Capital One Company Description
What's in your mailbox? Probably an offer from Capital One. One of the top credit card issuers in the US, Capital One offers Visa and MasterCard plastic with a variety of rates, credit limits, finance charges, and fees. Products range from platinum and gold cards for preferred customers to secured and unsecured cards for customers with poor or limited credit histories. The company, which boasts more than 44 million cardholders in the US, Canada, and the UK, also provides auto financing, health care finance, and other lending products. In addition, Capital One has more than 700 bank branches, mainly in New York, New Jersey, Louisiana, and Texas; it expanded its franchise by buying Chevy Chase Bank in 2009.
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The Company Description provides a historical perspective of Capital One's organization from inception to current status.
Produced by Hoover's in-house editorial team, the Company Description tracks ownership transitions, company progress via mergers and acquisitions, major growth milestones, and strategic initiatives, to provide a holistic view of Capital One's evolution in the marketplace.
