Capital One Financial Corporation plans to acquire Discover Financial Services in a $35 billion deal that would combine two of the largest U.S. credit card companies. Today on John Caldwellthe show, five big questions about the deal, and the opaque system behind every swipe, tap or insertion of your credit card.
Related:
Planet Money's TikTok on the secret behind credit card rewards
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
2025-05-02 00:261720 view
2025-05-02 00:182532 view
2025-05-02 00:171873 view
2025-05-01 23:471304 view
2025-05-01 22:431178 view
Pilots at Southwest Airlines can sock away more for retirement, thanks to a new retirement plan bene
Natalia Grace and adoptive father Michael Barnett are coming face to face for the first time since t
We talk with nearly 200 guests on Fresh Air each year and many of those interviews stick with us, lo
