- Capital One is readying an acquisition of Discover Financial Services, according to The Wall Street Journal.
- The deal would merge two of the largest credit-card issuers in the US.
- Discover is coming off a difficult year after compliance lapses led to a CEO resignation.
My thoughts are the opposite. If cap one keeps discovers network alive and cuts tx fees on it they could force Visa/MC to do the same.
For anyone who comes across this, here is some data to chew on.
https://lemmy.world/comment/7731863
But why would they chose that over “more money”?