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Mastercard stock snapshot Mastercard (MA) is back on many watchlists after a recent pullback, with the stock down about 2% over the past month and roughly 12% year to date based on the latest closing price. See our latest analysis for Mastercard. Recent share price moves suggest momentum has cooled, with the stock down over the past quarter and year to date. However, the 3 year and 5 year total shareholder returns remain positive, pointing to a mixed picture for investors assessing risk and...

Scott Melker discusses the stablecoin market seeing traditional banks take the lead, $114T in assets to be tokenized on Stellar network by DTCC, and other big crypto headlines of the day. "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.

Scott Melker discusses the latest push by big banks, including Mastercard (MA), SoFi (SOFI), and Block (XYZ), in the stablecoin arms race, which is accelerating quickly. "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.

MA's BitLicense win strengthens its push into stablecoins and blockchain-based payments infrastructure.

Project Lightwell will deploy more than 20,000 engineers and AI tools to identify and fix vulnerabilities across enterprise software supply chains

Paxos has secured a U.S. market-structure approval for its blockchain settlement business, giving one of crypto&rsq...

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V expands its commercial payments push with AI-driven AR tools that simplify virtual card adoption.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) has received a BitLicense from New York State. The approval allows the company to engage in regulated digital asset and crypto activities under New York's rules. The BitLicense is one of the more stringent U.S. regulatory regimes for crypto related businesses. For you as an investor, this approval signals that Mastercard is formally stepping into regulated blockchain based payments and settlement infrastructure. The company already runs global card and payment...

IBM is investing $5 billion and deploying more than 20,000 engineers to help secure open source software, according to an announcement shared first with Axios.

The credit card business isn't what it used to be... but in a way, that's bullish for investors.

AXP expands fintech reach with a new business card for interior designers, offering flexible payment tools tailored to project-based cash flows.

It hasn't abandoned finance; just a specific type of finance company.

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V expands B2B payments with PingPong, enabling cross-border supplier payouts via commercial cards across 170+ countries.

Mastercard has secured a highly coveted BitLicense in New York, anchoring its compliance-first strategy for stablecoins on Wall Street.

Credit card giant Mastercard (NYSE: $MA) has secured a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial S...

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) has dominated retail trading feeds all year on the strength of a 30% revenue growth guide, a stablecoin launch, and a CEO who keeps buying his own stock. But here’s what you should actually be watching. SoFi trades as a battleground ticker right now. The stock is down 39.0% year to ... Forget SoFi: 3 Fintech Stocks With Less Drama

Users will now be able to buy, sell, hold, and convert their SoFiUSD holdings to U.S. dollars directly in the SoFi app, the company announces.

Taking humans out of purchases is likely to multiply transactions and thereby boost fees, chief financial officers of the card networks said.

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) is partnering with JD.com to expand payment infrastructure and co-develop AI powered commerce tools in China. The company is also rolling out new Amazon Business credit cards that run on the Mastercard network, with built in spend management and security features. Mastercard, trading at $493.01, is moving beyond headline earnings and focusing attention on where and how transactions happen. The stock has declined 12.5% year to date and 13.7% over the past year, and it...

Ed McLaughlin of Mastercard joins Ashley Mastronardi on NYSE Live to discuss firm's goal to 'Set the Stage for the Future'

In his first quarter as the new CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Greg Abel made his presence felt. The new CEO, who replaced long time leader Warren Buffett, made multiple changes to the conglomerate's investment portfolio, including selling off stakes in...

Palantir recently became one of the worst mega-cap performers YTD, but can the AI company ride out the storm?

For decades, Berkshire Hathaway’s quarterly stock filings have been treated like a roadmap into Warren Buffett’s thinking. However, the latest one feels very special. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) (BRK.B) unveiled a wide-ranging portfolio overhaul in its latest 13F filing, adding a big new stake in ...

Greg Abel, now CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B), has overseen a major reshaping of the stock portfolio, including full exits from Amazon, Visa, Mastercard, and UnitedHealth. Berkshire has built a top 5 position in Alphabet and has sharply increased AI related holdings, which now account for more than a third of the portfolio’s value. These moves reflect the biggest shift in Berkshire’s capital allocation approach in decades, with a clearer tilt toward technology and AI focused...

Both Mastercard and Visa have posted steady revenue growth and robust margins, but they have different market reach.

New CEO Greg Abel is quickly putting his own fingerprints on the conglomerate's portfolio, even if last quarter's net effective change was minimal.

Earlier this month, SoFi Technologies reported strong Q1 2026 results, including US$1.10 billion in revenue and US$166.7 million in GAAP net income, while facing questions over unchanged full-year guidance, a short-seller report, and weakness in its Technology Platform segment after losing a major client. At the same time, SoFi is pushing ahead with broader ambitions, from minting its own stablecoin with Mastercard for global settlement to integrating acquisitions and expanding lending,...

Financial stocks rose in late Friday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index increasing 0.3