

Capital One commits $150 million to bridging the digital divide

Capital One today announced it will focus $150 million in community grants and initiatives over the next five years to help empower more Americans to succeed in an ever-changing digitally-driven economy.

Power in numbers: Two Capital One staff charged for mining database to predict stock prices

Two Capital One employees have been charged with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission after they mined customer transaction data to successfully predict stock performance.

Capital One buys budgeting app Level Money

US bank Capital One has bought money management app Level Money. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Capital One acquires user experience consultancy Adaptive Path

Capital One has acquired San Francisco design outfit Adaptive Path, in a move that demonstrates the growing importance of user experience design thinking in financial products.

US migration to EMV gathers momentum

More than 575 million US payments cards will feature EMV chip security by the end of next year, according to a trade body set up to push the migration from magstripe plastic.

Google 'pirate' Makoski joins Capital One

Google design whiz Dan Makoski is quitting the search giant's free-thinking Project Ara 'pirate' mobile development division to join Capital One as VP of design, with an initial focus on m-commerce and payments.

Capital One takes stake in ClearXchange

Capital One has taken a stake in ClearXchange, the US bank-backed clearing house for person-to-person online payments transfer via mobile or e-mail.