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(Bloomberg) -- Capital One Financial Corp. has bought Discover Financial Services, bringing together two of the biggest credit card firms so they can better compete with other Wall Street behemoths.

Capital One’s proposed $35.3-billion acquisition of Discover will be a thunderclap for the debit-card, retail-banking, and payment-network markets. The Discover network has long been the number-five U ...

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Data released by the Consumer Financial Protection bureau shows that Capital One charges higher interest rates than Discover, even for customers with excellent credit scores. More than 190 million ...

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation last month announced three orders against Discover Bank, Greenwood and its parent that resulted in a nearly $1.4 billion settlement. The bulk of that amount ...

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This year, Capital One plans to acquire Discover for $35.3 billion. The date and details aren't final yet, but changes for both Discover and Capital One cardholders could be on the horizon. "Capital ...