United States securities and exchange commission logo December 18, 2020 R. Scott Blackley Chief Financial Officer Capital One Financial Corp. 1680 Capital One Drive McLean, Virginia 22102 Re: Capital One Financial Corp. Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2020 Filed November 2, 2020 Form 8-K Furnished October 22, 2020 File No. 1-13300 Dear Mr. Blackley: We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to these comments within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2020 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Note 3 - Loans, page 93 1. We note that the loan tables (3.1 through 3.5) include the impacts of the COVID-19 customer assistance programs where applicable. In order for the reader to obtain a clear understanding of the impacts of the COVID-19 programs on the different types of loans affected, please revise future filings to address how these loans have been reflected in each of the tables. This can be done in separate tables or in footnote disclosure. 2. We note your tabular presentations would appear to exclude accounts from the TDR designation due to regulatory exemptions. Please tell us what consideration has been given to including a supplemental table in future filings for those customer loans that qualified for regulatory exemption from TDR classification, in order to provide the reader R. Scott Blackley Capital One Financial Corp. December 18, 2020 Page 2 with expanded insight into the underlying credit quality of those customers. The following are examples of information that would enhance transparency and granularity of your tabular and textual disclosures. The number of accounts and related dollar amounts excluded by loan type as well as the types of loan modifications made. The number (or percentage) of those customers that have made a payment in the last payment cycle. The number (or percentage) of those customers that have made no payments since entering the program. Provide a distribution by most recent FICO score (e.g., 660 and above, 621-660, and less than 620 or no scores). Form 8-K furnished October 22, 2020 EX-99.2 Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures, page 22 3. Please revise your future filings to eliminate the presentation of a full income statement of non-GAAP measures. We reference Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation (C&DI) Question 102.10 on Non-GAAP Financial Measures. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. You may contact Michael Henderson, Staff Accountant at 202-551-3364 or Marc Thomas, Staff Accountant at 202-551-3452 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. FirstName LastNameR. Scott Blackley Sincerely, Comapany NameCapital One Financial Corp. Division of Corporation Finance December 18, 2020 Page 2 Office of Finance FirstName LastName