FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   ING GROEP NV 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/08/2012 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP [COF] (Last) (First) (Middle) BIJLMERPLEIN 888, 1102 MG AMSTERDAM 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) P7  6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock (par value $0.01 per share) 54,790,777 D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ING GROEP NV BIJLMERPLEIN 888 1102 MG AMSTERDAM P7Â	  X	Â	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ Brendan O'Connor		05/14/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Henk Bruisten		05/14/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
  Remarks: Solely for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, ING Groep N.V. may be deemed a director-by-deputization by virtue of exercising its contractual right to nominate a representative to serve on the board of directors of Capital One Financial Corporation.  C.P.A.J. (Eli) Leenaars was elected a director of Capital One Financial Corporation effective May 8, 2012 after being nominated by ING Groep N.V. to that role.  Mr. Leenaars serves on the ING Management Board Banking.  762,691 of the shares reported above are held by indirect subsidiaries of ING Groep N.V. in their role as a discretionary manager of client portfolios. Certain of these shares may be managed by third-party sub-managers over which ING Groep N.V. and its subsidiaries do not have the ability to either direct the vote or the disposition of such shares. ING Groep N.V. disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.

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