Capital One Financial Corporation (COF), a major US-based bank holding company focused on offering credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings accounts, is preparing to close down 37 of its physical branch locations across the country. The company notes in a press release that the… Read More
A Seattle woman and former Amazon Web Services employee accused of stealing personal data from credit card-issuer Capital One and 30 other companies also used victim’s servers to mine cryptocurrency, prosecutors in the State of Washington allege. Paige Thompson is accused of accessing victims’ servers… Read More
Finicity, a provider of real-time financial data aggregation and insights, announced on Wednesday it has signed a data sharing agreement with Capital One. According to Finicity, the agreement will enable Capital One customers to securely share financial data with the third-party apps and services that… Read More
We’ve been hearing a lot of talk about chatbots lately. Some of these conversations are about the ways that companies are having success with chatbots, but others are about brands that have failed to implement them properly. What is A Chatbot? A chatbot is a… Read More
Credit card giant, Capital One, announced this week the launch of its UK fintech accelerator known as Growth Labs. The new 10-week program, in partnership with the tech investor L Marks, offers startups advice and support as they develop innovative technology for the financial sector. Capital… Read More
Full service brokerage Capital One Investing has announced a “fund evaluator tool” to the bells and whistles of their investor services. Capital One joins the growing legions of both Fintech startups and traditional financial firms that see the value in providing automated services as a… Read More
On Friday, marketplace lending platform Prosper announced that it has appointed former Capital One executive, Kunal Kaul, as executive vice president of operations. Kaul led Capital One’s Home Loans Originations Operations Excellence. At Prosper, Kaul will be responsible for developing all aspects of the company’s operations, including… Read More
CircleUp, a leading marketplace for equity investments in private companies, today announced it has raised $30 million in Series C funding, bringing its total funding to $53 million. The round was led by Collaborative Fund, with participation from Capital One co-founder Nigel Morris, and former CEOs… Read More
“We believe in the power of blockchain technology to transform how financial assets are transferred, but it has to be done with the right partners to insure it gets off the ground,” Adam Ludwin, CEO of Chain said in an interview with the WSJ. It feels like everything… Read More
Partnership between Kiva and city of Richmond lauded by Virginia Senator Mark Warner and Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones. Capital One to match Loans for Entrepreneurs from Kiva Platform. An impressive group of politicians and business leaders announced the launch of Kiva City Richmond. Capital… Read More
Capital One Financial Corporation today announced that it will expand its partnership with Kiva, a global microlending organization, by providing $500,000 to match loans made to U.S. small businesses on Kiva’s crowdfunding platform, helping entrepreneurs across the country with additional funding to start, sustain and grow their… Read More
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