Discover what’s in Capital One’s wallet
Donald Trump is losing support from small donors, US lender Capital One has agreed to buy rival Discover Financial for $35.3bn, and Barclays updated investors on its strategy for the first time in eight years. Mentioned in this podcast:Donald Trump’s donor numbers fall by 200,000 compared with 2019Capital One agrees to buy Discover Financial for $35bnBarclays to return £10bn to shareholdersSubscribe to the FT US Election Countdown newsletterThe FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Saffeya Ahmed, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.