Capital One Financial's (COF) plans to buy Discover Financial Services (DFS) doesn't raise enough concerns about competition to prompt the Justice Department to block the deal, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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The Justice Department (DOJ) is reportedly closer to permitting Capital One's purchase of Discover. That's according to a report Monday (March 31) by the Capital Forum, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Consumer loan delinquency growth has stabilized, and Capital One is starting to capitalize on the tailwind. COF will likely see increasing margins from lower credit loss expenses as delinquency and charge-off rates normalize in the coming few quarters. Capital One's valuation is attractive relative to its peers as the company's bottom-line growth forecast far exceeds that of its peers.
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The Department of Justice has reportedly found that Capital One's planned acquisition of Discover would be anticompetitive. “DOJ staff has determined that Capital One's proposed $35.
Capital One and Wells Fargo are among 10 financial institutions rated “outstanding” in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC) latest list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations. Another 16 financial institutions were rated “satisfactory,” the regulator said in a Monday (March 3) press release.
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has dropped several enforcement actions against companies like Capital One and Rocket Homes, just weeks under new leadership and turmoil at the agency caused by orders from Trump administration.In notices of voluntary dismissals filed on Thursday, the CFPB dropped lawsuits it had brought against Capital One, Rocket Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, and others.Those suits were all filed under the agency's previous director, Rohit Chopra, who President Donald Trump fired just weeks ago. The CPFB has since plunged into turmoil—with the White House later ordering it to halt nearly all its work.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) dropped an enforcement action against Capital One on Thursday (Feb. 27). A Capital One spokesperson told PYMNTS in an emailed statement: “We welcome the CFPB's decision to dismiss this action, which we strongly disputed.
Agency had accused banking giant of cheating consumers out of more than $2bn in interest payments on savings accounts
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against Capital One and Rocket Mortgage affiliate
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