Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

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I. Introduction

Capital One Financial Corporation (the "Corporation") is a diversified financial services company whose banking and non-banking subsidiaries market a variety of financial products and services. The Corporation's principal subsidiaries are:

• Capital One Bank (USA), National Association ("COBNA") which currently offers credit and debit card products, other lending products and deposit products.

• Capital One, National Association ("CONA") which offers a broad spectrum of banking products and financial services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients.

During the first half of 2008, the Corporation completed several reorganizations and consolidations to streamline operations and regulatory relationships. On January 1, Capital One Auto Finance Inc. ("COAF") moved from a direct subsidiary of the Corporation to become a direct operating subsidiary of CONA. In connection with the COAF move, one of COAF's direct operating subsidiaries, Onyx Acceptance Corporation ("Onyx"), became a direct subsidiary of the Corporation. On March 1, the Corporation converted Capital One Bank from a Virginia-state chartered bank to a national association called Capital One Bank (USA), National Association. On March 8, Superior Savings of New England, N.A. ("Superior") merged with and into CONA. Both COBNA and CONA are primarily regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC"). In May 2008, we consolidated the business and operations of two registered broker-dealers, Capital One Securities, LLC (dba Capital One Investments, LLC) and Capital One Investment Services Corporation (formerly NFB Investment Services Corporation), into Capital One Investments Services Corporation. In addition, in May 2008, we consolidated the business and operations of three insurance agencies, Capital One Agency Corp., GreenPoint Agency, Inc. and Hibernia Insurance Agency, LLC into Green Point Agency, Inc., which is now known as Capital One Agency LLC.

The Corporation and its subsidiaries are hereafter collectively referred to as the "Company".

The Company's earnings are primarily driven by lending to consumers and commercial customers and by deposit-taking activities which generate net interest income, and by activities that generate non-interest income, including the sale and servicing of loans and providing fee-based services to customers. Customer usage and payment patterns, credit quality, levels of marketing expense and operating efficiency all affect the Company's profitability.

The Company's primary expenses are the costs of funding assets, provision for loan losses, operating expenses (including associate salaries and benefits, infrastructure maintenance and enhancements, and branch operations and expansion costs), marketing expenses, and income taxes.

During the first quarter of 2008, the Company reorganized its National Lending sub-segments. Segment and sub-segment results have been restated for all periods presented. The National Lending segment consists of the following sub-segments:

• U.S. Card sub-segment which consists of the Company's domestic credit card business, including small business credit cards, and the installment loan businesses.

• Other National Lending sub-segment which includes the Company's auto finance business and international lending businesses.

II. Critical Accounting Estimates

See our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, Part I, Item 7 "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" for a summary of our critical accounting estimates.

Fair Value Measurements

Effective January 1, 2008, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 157, Fair Value Measurements ("SFAS 157") for all financial assets and liabilities and for nonfinancial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis. Under FASB Staff Position No. FAS 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157 (FSP 157-2), the Company elected to defer the adoption of SFAS 157 for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities measured on a nonrecurring basis. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The initial adoption of SFAS 157 did not have a material impact on the consolidated earnings and financial position of the Company. There are no material assets or liabilities recognized or disclosed at fair value for which the Company has not applied the provisions of SFAS 157.

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Effective January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Liabilities ("SFAS 159"). SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value with changes in fair value included in current earnings. The election is made on specified election dates, can be made on an instrument by instrument basis, and is irrevocable. The initial adoption of SFAS 159 did not have a material impact on the consolidated earnings and financial position of the Company.

Additional information is included in this Quarterly Report under the heading "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" and "Note 7 - Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities."

III. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

See our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, Part III, Item 7 "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" for a summary of the Company's off-balance sheet arrangements.

Of the Company's total managed loans, 34% and 35% were included in off-balance sheet securitizations for the periods ended September 30, 2008 and September 30, 2007, respectively.

In April 2008, The Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") voted to eliminate Qualifying Special Purpose Entities (QSPEs) from the guidance in SFAS 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishment of Liabilities. On September 15, 2008, the FASB issued exposure drafts to amend SFAS 140 and FIN46R. The two proposed Statements would significantly change accounting for transfers of financials assets, due to elimination of the concept of a QSPE, and would change the criteria for determining whether to consolidate a VIE. The proposals are currently in a public comment period and are subject to change. As the proposals stand, however, the change would have a significant impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements as a result of the loss of sales treatment for assets previously sold to a QSPE, as well as for future sales. As of September 30, 2008, the total assets of QSPEs to which the Company has transferred and received sales treatment were $49.4 billion.

IV. Reconciliation to GAAP Financial Measures

The Company's consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") are referred to as its "reported" financial statements. Loans included in securitization transactions which qualify as sales under GAAP have been removed from the Company's "reported" balance sheet. However, servicing fees, finance charges, and other fees, net of charge-offs, and interest paid to investors of securitizations are recognized as servicing and securitizations income on the "reported" income statement.

The Company's "managed" consolidated financial statements reflect adjustments made related to effects of securitization transactions qualifying as sales under GAAP. The Company generates earnings from its "managed" loan portfolio which includes both the on-balance sheet loans and off-balance sheet loans. The Company's "managed" income statement takes the components of the servicing and securitizations income generated from the securitized portfolio and distributes the revenue and expense to appropriate income statement line items from which it originated. For this reason, the Company believes the "managed" consolidated financial statements and related managed metrics to be useful to stakeholders.

As of and for the three months ended September 30, 2008