Capital One

Capital One Financial Corporation
TypePublic company
IndustryFinancial services
FoundedJuly 21, 1994 (1994-07-21) in Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Founders
HeadquartersCapital One Tower, ,
U.S.
Areas served
Canada, United Kingdom, United States
Key people
  • Richard Fairbank (chairman, president and CEO)
  • Andrew Young (CFO)
  • Sanjiv Yajnik (President of Financial Services)
Brands
RevenueIncrease US$53.4 billion (2025)
Increase US$5.91 billion (2024)
Increase US$4.747 billion (income before tax) (2024)
Total assetsIncrease US$669.009 billion (2025)
Total equityIncrease US$94.552 billion (2025)
Number of employees
76,300 (2025)
Capital ratio12.9% (2023)
Websitecapitalone.com
Footnotes
Financials as of December 31, 2022

Capital One Financial Corporation is an American bank holding company headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, with operations in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It is one of the largest banks in the United States, one of the largest car finance companies in the United States, and is the largest issuer of credit cards in the United States. It owns the Discover Card, Diners Club, and Pulse payment networks. The company's three business segments are credit cards, consumer banking, and commercial banking. It has approximately 750 bank branches, including over 60 café style locations, and 7,000 ATMs in the United States. The company's corporate headquarters are in the Capital One Tower and its European headquarters are in Trent House, Nottingham.

The company is ranked 82nd on the Fortune 500. The company helped pioneer the mass marketing of credit cards in the 1990s.