Latest press releases 24th September 2020 Capital One’s Jennie Koo Makes Top 10 in HERoes Women Role Model Lists 2020 Capital One UK is delighted to congratulate Jennie Koo, for making it in the top 10 of a list which recognises inspirational women. The HERoes Women Role Model Lists - supported by Yahoo Finance - is dedicated to those who are more than four levels from Executive level in an organisation, but are making a significant contribution to gender diversity at work. See more Find out more about Capital One's Jennie Koo 11th September 2020 Capital One UK Launches a Series of Virtual Workshops to Support Graduates in Kick Starting Their Careers ‘Generation COVID’ is a term being used to describe young people aged 12-24 years as one of the worst affected groups from the unemployment caused by COVID-19. Taking positive action as an employer, Capital One UK is delighted to announce a series of free to attend, online workshops they will be hosting to give graduates insight into what it’s like to work within different areas including Software Engineering and Strategy Analysis. See more Find out more about Capital One's Virtual Workshops to Support Graduates 18th June 2020 Capital One appoints new head of its UK business Capital One Financial Corporation (COF) today announced the appointment of Lucy Hagues as its new UK CEO. Lucy will be responsible for the overall strategic direction and general management of the UK credit card business. She succeeds Amy Lenander, Executive Vice President, who is taking on an expanded role at the company's US Headquarters, after three and a half years in the UK role. See more Find out more about Capital One's new head of its UK business 7th February 2020 Capital One wins for Best Achievement in Customer Service and Social Inclusion - Card & Payment Awards 2020. Capital One has once again been recognised by its industry peers for its commitment to innovation and customer service in financial services, as the company won two prestigious categories at The Cards and Payments Awards 2020. The company was awarded top honours for Best Achievement in Customer Service and Social Inclusion in Financial Services. The awards acknowledge Capital One's sustained investment to help make credit simple. See more Find out more about Capital One's win at the Card & Payment Awards 2020 27th November 2019 Teens from East Midlands least likely to go on to leading universities. New Partnership between Sutton Trust & Capital One to improve university access for hundreds of Nottinghamshire pupils. See more Find out more about the new Partnership between Sutton Trust & Capital One 5th November 2019 Post Office launches two new credit cards in partnership with Capital One Post Office has today announced the launch of two new credit cards with its partner Capital One - who has over 20 years of lending experience and industry leading underwriting, technology and digital capability. See more Find out more about Post Office launch of two new credit cards 28th June 2019 Post Office and Capital One announce new credit card partnership Post Office today announced a new credit card partnership with Capital One UK. Capital One is a top UK credit card provider, with over 20 years of lending experience, as well as industry-leading underwriting, technology and digital capability. Announcing the partnership, Post Office and Capital One said their shared commitment to financial inclusion and providing transparency for customers had been vital in securing it. See more Find out more about Post Office and Capital One announce new credit card partnership 11th June 2019 Capital One Ignites Digital Education Capital One's first London based Coders 'Ignite Event' of 2019 was hosted at its White Collar Factory office, located in the heart of Tech City, on 6th June with 25 pupils from Highbury Fields Girls School learning how to develop their own mobile apps. The Coders programme has been designed to spark secondary school pupils' interest in technology, build on their coding abilities and inspire them to consider a career within the tech industry. See more Find out more about Capital One's Capital One Ignites Digital Education 6th June 2019 Capital One teams up with Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust to champion the local environment. Capital One - which has had its UK base in Nottingham for over 20 years - has become the latest company to sign up as a Wildlife Guardian to support the work of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, the county's largest locally based environmental charity. See more Find out more about Capital One teaming up with Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust 16th May 2019 Capital One UK today announced the appointment of Helene Brichet as UK CFO “Helene is an international leader with an impressive track record working at the intersection of technology, financial services and payments,” said Amy Lenander, CEO of Capital One UK. “As we continue to grow our business in the UK, Helene brings a strong ability to contribute strategic commercial thinking and a deep understanding of the industry. She places an importance on values-led leadership which closely aligns with Capital One's own focus on culture and purpose, with the customer at the heart of what we do.” See more Find out more about Capital One's appointment of Helene Brichet as UK CFO 13th March 2019 Capital One has launched a new 'Coders' initiative to enhance the digital skills of schoolchildren Capital One has launched a new 'Coders' initiative to enhance the digital skills of schoolchildren which will run throughout 2019. The programme has been designed to spark secondary school pupils' interest in technology, build on their coding abilities and inspire them to consider a career within the tech industry. See more Find out more about Capital One's success at the 2019 Card and Payment Awards 7th February 2019 Capital One's success in credit innovation and supporting its local community recognised at the Card and Payment Awards Capital One secured the recognition of its industry peers for its commitment to innovation in financial services through winning three prestigious categories at The Cards and Payments Awards 2019. The company was awarded top honours for Best Technology Initiative of the Year, Best Design of the Year and received the Changing lives in the Community Award. The awards are an acknowledgement of Capital One's sustained investment in customer-centric technology solutions designed to help make credit simple. See more Find out more about Capital One's success at the 2019 Card and Payment Awards 1st July 2018 Capital One announces new Head of International Capital One Financial Corporation (COF) announced that Amy Lenander has been appointed as Head of International, taking overall responsibility for Capital One Canada, in addition to her current role as Capital One UK CEO. See more about the appointment of the new Head of International 5th February 2018 Capital One scores trio of wins at Card and Payment Awards Awards recognise achievements in Customer Service, Fraud Prevention and Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) Capital One has been rewarded for its commitment to best practice in customer service, looking after the interests of disabled people and enhancing security with wins in three categories at the 2018 Card and Payments Awards, more than any other credit card provider. See More Capital One scores trio of wins at Card and Payment Awards 20th September 2017 Capital One UK lands in Silicon Roundabout Capital One UK, along with Deputy Mayor of London for Business, announce completed expansion with up to 200 employees moving in to London's White Collar Factory. Announcement follows Capital One UK CEO Amy Lenander's attendance at Investing in Success roundtable hosted by Prime Minister Theresa May. See More Capital One UK lands in Silicon Roundabout. 14th March 2017 Capital One announces new head of its UK business Capital One Financial Corporation (COF) today announced that Amy Lenander has been appointed UK CEO. See More Capital One announces new head of its UK business. 11th October 2016 LendIt Announces Winner of PitchIt@LendIt Competition LendingWell, a single-platform P2P lending partner today been announced the winner of PitchIt @ LendIt, a competition aiming to find a future star within the online lending and fintech space. See More LendIt Announces Winner of PitchIt@LendIt Competition 4th October 2016 LendIt Announces Shortlist for PitchIt@LendIt Competition LendIt, the largest conference series dedicated to connecting the global online lending community, has today announced the shortlist for its competition PitchIt @ LendIt, which is organised in partnership with Capital One, an information-based lending company. See More LendIt Announces Shortlist for PitchIt@LendIt Competition 9th September 2016 LendIt Announces Judging Panel for Global Fintech Start-up Competition LendIt, the largest conference series dedicated to connecting the global online lending community, today announced the judging panel for its competition, PitchIt @ LendIt, which is organised in partnership with Capital One, an information-based lending company, and aims to find a future star of the fintech world. See More LendIt Announces Judging Panel for Global Fintech Start-up Competition 22nd August 2016 LendIt announces partnership with Capital One to co-host their annual fintech start-up competition LendIt, the largest conference series dedicated to connecting the global online lending community, today announced a partnership with information based lending company Capital One to co-host PitchIt @ LendIt, a competition to find a future star of the fintech world. See More LendIt announces partnership with Capital One to co-host their annual fintech start-up competition 2nd August 2016 Capital One's finance team shines at awards Employees at Capital One are celebrating after receiving two accolades at the Director of Finance Awards. They won Global Finance Team of the Year and Catherine Hinnigan clinched the Rising Star Award. The team beat competition from top national companies and was commended for its training and development, innovation and Agile way of working. See More Capital One's finance team shines at awards 26th July 2016 Capital One develops its software ranks Eight senior software engineers have made the move to information based lending company Capital One, in as many weeks, to accelerate digital change at the company. Capital One is looking to bring the brightest talent on board in 200 new tech positions to meet its goal of becoming a digital leader in the financial industry. See More Capital One develops its software ranks 19th July 2016 Capital One announces finalists for start up accelerator Five start-ups to join Growth Labs programme to unlock the next big fintech idea. Capital One today announces the five finalists awarded a place on its accelerator programme, Growth Labs. See More Capital One announces finalists for start up accelerator 17th June 2016 Capital One appoints new head of Design A Silicon Valley veteran has made the move from eBay to Capital One UK. Aline Baeck has joined the company in the newly-created position of head of design, following roles at Intuit, Causata, and most recently, eBay. See More Capital One appoints new head of Design 17th May 2016 Capital One unveils tech start-up accelerator Capital One UK today announces the launch of Capital One Growth Labs, an accelerator programme for early-stage start-up and high-growth companies. See More Capital One unveils tech start-up accelerator 28th April 2016 Capital One achieves five in five A Nottingham headquartered business is celebrating after being named one of the best places to work in the UK for five years in succession. See More Capital One Makes it Five in Five 20th April 2016 New accountant named best in the business The UK's top new accountant says she is "honoured" to be recognised at a prestigious national awards ceremony. See More New accountant named best in the business 20th April 2016 Capital One's New technology leader A leading technology professional has made a move to Capital One. Andy Reeves, 44, has joined the credit card company, taking the position of vice president of technology, following roles at Microsoft, Blinkbox and most recently, Amazon. See More Capital One's new technology leader 20th April 2016 Capital One UK expands into tech city Capital One UK has today announced a major expansion in London. The organisation is to relocate its City offices and has signed an 11-year lease for two floors at the White Collar Factory EC1, overlooking Silicon Roundabout, in order to accommodate 200 new staff as well as its existing 50 London-based employees. See More Capital One UK expands into tech city Contacting us If you're a journalist with a media enquiry, you can contact our UK media relations team opens in a new tab .
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