<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000927628-25-000159.txt : 20250512
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000927628-25-000159
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250508
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250512
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250512

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			williams craig a.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001848752
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13300
		FILM NUMBER:		25935666

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1680 CAPITAL ONE DR.
		CITY:			MCLEAN
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22102

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000927628
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		EIN:				541719854
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE
		CITY:			MCLEAN
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22102
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7037201000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE
		CITY:			MCLEAN
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22102

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	OAKSTONE FINANCIAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940728
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            <transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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        <footnote id="F1">Restricted stock units that vest in their entirety on May 8, 2026.  The reporting person will also be entitled to additional shares representing dividends accrued on the shares issuable at settlement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes shares representing dividends accrued on shares that were issued upon vesting of restricted stock units since the last reported transaction.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Blaise F. Brennan</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-05-12</signatureDate>
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Brennan, each of them, as the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of substitution and revocation in each) to&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">      1.   execute, for and on behalf of the undersigned, any and all statements and reports required or permitted to be filed by the undersigned, in any and all capacities, under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder (the &#8220;Act&#8221;) with respect to the beneficial ownership of the securities of Capital One Financial Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), including without limitation Forms 3, 4, 5, and Form 144 required to be filed by the undersigned under Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended&#59;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">      2.   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such statements and reports and file such statements and reports, with all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange and&#47;or any other stock exchange or any similar authority and to deliver copies thereof to the Company&#59;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">      3.   take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion&#59; and</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">      4.   request and receive from any broker (i) periodic reports detailing the undersigned&#8217;s retail holdings of the Company&#8217;s securities held in his or her account(s) and (ii) confirmations of acquisitions or dispositions of the Company&#8217;s securities, or other derivative instruments based on any of the Company&#8217;s equity, effected by such broker in or through his or her account(s), with no obligation to receive further approval from the undersigned for such request(s).  </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever required, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, acting in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Act.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">        This Power of Attorney revokes all prior Powers of Attorney submitted to the Company with respect to the matters expressed herein, and shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file statements or reports under Section 16(a) of the Act with respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 5th day of March, 2025.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Craig Anthony Williams </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Name&#58;  Craig Anthony Williams</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">        ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">STATE OF ____Virginia________        )</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">                                     &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;        )      ss.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">CITY&#47;COUNTY OF __Fairfax___         )</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 5th day of March, 2025, by Craig Anthony Williams.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">                                                                </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Patricia Zacharias Niewoehner</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">                                                                Notary Public</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(SEAL)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">My commission expires October 31, 2026</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Capital One Confidential</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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