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By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Major tech companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon are calling for a society-wide defensive surge to defeat what they
MA's Klook partnership targets APAC's experience-led travel boom, offering new cardholder perks while opening more travel spending touchpoints.
DAVE's Flex card broadens its credit offering with pay-in-four financing, higher spending limits and Mastercard acceptance as testing expands.
Visa's Bluefin partnership combines payment security, routing and device management. The move could deepen merchant relationships and expand Visa's acceptance solutions.
Bitcoin prediction traders on futures have largely moved away from using Bitcoin as collateral as the price rises. The share of Bitcoin open interest that is margin positions backed by Bitcoin rather than a stablecoin now stands at about 12% across exchanges. The shift in collateral structure is separate from ...
Among the president's more than 1,000 trades disclosed in June were purchases ranging from $1 million to $5 million in three industry-leading businesses -- one of which has rallied 85,000% since its IPO.
Exceptional operating leverage supports the valuation, but the stock is struggling to extend its consumer-driven breakout.
Despite D-Wave's strengths, Quantinuum looks like a better pick for investors thanks to its sizable cash moat.
Cathie Wood doubles down on a crypto stock which she expects to be the “prime beneficiary” of tech disruption.
V's BLOOM initiative could accelerate stablecoin settlement, boost cross-border efficiency and help shape digital-payment interoperability.
President Donald Trump bought up to $50,000 in Space Exploration Technologies Corp shares shortly after the Elon Musk-led company’s record IPO. Trump Bought SpaceX Shares After Record IPO Trump purchased between $15,001 and $50,000 worth of SpaceX shares on June...
Investors looking to follow President Trump’s investment moves may want to consider these three stocks, which could offer attractive opportunities right now.
A Berkshire-flavored ETF promises 15% annual income built on Buffett's name, but the fee structure and hidden upside caps tell a very different story than the fund's marketing does.
Both payment giants just hit record highs on the same day, which sounds like a reason to celebrate owning either one until you realize the two stocks tell very different stories about which investor actually wins from here.
Mastercard’s $1.8 billion acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK has done more than expand its digital-asset capabilities. It has also changed the competitive landscape for stablecoin payments. That is by putting pressure on Visa to secure new infrastructure partners. Mastercard completed the BVNK acquisition on August 3 after agreeing to pay $1.5 billion upfront, with
Visa stock climbed 3.1% on Monday to close at $382.41, its highest finish since June 2025
President Donald Trump bought up to $50,000 in Space Exploration Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:SPCX) shares shortly after the Elon Musk-led company’s record IPO. Trump Bought SpaceX Shares After Record IPO Trump purchased between $15,001 and $50,000 worth of SpaceX shares on June 23, according to a financial disclosure signed Aug. 12 and released Saturday. The transaction was among more than 1,000 stock trades made by Trump in June. It also included sizable investments in Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BR
Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood pointed to short-term market inefficiency around Circle Internet Group Inc. on Sunday, despite the stock gaining significantly since its IPO. Circle shares underperform over the past year Wood quoted a post by analyst Alex Obchakevich...
PayPal (PYPL) trades at $61.55 per share on a $54.0B market cap and 11.0x trailing earnings. Under a conservative 3-year scenario, the math points to roughly 28% upside. Revenue compounding and valuation re-rating split the heavy lifting in our scenario. Here is the baseline data driving the math.
Mastercard (MA) has been in focus after appointing Yasemin Bedir as president of its Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa unit, a role that reports directly to the company’s largest geographic revenue contributor. See our latest analysis for Mastercard. The executive reshuffle in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa comes as Mastercard’s share price shows strong momentum, with a 21.67% 90 day share price return and a 75.01% 5 year total shareholder return. If Mastercard’s recent rally...
Mastercard (NYSE:MA) appoints Yasemin Bedir as President of its Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA) region. Bedir also joins Mastercard's Management Committee, expanding her role in global decision making. She brings nearly 20 years of experience at Mastercard and a background working across complex geopolitical markets. The EEMEA region includes a wide mix of emerging markets where leadership and local relationships can be a key operational factor. This kind of leadership...
Capital is rotating toward transaction networks with visible growth and limited exposure to credit losses.
Visa, Mastercard, and American Express usually move in loose lockstep, but 2026 has cracked that relationship wide open in a way that forces investors to pick sides between two very different business models.
Scott Melker discusses how crypto card spending has exceeded $1 billion as consumers begin to utilize stablecoins more in their purchases. "The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker" airs every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto. Make sure to also check out Yahoo Finance's new crypto hub to find the latest crypto-related news.
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