@Anonymous wrote:
This sounds like a wonderful program, especially if it is elegible for CLIs later on, or can be PCed. The delayed reporting can be annoying, but I understand that this can work well for people who make mistakes--if someone is bad with credit, they will usually show signs of it within the first months.
If they make a mistake within the first few months, C1 will close it, and it won't even report as having existed--that person will only have 3 inquiries to show for, which to other creditors can just look like a denial, which is less bad than negative information, or outstanding balance without CL padding for utilization. It's basically a card to give people with limited income a chance to prove themselves.
/Sigh. Now if only they came out with a prime MasterCard product. I like Capital One, as they treat my parents very well, but I don't want a wallet with just Visas...
+1
At one time they used to offer me a low-APR 'Platinum' MasterCard, but now that's no longer offered... only Visa cards (Venture and QS). It's almost as if they are relegating their MasterCard branded accounts to sub-prime offerings.
Strangely, I know of several banks who now only offer Visa cards, or which are actually changing their existing MasterCard accounts over to Visa (USAA). Changing an entire catalog of accounts can't be cheap, so obviously there's a financial incentive to do so.
I'm like you, though... I like to have a mix. The last card I added (and the last I plan on getting for a while) was a MasterCard, and I made that choice knowing that I'll likely be closing (combining) my Capital One MasterCard in the coming months. I know that it usually doesn't matter, but for those handful of times it does I like having both. 
I saw this card, a week and a half ago, super late night and tried to get my friend to sign up the next day and I couldnt find the link anywhere or info on the card anywhere on the web. I thought I was crazy!!!!!! It still does not show up on there website for me, but the posted links work. I think this is a great idea from Capital One, and very low risk for them. I went throught Capital One using the secured route with 50 bucks down and 200 cl. But this a better option, and for people who dont necessary have the extra money to put into a secured card, this is a fantastic way to kickstart their credit, its only 100 bucks cl, but the end goal is far worth it in my view. I admit Im biased to Capital One, due to my wonderful experience with them, but I feel that they cover all spectrums of credit pretty well in my opinion, and by far the most relaxed bank. 
