Capital One CEO Calls Discover Deal ‘Singular Opportunity’
by PYMNTS.com
PYMNTS.com— Capital One’s first quarter results showed consumers continue to spend on their cards — and management touted the benefits of the proposed $35 billion buyout of Discover Financial Services. Purchase volume on its cards was up 6% year over year to $146.6 billion, but was 7% below the fourth quarter of 2023. The company’s supplementals […]
Deadline—NFL & X/Twitter Renew Content Partnership; CEO Linda Yaccarino Calls Deal “A Dream Team Of Epic Proportions”. X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has renewed its content partnership with the NFL. The multi-year agreement between the pro football league and the digital platform dates back to 2013. “X will continue to delight users with NFL in-progress game highlights including all touchdowns moments after they happen in the game,” read […]
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