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THE CREDIT CONNECTBy Cal Barton
Capital One / Discover

Capital One Just Changed Discover: 7 Things Happening Now

Capital One just changed Discover and there’s 7 things you must know.

You don’t want to make a move based on outdated information and get burned, so pay close attention to what’s changing before you do anything with your Discover account.

THE CREDIT CONNECTBy Cal Barton
Apple Card / Chase

Apple Card Is Moving to Chase. What Happens Next?

The Apple Card is still moving from Goldman Sachs to Chase and seven months after the deal was announced, we're finally getting a few clues on what happens next.

At first, the announcement answered one question and immediately created a hundred more.

THE CREDIT CONNECTBy Cal Barton
Navy Federal

BREAKING: Navy Fed’s NEW Flagship Card Launches Next Week

Navy Federal is launching a new Flagship Premier credit card next week.

Reportedly on September 10th. If the Flagship is your go-to card for almost everything, the new version could knock it out of that spot.

Excerpts from September 2026 issues. Product details can change.

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Capital One / Discover · September 2026

Capital One Just Changed Discover: 7 Things Happening Now

Capital One just changed Discover and there’s 7 things you must know.

You don’t want to make a move based on outdated information and get burned, so pay close attention to what’s changing before you do anything with your Discover account.

Soon you’ll see how Capital One is giving Discover customers a way to dust off the credit sitting on their old cards and put it where they actually need it, without rolling the dice on another credit limit increase request.

You’ll also see how people are getting denied for increases because their account is still stuck in migration limbo.

Plus why applying for Discover at the moment feels a little like the Wild West, with a maze of different paths leading to different approval results.

1. You can move your Discover credit limit to Capital One

This might be the biggest surprise so far.

Capital One is allowing some migrated Discover cardholders to transfer unused credit limits between eligible Discover and Capital One cards.

And people are already doing it.

One person recently reported having a $10,000 Discover limit and being given the option to move $9,500 of it to a SavorOne.

Another moved part of a Discover limit onto a Quicksilver.

Think about what that means.

Maybe you have an old Discover card with a $15,000 or $20,000 limit that barely leaves the sock drawer.

Meanwhile, your favorite Capital One card has a tiny limit.

You may now be able to take some of that unused Discover credit and put it where you actually need it.

That could be much more useful than requesting another credit limit increase and hoping Capital One approves it. Recent migrated cardholders have been seeing the transfer option directly inside Capital One's credit-line management tools.

I would definitely check your account before making any moves.

Not everyone appears to have the option yet.

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This is an excerpt from a September 2026 issue. Details reflect the original coverage and may have changed.

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Apple Card / Chase · September 2026

Apple Card Is Moving to Chase. What Happens Next?

The Apple Card is still moving from Goldman Sachs to Chase and seven months after the deal was announced, we're finally getting a few clues on what happens next.

At first, the announcement answered one question and immediately created a hundred more.

  • Would Chase make everyone reapply?
  • Would people with lower credit scores suddenly lose their cards?
  • Would your credit limit change?

Now we have answers to some of those questions.

Soon you’ll see why current Apple Card holders will be able to cross over to Chase without another approval battle, how Apple Savings could be the part of this deal that gets messy, and why the “get it before it’s too late” fear is completely irrational and overblown.

First, Chase isn't taking over tomorrow

This is the part that's easy to misunderstand because Apple has been pretty quiet since the announcement.

Back in January, Apple confirmed that Chase would replace Goldman Sachs as the issuing bank behind Apple Card.

But the actual transition is expected to take roughly two years.

Based on JPMorgan's filings, the current target still appears to be around the end of 2027 or beginning of 2028, assuming all the necessary approvals happen.

From where we are right now, that's still roughly 16 months away.

So if you've been seeing videos or posts telling you that you need to rush out and get the Apple Card before Chase takes over, I think that’s just a scare tactic used for clicks.

There is plenty of time!

You do not need to rearrange your credit-card application strategy this week because you're afraid the Apple Card is disappearing tomorrow.

If you open the Wallet app today and everything still says Goldman Sachs, nothing is wrong.

Goldman is still running Apple Card right now.

In fact, people are still getting approved for new Apple Cards in 2026. Unfortunately, I've seen recent MyFICO reports from people rushing to apply because they're afraid of what might happen once Chase takes over.

And that's fine if you actually want the card.

But I wouldn't apply just because someone made the transition sound like an emergency.

The customer experience looks almost unchanged today, and based on the current timeline, it should remain that way for quite a while.

Behind the scenes, though, that's a very different story.

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This is an excerpt from a September 2026 issue. Details reflect the original coverage and may have changed.

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Navy Federal · September 2026

BREAKING: Navy Fed’s NEW Flagship Card Launches Next Week

Navy Federal is launching a new Flagship Premier credit card next week.

Reportedly on September 10th.

If the Flagship is your go-to card for almost everything, the new version could knock it out of that spot.

The annual fee increase is getting most of the attention, but the rewards change could end up costing some people a lot more.

And Navy Federal left a pretty big clue about what’s coming on its own website before quickly deleting it.

Navy Federal Left a Big Clue

This has moved way beyond somebody on Reddit saying, "A rep told me this."

Navy Federal's own website was already referencing a card called 👉🏾 Flagship Premier Visa Signature

They even listed a $95 annual fee in the disclosures.

Those references have since been scrubbed from the website.

Meanwhile, Navy Federal is still publicly showing the existing Flagship card with its current $49 annual fee.

So we have the current Flagship still sitting there publicly, while references to a new $95 Flagship Premier briefly appeared elsewhere on Navy Federal's own site before being removed.

That makes this look like more than a small rewards update.

We may be looking at a new version of the Flagship entirely.

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This is an excerpt from a September 2026 issue. Details reflect the original coverage and may have changed.