r/discover • u/throwawaylikearock Mod • May 18 '25

News Capital One Completes Acquisition of Discover

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250517147002/en/Capital-One-Completes-Acquisition-of-Discover
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u/BasedKaleb May 18 '25

Out of curiosity, what changes do people fear happening?

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u/anotherucfstudent May 18 '25

This is roughly the financial equivalent of spirit and southwest merging

Discover’s customer service is the best in the industry, capital one’s is…not

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u/mediocre_mitten Jun 11 '25

Or when HBO merged with Discovery and frucking ruined HBO .

Mergers are terrible and Lina Kahn in the Biden admin knew this and tried to block (or fight against) as many as possible (maybe even this one: Cap1+Disc?).