Capital One Financial News

Richard D. Fairbank, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capital One Financial Corporation , today announced that he has adopted a pre-arranged stock trading plan to exercise approximately 3.4 million options to purchase Capital One stock and to sell the shares of common stock issued upon exercise of the options.

American Express has pulled ahead of other financial-sector names in the past month, as investors have warmed up to the company following an initially tepid response to its third-quarter results on Oct.

If your bank just raised your interest rate or added fees, there are other options.

Prosper.com, a popular peer-to-peer lending marketplace in the U.S., has received a $1 million infusion from Nigel Morris, co-founder of Capital One, via his venture capital firm QED Investors .

Chief executives at Bank of America Corp. and Capital One Financial Corp. , two of the biggest consumer lenders, said the economic recovery is a oefragilea and jobless people will struggle to find work.

Capital One Financial Corp. filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. Capital One Financial is a holding company whose subsidiaries provide a variety of products and services to consumers using its proprietary information-based strategy.

If, after 2008, you still expect the stock market to fund your retirement, most people probably consider you a few Congressmen short of a bailout.

Whether it's the corporate lunchroom, your cubicle, or the local watering hole after work, there are regular places we gather to discuss news, sports or -- if you're like us -- stocks.

The turmoil in the markets makes it too easy to justify selling any stock these days.

Looming regulatory reform, ongoing loan losses and big fee hikes could mean more problems for big credit card issuers like AmEx and Capital One.

There are some things you can't live with and you can't live without.A Many of us would probably put credit cards high on the list.

A recent analysis by investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc, reported third-quarter core pretax, pre-provision earnings rose slightly from the second quarter.

American Express was among the losers of the financial sector Friday even after beating estimates with its third-quarter earnings report.

A continued decline in credit card direct mail volume might come as something of a relief to weary recipients of the previously omnipresent offers.

Pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts Inc. said late Wednesday its third-quarter profit declined, hurt by one-time charges that include costs to settle a legal matter and acquisition expenses.

Shares of Zoran Corp. plunged Tuesday after the chip maker gave a fourth-quarter outlook short of Wall Street's expectations due to weak consumer spending.

AT&T Inc.'s net income dipped as revenue from traditional landlines fell faster than the company cut costs.

Banking and credit card company Capital One reported a 14 percent increase in net income for the third quarter.

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Shares of Capital One Financial Corp. surged Friday after analysts raised profit expectations following the credit card issuer's third-quarter earnings, which easily beat Wall Street forecasts.