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# Capital One’s Discover deal, posted early by @unusual\_whales — confirmed

The report spread on Feb 19, 2024; Capital One announced the deal the same day.

Leaked on 19 February 2024

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At 18:38 UTC on Feb 19, 2024, @unusual\_whales posted that [Capital One](https://investor.capitalone.com/news-releases/news-release-details/capital-one-acquire-discover) was looking to buy Discover Financial, citing a news report.

> **unusual\_whales** @unusual\_whales
>
> Capital One, $COF, is looking to buy Discover Financial, $DFS, per Bloomberg
>
> 506 likes · 68 reposts · counts as of 09 Nov 2026, 07:12 UTC
>
> — unusual\_whales (@unusual\_whales) [February 19, 2024](https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1759648761327067513)

not in our leaker index

[CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/19/capital-one-acquiring-discover-financial-services-report-says.html) had already published a report-based story at 17:32 UTC. Capital One announced the acquisition later that day.

Confirmed. The post relayed others’ reporting and was not first.

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## What happened later

Confirmed: announced Feb 19, 2024.

## Sources

* [Original X post by @unusual\_whales](https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1759648761327067513)
* [CNBC — Capital One to acquire Discover Financial Services in $35.3 billion all-stock deal](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/19/capital-one-acquiring-discover-financial-services-report-says.html)
* [Capital One — Capital One to Acquire Discover](https://investor.capitalone.com/news-releases/news-release-details/capital-one-acquire-discover)

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