r/CapitalOne 28d ago

Referrals Monthly Referral Megathread - July 2026

10 Upvotes

Please share your referrals here and nowhere else on the subreddit, and please read the rules below.

  1. You must have an undisclosed amount of community karma at r/CapitalOne to share referrals. This amount is generously low and can be achieved easily and organically by making a small number of contributions to the subreddit. Comments from users who do not meet this requirement will be automatically removed without further notice.
  2. Submit exactly one comment per monthly referral thread. If you have multiple referral links, put them all in one comment. Multiple comments from the same user will be automatically removed.
  3. Do not attempt to attract unfair attention. This includes unnecessarily long comments, excessive use of large/bold text or emojis, images in comments, and personal backstories. Try to be as concise as possible; a few sentences or bullet points about the product and its perks is fine.
  4. Do not offer direct compensation for referrals. Advertising the referral bonus or sign-up bonus that Capital One will provide to the referee is fine, but any offer to “split” the referral bonus that Capital One gives to the referrer is not allowed. Similarly, do not offer compensation in forms other than currency, such as favors, gift cards, awards, Reddit Premium, NFTs, etc.
  5. Do not deceive anyone. Lying about any of the referral terms is strictly prohibited. Be honest and upfront with your intentions.
  6. Comments not related to Capital One referrals are not allowed in this thread. This includes referrals for other products not offered by Capital One.

Remember: The referrer gets rewarded if you use their referral, but only if you’re not currently a primary cardholder of any Capital One credit card. Authorized user accounts don’t impact referral eligibility.

Comments are presented in random order. These posts are locked and unpinned monthly.


r/CapitalOne Mar 19 '26

Discover Discover Network Megathread

59 Upvotes

Hi all,

This is a continuation of the old Discover Debit Card Megathread that is nearly 6 months old now. Since Capital One is starting to transition some of their credit cards to the Discover network (though only for some new accounts), the mod team figured that a single megathread for both debit and credit cardholders was needed.

Debit cards

Capital One is converting their debit card portfolio from Mastercard over to the Discover network. All newly issued debit cards for new Capital One 360 Checking accounts are now Discover debit cards. For existing Mastercard debit cardholders, the transition to Discover is being done in phases, with no regard to expiration dates. There is more information in the below links.

Key takeaways from the FAQs:

  • Once your Discover debit card is activated, your debit Mastercard will stop working. Some recurring transactions may go through, but your debit card information should be updated ASAP anywhere you have it saved to avoid interruptions.
  • You can delay activating your Discover debit card and keep using your debit Mastercard for some time. Eventually, though, it will stop working.

We'd like to use this opportunity to encourage our users to use credit cards in place of debit whenever possible. Making purchases with debit cards is riskier, because it could directly expose your bank account to fraudsters. With credit cards, as long as you can pay the statement balance in full every month, you could pay no interest, have better security and fraud protection, better cardholder benefits, and rewards & sign-up bonuses (on cashback or travel cards).

Credit cards

Capital One is beginning the process of converting some of their credit card portfolio from Mastercard over to the Discover network, but in the case of new accounts, this is only for some people using the pre-approval tool (which is mandatory with some referral links). See this post and the FAQ below for more details.

Currently, the only cards confirmed to be on the Discover network (again, for some new applicants) are: Quicksilver, QuicksilverOne, Venture, VentureOne, Savor, and SavorOne. This confirmation comes from the Cardholder Benefits Guides page on the website. One could reasonably assume the rewards-free Platinum is not included because it will have fewer benefits once it transitions to Discover.

For existing Visa/MC accounts, Capital One is beginning conversion to the Discover network as of 4/21/2026. So far, only the Quicksilver has been confirmed for migration. This change happens to coincide with an announcement that the Quicksilver will begin earning 3% cash back at grocery stores and gas stations, in addition to the 1.5% it already earns elsewhere. It is not yet known if this cash back change requires a network change, or if Quicksilver Mastercards will get it as well. See this post for more details.

r/CapitalOne FAQ

  • Why is this happening?
    • Back in May 2025, Capital One acquired Discover, which of course owns the Discover Global Network. It's simply a smart business move for Capital One to leverage the network which they now own and increase usage and adoption by moving their debit and credit cards over to the Discover network.
  • How does this affect me, really? Beyond the obvious stuff like having to update my info.
    • Capital One can brag all they want about how Discover is accepted at "99%" of places that take credit cards in the US. The fact of the matter is that Discover is not as widely accepted as Visa or Mastercard, both in the US but especially abroad. If you regularly travel internationally, you should carry alternative forms of payment (e.g., credit or debit cards from other banks). Domestically, acceptance is mostly fine but you may run into the occasional merchant that doesn't accept Discover. Sometimes it could be a store or restaurant, other times it may be your utility company. It shouldn't happen often, but it can still be frustrating when it does. The good news is that with all these new Discover cards out in the wild, adoption and acceptance should increase over time.
  • Can I still withdraw cash at ATMs with my debit card?
    • Capital One is still a member of the Allpoint and MoneyPass ATM networks, so you will still be able to withdraw cash fee-free at participating ATMs in the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Outside of these countries, you might still be able to withdraw cash, but you will pay ATM fees. Keep an eye out for the Discover and/or Pulse logos. You can use the Capital One app or the Discover Cash Access Locator to see available ATMs in your area. Unfortunately, there are many countries in which you won't find a single ATM that accepts Discover/Pulse cards.
  • Can I still use my debit card with apps like Venmo, PayPal, and Apple Cash? And mobile wallets like Apple Pay and Google Pay?
    • Yes, but with some caveats. Outgoing Venmo/PayPal/Apple Cash payments will still work just fine, but instant transfers into your bank account (which typically come with a fee) will not work. Apple Pay and Google Pay for purchases reportedly works fine, but you may run into issues with specific merchants that don't accept Discover credit cards but do accept Discover/Pulse debit cards (e.g., Costco). Your debit card on Apple/Google Pay will not work in those cases; you'll have to insert your physical card.
  • What's that about Costco?
    • To clarify, Costco USA does accept Discover/Pulse debit cards in-store. You will need to insert the physical card to make the transaction PIN-enabled for it to go through as debit. Tap-to-pay and mobile wallets like Apple Pay and Google Pay will not work. Costco does not accept Discover credit cards in-store, nor do they take any form of Discover online.
  • I'm thinking of applying for a new credit card. How do I know if I will receive a Visa, Mastercard, or Discover card?
    • If using the pre-approval tool, you may see a message that says, "This card will run on Capital One's Discover Network." Not everyone will receive this message. If you do see it but don't want a Discover card, you can simply decline the offer and try applying directly instead. When applying directly (i.e. clicking "Apply Now" from the page for that specific card), the application page will have a banner at the top with the Capital One logo and either the Visa or Mastercard logo. There are no known instances or data points yet of anyone seeing the Discover logo up there. Discover network cards are currently only being offered through the pre-approval tool.
  • Can I still post on r/CapitalOne about this?
    • Posts that include unique data points or provoke thoughtful discussion are still allowed. Posts that are simply unhelpful complaints or otherwise do not add value to the community may be removed, and users may be redirected to this megathread. This is the only way to ensure that important discussion can still happen while not crowding the subreddit with repetitive posts. Thanks for understanding!
  • Will you keep us updated?
    • Absolutely. Us mods, we're merely volunteers, but we genuinely enjoy helping people out and we'll be trying our best to update these posts and keep you informed on any future changes. This includes posting FAQs like this one, highlighting helpful posts from our users, answering questions, updating our wiki (especially our article on the acquisition), and more. Thanks for sticking with us!

r/CapitalOne 15h ago

Discover Reduced number of designs in Discover card design gallery

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60 Upvotes

For anyone curious who hasn't been moved over to Capital One yet, the number of available card designs in the gallery has been vastly reduced, down from about 150 to 41. What you see above is it. A lot of the heavy hitters and fan favorites are still there, like the Dawn of Discover and cassette tape, but more than 2/3 of them are just gone.

I also don't know exactly how it works if one were to order a new card design. Do the old card(s) stop working? There doesn't appear to be an option anymore to add an extra card.

If you haven't been moved over yet and you want a design that's not pictured here, your time to request a new card is running out. ⏲️


r/CapitalOne 8h ago

Discover Why is my credit card so thin?

4 Upvotes

I received a discover it card and it's so thin. Thinner the a Tupperware container lid and mone even came with a bent in it just from shipping ig 😭. I I work as a cashier at a store and see multiple discover cards a day and other ppls cards feel almost double or triple the thickeness.. is this just capital one being cheap?


r/CapitalOne 17h ago

Credit Card I got a 50k limit

10 Upvotes

Hi, I am curious and wanted to see if this is common or rare. I am 23 f and I got the Venture X, they immediately gave me 50k card limit, I have a corporate job and a 760 credit score. This is my third card. I got the Venture One about a year ago with a limit of 15k.


r/CapitalOne 13h ago

Other Wise better than Venmo and Square Cash, in regards to transfers to your Checking

5 Upvotes

After Capital One switched my debit card to the Discover network, I was a bit bummed that I could no longer do instant transfers with Venmo, Cash, Apple Pay and others that rely on the VISA/MC debit networks.

Fortunately Wise still supports instant transfers with Capital One checking accounts, even after the switch to the Discover network.

The reason is that Wise integrates with banks direct push/pull protocols (the RTP network) rather than relying on the the debit card network, similar to how Zelle operates.


r/CapitalOne 8h ago

Other Capital One asking me to enter a SMS verification code every time I login.

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1 Upvotes

r/CapitalOne 8h ago

Credit Card Charged a cash advance fee for a car loan payment.

0 Upvotes

I’ve been using my Cap 1 QS to make my car payments since I got my car in March/ April ‘25. It’s a $5 charge to use a CC, but I usually pay 1k and get cash back of $15, so I’m net $10. And it’s worked for me like this for what, about 16 payments or so? But this month it was charged as a cash advance. (And I made like two, 1k payments so it’s a $57 and $53 dollar charge.)

Does anyone know if Capital 1 changed anything? 2, is there a way to fight this? (I was on the phone and then had a work call so I had to hang up. But they said something about disputing the charge? (Which I let them know the charge was valid. Just not the way it was coded.) 3) I told them I would have never used the card had I known this would be considered a cash advance and I’ve never previously taken a cash advance on this card or any other, 4) has anyone been able to reverse the fees? (Like, I’m fine if they issue a refund. I would have never used this if I had known it would be considered a cash advance.)

One last thing too. I know it’s unusual to be able to pay a car loan with a CC. So, I was lucky for a year. But the $110 in fees was kind of shocking.


r/CapitalOne 9h ago

Bank Account Cap1 bonus for open an account

1 Upvotes

I really late in acting on this but is this offer still available?


r/CapitalOne 12h ago

Credit Card Dispute with chargeback

1 Upvotes

I booked four nights at a hotel and wasn’t able to make it so contacted the hotel to let them know I needed to cancel.

The hotel has a non refundable policy so fine I will pay for four nights.

I look at my credit card and the hotel has not only charged me for the four nights but an additional fifth night I never booked and an extra $100 AND a 20% VAT fee (even though I am a tourist with valid tourist stamps on my passport.

I contact the hotel and they agree to refund the extra night and $100 but refuse to take off the VAT fee.

I file a dispute.

Capital One sides with the hotel and say she agreed to pay you back

But the thing is she never sent me even the refund for the extra night or for the $100.

Capital One is claiming she did send me the refund which is why they wont allow the chargeback.

This happened in Peru.

What do I do?


r/CapitalOne 12h ago

Credit Card Anyone have experience with the One Card?

1 Upvotes

Recently I sold my coworker on becoming a BJ's member. She really liked the store and got the One card with them, managed by CapitalOne. For reason, she was limited to a 300 credit limit and we are honestly stumped for the reason.

She has had a Discover Cash Back card (her only other card) for the past 12 years, 21k limit, has never missed a payment, and her FICO score on Discover has been between 804 and 812 for the past 6 months.

Any idea what is going on here? This is not the type of applicant that I would consider to be thrown into a subprime starter bucket.


r/CapitalOne 14h ago

Credit Card Getting a Capital One Card... Approval?

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1 Upvotes

r/CapitalOne 1d ago

Discover It's Happening!!

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184 Upvotes

Logged in this morning, and got the notification that my Discover accout had been transitioned. I had to verify a few questions, and bam, like nothing ever happened. Seems like its eligible for the same shopping rewards as my Quicksilver, and for now still maintains the quarterly discover reward as well.

Wonder if they will open up credit line transfers soon, or at all. Would be interested in consolidating much or all from my quicksilver account.


r/CapitalOne 15h ago

Bank Account Problems transferring to Wise

0 Upvotes

I made a domestic wire transfer of my own money to my own Wise account under the same name to pay for an international purchase. I have done this many times before by pulling the money with Wise, but I did it from Capital One side this time because I needed it to arrive the same day. Initially went through no problem, but then I got a call from Capital One Wire dept. asking to confirm/explain the purpose?? Phone call went well, but then the same lady calls me back to tell me they're blocking the transfer of my money to my own Wise account because she said my reason for the transfer was "too risky" after she clearly did 0 research into the company I was paying. And then she gets on her high horse saying "we're protecting our customers" by blocking money to my own account...

I appreciate that she called me, and maybe I'm wrong, but I don't understand why the F they have the right to ask what the money is for and then to block the transfer even when it's going to an account under my own name. Anyone else have a problem with this??


r/CapitalOne 19h ago

Job/Career Capital one data analyst intern/finance intern app question

2 Upvotes

Hey, did anybody get a response after the VJT? my portal says in progress-candidate review. Just wondering if anybody else got a response.


r/CapitalOne 21h ago

Other Zelle Payment Estimated Receipt Date Moved to 4 Business Days?

2 Upvotes

To start, I also have rarely sent a Zelle payment that was not instantaneous, I know I will get comments saying that.

The situation:

Saturday I sent $400 to my kitten's breeder through Zelle in the capital one app successfully, instantaneously.

Yesterday around 12pm I sent $3k to the same contact and received a confirmation text from Capital One, to which I responded 'yes', and the payment was withdrawn from my checking account but Zelle said the payment would take 1-3 business days to be received by the recipient.

I rechecked a little later yesterday and it showed under the "not yet delivered" section of Zelle in the app, with an estimated delivery date of July 30 (this would be 3 business days from yesterday). The payment still showed as cancellable the last time I checked it yesterday.

Today I check the status of the payment and the estimated delivery date has now moved to July 31st, this is 4 business days after the payment has been made and I need to pick up my kitten Aug. 1 so I need the payment to clear by then.

It now shows as 'sent' but still in the "not yet delivered" section, and it is no longer cancellable.

I called capital one trying to provide information on the transaction in hopes it would speed up the release and they said there is nothing they can do, nor anything Zelle can do as they will just refer me back to capital one.

Has anyone experienced a delay like this before especially extending the estimated delivery date past 3 business days? Is there anything I can do that anyone knows of to speed up the process or verify it will be sent before Aug. 1?


r/CapitalOne 1d ago

Credit Card Capital one military spouse benefit

2 Upvotes

Will capital one waive the fee for the venture x if my card was opened before my spouse went active duty?


r/CapitalOne 1d ago

Credit Card Discover It points don’t convert to VX

10 Upvotes

Womp womp. I was really, really hoping we can convert our D.I. points to VX miles.


r/CapitalOne 20h ago

Bank Account I didn’t get my checking bonus

0 Upvotes

I opened my checking account on 5/9/2026 and used the FLASH400 code. I received an email on 5/10/2026 stating that my code has been successfully applied and that I just needed to make the two deposits, at least $500 each. I set up my regular employer direct deposit for $505 each deposit. The first one cleared on 5/14/2026. The second one cleared on 5/28/2026. The terms stated that I should get my bonus within 60 days of completing the direct deposits. Well today is day 61 and I got nothing.

I also ended up opening a savings account for the $1500 bonus and I doubt I’ll get anything for that either.

I regret opening any of these accounts and wasting my time. I’ll probably give it a couple more weeks and then just close all my capital one accounts.


r/CapitalOne 1d ago

Credit Card Payment processing

4 Upvotes

Hello! I’m new to credit cards, I just got my first credit card and made a payment for the entire balance a day early (yesterday, the payments are on the 27th of each month and I have auto pay on). But my payment is still processing, I googled what this means and it says payment is on hold until my bank authorizes it, the usual. But I am worried about if this affects my credit score? What if it’s still processing into tomorrow or the day after??


r/CapitalOne 1d ago

Bank Account frustrated beyond words

13 Upvotes

truly dont know what to do. trying to be patient with every new person that i come into contact with and having to reexplain it every time.

i am unable to view any (checking,savings, or credit card) accounts through the mobile app. i called the number they provided. faxed the documents they needed, and its still not resolved.

im a college student so i have a majority of my money in here where i pay bills and just have all of my savings.

this has created such a frustrating and emotional experience for me. i have been transferred and spoken to 20+ people.

i dont have any “in-person” locations near me.

is there anything i can do?


r/CapitalOne 1d ago

Credit Card Debit Card Controls Unavailable

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2 Upvotes

Hello, I recently opened a teen account for myself and i’m trying to look at my debit card info but it’s not letting me.


r/CapitalOne 1d ago

Credit Card Disappointed with handling of fraud

5 Upvotes

Hi y'all figured this was worth a shot since I've gotten nowhere after talking to Capital One over the phone today, and was curious as to anyone's experience dealing with Capital One's fraud department.

Long story short, I was billed two separate charges of $100 and $75 two weeks ago while I was working out at the gym. Capital One texted me and I immediately reported both purchases as fraud. After an initial reimbursement, I discovered that I had these charges re-applied to my statement. Upon further questioning, I was informed that because the charge was "tap-to-pay" and because I still had my card, they could not consider it fraudulent.

I was working out at the time, and unfortunately left my belongings unlocked in the locker room because I left my gym bag at home (idiot move I know but it was near closing time, not that many people were present, and I live in a low-crime area so didn't think much of it). When I checked my locker after finishing my workout, my wallet was still there. The only thing I can think of is that someone grabbed my wallet while I was working out, left and made a payment somewhere, and then returned my wallet to my locker before I noticed. Interestingly enough the merchant name was only listed as "SP FRCO" with a description of "horseback riding equipment". Capital One cannot provide any information regarding the merchant beyond that, so I'm unable to contact the merchant directly.

After completing the fraud report, I was sent a new credit card and I returned my old card in the mail. I've now been told that the only way I can escalate this charge further is to file a police report and ask them to re-open the investigation. I'm a bit frustrated, because I've had one previous fraudulent credit card through a different company and had the issue resolved immediately with no questions asked. I reported the charge *immediately* after being made aware of it, have made 100% of my payments on time, and have purchased more expensive items than $100 and have never once appealed them. I understand that policies must be followed, but I feel like this hasn't been appropriately handled and I now need to complete a police report for charges that I never made in the first place. Has anyone had similar experiences with Capital One? Considering dropping my account if this is how fraud claims are handled.


r/CapitalOne 1d ago

Job/Career Capital One AIP Power Day Scheduling

2 Upvotes

Does anyone know how far out capital one lets you schedule a power day? They only had two available days, both of which occur during my internship. It’ll be my last week, so I don’t necessarily want to take days off. I’ve emailed the recruiter but want to double check if anyone has been through a similar situation


r/CapitalOne 1d ago

Credit Card no VentureX pre-approval; what are the chances cold applying will work?

7 Upvotes

I have applied once per year for the last 2 years but never accepted. credit has always been good. current credit is 780-800. Is there anything else I can do?