Major change at Capital One will make it harder to use cards abroad

Capital One’s acquisition of rival Discover spells trouble for Americans using their credit cards overseas, experts warn.

Regulators quietly approved the - which will create the US's biggest card issuer - just before .

Other than boosting customer numbers, Capital One wanted to gain control of Discover's payment processing network - a rival to services offered by Visa, Mastercard and American Express.

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