Capital One

104 results about this entity

Period: 08 Apr 2008 - 05 Nov 2024

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.

Visa and MasterCard to cut ties binding banks and telcos via Host Card Emulation

Visa and MasterCard have announced support for Host Card Emulation, a cloud-based mechanism for hosting NFC applications outside the Secure Element that effectively removes the need for bank reliance on telcos in implementing mobile payments.

Security and BYOD policy management key barriers to corporate mobile banking

Corporate treasurers cite security challenges and bring-your-own-device business policies as the key obstacles to wider uptake of mobile banking platforms for treasury activities.

Paying with the bulls: Capital One simplifies m-banking log-in

Capital One claims that its new mobile banking app log-in process is so easy to use that you can do it while being chased by a herd of one-ton bulls.

Capital One closes commemorative bitcoin coin maker's account

A Texas-based firm that makes privately minted medallions claims that Capital One shut down its merchant account after it began making commemorative bitcoin coins.

Fintech start-ups get chance to wow Wall Street

Financial technology start-ups have been showing off their wares to top executives from Wall Street at the third annual FinTech Innovation Lab 'Demo Day' in New York.

HSBC becomes latest bank DDoS victim

HSBC has become the latest bank to see its Web site knocked out by a group protesting the release of a film mocking the prophet Mohammed.

Capital One opens up APIs

Capital One has become the latest financial institution to open up its APIs to developers, inviting outsiders to help deliver deals and rewards to customers.

Google, carriers, banks and card schemes join mobile payments committee

All four major US carriers have joined with Google, Isis, the big card schemes and a subset of banks and payment processors to launch a 'Mobile Payments Committee', intended to smooth the way for the commercial application of new payment modes on the high street.