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Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO made big moves in the first quarter.

Visa (NYSE:V) and Mastercard (NYSE:MA) just closed the books on calendar Q1 2026, and both networks beat expectations while pulling toward different strategic frontiers. Visa is selling itself as a “payments hyperscaler”. Mastercard is leaning into agentic commerce and stablecoins. The same swipe economy, two very different bets on what comes next. Data Processing Carries ... Visa vs Mastercard. The Numbers Just Told Us Which Network Is Pulling Away

Shares of UnitedHealth Group slipped on Monday after Berkshire Hathaway revealed in a regulatory filing that it divested from the healthcare giant during the first quarter.

MA and JD.com team up on AI commerce, cross-border payments and fraud prevention to simplify global trade and improve travel shopping in China.

Greg Abel exited positions including Visa, Mastercard, Amazon, and UnitedHealth while boosting Berkshire's Alphabet stake to almost 58 million shares

Greg Abel exited positions including Visa, Mastercard, Amazon, and UnitedHealth while boosting Berkshire's Alphabet stake to almost 58 million shares

Berkshire Hathaway has a new top dog. Its appears that Greg Abel is barking loudly, upending much of the company's huge investment portfolio.

The exit was part of a broader portfolio reshuffle in the first quarter after Greg Abel succeeded Warren Buffett as CEO

The companies will focus on cross-border payments infrastructure and improving payment experiences for inbound visitors to China.

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) has partnered with Amazon and Mastercard to issue new Amazon Prime Business and Amazon Business credit cards for business customers. The cards are designed to integrate Amazon Business tools, U.S. Bank Spend Management features, and Mastercard's global acceptance and security capabilities. U.S. Bancorp, trading at $53.12, sits in the middle of the large U.S. banking group and already has a presence in payments and commercial banking. The stock is up 23.3% over the...

Let’s dig into the relative performance of Mastercard (NYSE:MA) and its peers as we unravel the now-completed Q1 credit card earnings season.

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) recorded its first quarter of portfolio decisions under new CEO Greg Abel. The company exited positions in Amazon, Visa, Mastercard, and UnitedHealth while sharply reducing the overall number of holdings. Berkshire returned to airline stocks with a new stake in Delta Air Lines and added exposure to Macy's, while reallocating more capital to Alphabet. Berkshire Hathaway enters this new phase with NYSE:BRK.A recently trading around $723,821.0 per share. Over...

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) is one of the Best Fundamentally Strong Stocks to Buy Now. On May 12, Truist reduced its price objective on the company’s stock to $561 from $590 and kept a “Buy” rating on the shares. This was part of the research note on the broader Payments sector after the Q1 results. Notably, […]

JD.com (NasdaqGS:JD) has entered a new partnership with Mastercard to expand global payments capabilities and AI-powered commerce solutions. The collaboration focuses on supporting JD.com's cross-border retail and logistics ecosystem while upgrading its payment infrastructure. The announcement highlights JD.com's push to strengthen its position in international e-commerce and digital payments. JD.com, trading at $32.01, has seen mixed share performance, with the stock up 6.2% over the past...

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) is among the stocks with the best earnings growth for the next 10 years. On May 5, BMO Capital reaffirmed an Outperform rating and a price target of $580 on Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA). In its analysis, the firm highlighted the robust Q1 results, with the company delivering beats on both revenue and […]

Ripple is closing bank deals at a pace the crypto industry has never seen from a single company. There’s been ten major partnerships so far this year, including Deutsche Bank, Société Générale, JPMorgan, Mastercard, and Convera. What’s more is that many of these financial institutions collectively manage more money than most countries produce in a ... Ripple Is Closing Bank Deals Every Week: Why XRP Holders Aren’t Seeing the Benefit

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) announced a deal to acquire BVNK, a platform that connects crypto and traditional payments, as part of its global digital payments strategy. The UK Financial Conduct Authority has opened a competition investigation into Mastercard's digital wallet arrangements. Mastercard also launched a new partnership with JD.com to develop AI-powered and agentic commerce solutions that integrate its payment infrastructure. For investors watching NYSE:MA, these moves highlight how a...

Berkshire Hathaway added stakes in Delta and Macy's during Greg Abel's first quarter as CEO of the conglomerate, while eliminating holdings in Amazon and other major companies.

Berkshire Hathaway more than tripled the size of its investment in Google's parent company and bought over $2.6 billion worth of Delta Airlines stock as Greg Abel settled into the CEO job after taking over from Warren Buffett at the start of the year. The conglomerate also dumped a number of other stocks, including Visa, Mastercard, Domino's Pizza, Amazon and United Healthcare after the departure late last year of Todd Combs, who was one of the two investment mangers Buffett hired to help manage the portfolio. Buffett was always reluctant to invest in tech companies because he said he didn't understand them well enough to predict the long-term winners.

Berkshire Hathaway boosted its stake in Alphabet to nearly 58 million shares on March 31 from almost 18 million shares at year-end.

Here's what investing conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway was buying and selling during the first quarter, the first period for Greg Abel at the helm since succeeding Warren Buffett as CEO. Delta Air Lines: Berkshire bought a sizable stake worth around $2.

PYPL trades at a steep discount to peers as Venmo growth, AI-commerce initiatives and global expansion support its recovery path.

Sezzle' rally, On-Demand growth, strong liquidity, and upbeat sales and earnings estimates raise the question of whether investors should buy now.

This coin is likely going to do well in the tokenization market. The question is whether it'll matter for holders.

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) broke above the $1.45 resistance yesterday, touching $1.50 after the CLARITY Act committee vote before pulling back to $1.47. The Senate Banking Committee passed the CLARITY Act—the bill that would lock XRP’s commodity status into federal law—by a 15-9 vote on May 14, with two Democrats, Ruben Gallego of Arizona and Angela ... XRP Price: Why Ripple’s Institutional Wins Keep Piling Up Without an XRP Rally

Context for Mastercard stock Mastercard (MA) has drawn investor attention after recent share price weakness, with the stock down 3.5% over the past month and 7% over the past 3 months, against a backdrop of solid reported profitability. See our latest analysis for Mastercard. At a share price of US$490.64, Mastercard’s recent share price return has been soft, with the stock down 12.87% year to date. However, the 5 year total shareholder return of 39.93% still reflects a much stronger longer...

AXP expands card acceptance at three Canadian restaurant chains as AmEx targets higher dining spend and deeper cardmember engagement.

KLAR tops Q1 estimates as revenues jump 44% to $1.01B, GMV hit $33.7B, and its consumer and merchant network expands sharply.

MA tests AI-driven payments with PhotonPay, signaling a push to power secure autonomous transactions in the emerging agentic economy.

Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Fiserv and Global Payments have been highlighted in this Industry Outlook article.