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American Express (NYSE:AXP) stock is sliding Friday morning, trading at $320.55 and down 6% after the card issuer reported a Q2 2026 beat that traders opted to fade. The reaction hit within an hour of the 8:30 a.m. ET 8-K Form, pulling American Express stock down from a prior close of $340.84. The drop extends ... American Express Sinks 6% After Q2 Earnings Beat as Visa, Mastercard Hold Steady

Pacific Gas & Electric (NYSE:PCG) reaffirmed its 2026 earnings guidance and longer-term financial plan on its second-quarter earnings call, while executives emphasized that California wildfire liability reform remains a critical factor for the utility’s capital plans and path to investment-grade

While stocks shrug off oil shocks and global tariff turmoil, businesses are transforming to prepare for a more volatile world.

Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) reported second-quarter 2026 earnings of $3 billion, or $4.73 per diluted common share, as management said the company continued to generate top-line growth while advancing its Discover integration and adding Brex to its domestic card business. Chief Financial Offic

Giverny Capital Asset Management, LLC, an investment management company, recently published its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The model portfolio returned 13.70% this quarter, compared to the S&P 500’s 15.20% return. YTD, the portfolio gained 5.89%, while the index increased by 10.21%. The long-term link between stock […]

The Trump administration imposed 25% tariffs on Brazil, citing its PIX payment system and other alleged unfair trade practices.

Find insight on Stripe’s offer to buy PayPal, JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and more in the latest Market Talks covering financial services.

The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) reported what Chairman and CEO Bill Demchak called an “impressive” second quarter, with management pointing to broad-based business momentum, stronger fee income, continued commercial loan growth and stable credit quality. PNC generated second-quarter net

Citigroup (NYSE:C) reported a stronger second quarter of 2026, with management pointing to broad-based revenue growth, improved returns and continued capital returns, while cautioning that second-half results could be affected by normal seasonality and a deliberate increase in investment spending.

Investing.com -- Mizuho Securities downgraded Circle Internet Group, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, to Underperform from Neutral and trimmed its price target to $50 from $85, flagging competitive threats from a newly launched rival stablecoin that could undercut Circle’s core revenue model.

Tarbert also highlighted Circle's newly approved national trust charter, which allows the firm to manage USDC reserves under federal oversight.

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DAKAR, July 14 (Reuters) - No bank card. Shoppers in Africa increasingly are buying online from big brands such as Amazon or Walmart even though they have no physical presence on much of the continent.

By Sai Ishwarbharath B July 13 (Reuters) - Nasdaq-listed fintech firm Payoneer Global plans to hire around 300 engineers by end of 2026 for its new global capability centre in India, joining a growing

Mastercard is gearing up to announce its fiscal second-quarter earnings, and analysts expect profit to increase by a low double-digit percentage.

Costco treats credit cards differently from pretty much any other major retailer. Instead of taking any credit card and offering its own branded card with bonus perks, the chain has an exclusive credit card partner. For a long time, the warehouse club worked exclusively with American Express and ...

Payments platform Fiserv and service station operators including BP have warned their U.S. partners and store owners not to deal ‌in illegal vapes or risk heavy fines as a consequence, notices seen by Reuters ‌show. Backed by attorneys general from states including California, Illinois and Arizona as well as authorities from the city of New York, the District of ‌Columbia and Puerto Rico, the ⁠crackdown has in recent weeks helped secure a ban on vapes by Shopify. "BP has learned that MasterCard has begun issuing... compliance violation ​notices to ​merchants throughout the industry for processing sales transactions ​for illegal electronic nicotine delivery system ‌products," BP wrote in an undated notice to its gas station operators.

There is a new stablecoin in town, and an old player's stock is facing the heat. A stablecoin is an integral part of the DeFi infrastructure. It is a cryptocurrency designed to hold a steady value by pegging to an asset like the dollar, typically backed by reserves such as cash and ...

For years, holding stablecoins in a crypto wallet meant your money sat idle, earning nothing, disconnected from everyday spending. MetaMask is trying to change that. MetaMask, the self-custodial crypto wallet used by millions, launched Money Account on June 30, a new feature that combines earning, ...

A consortium backed by companies including BlackRock, Google and Coinbase said Tuesday that it is launching a stablecoin. Called Open USD, the new dollar-backed stablecoin is slated to be offered later this year on the Coinbase-affiliated blockchain Base, as well as on Solana and other networks.

A consortium including Visa, Mastercard and Coinbase on Tuesday launched a new joint stablecoin in a bid to broaden the ‌adoption of the digital tokens. The venture, called Open Standard, brings together more ‌than 140 businesses for the stablecoin network and will issue a new U.S.-dollar pegged stablecoin called Open ​USD, which is expected to go live later this year. It is aimed at accelerating the usage of the digital tokens worldwide by addressing hurdles that businesses face in scaling stablecoin adoption, Open Standard said.

The European Central Bank secured key parliamentary backing on Tuesday for the launch of a digital euro, an electronic ‌means of payments aimed at making the euro zone less reliant on ‌U.S. credit cards at a time of fraying transatlantic relationships. The digital euro, essentially an electronic wallet guaranteed ​by the central bank but marketed by banks or fintech companies, will allow all euro zone residents to make payments online and in person. Six years in the making, the ECB's digital cash has become a more pressing issue since Donald Trump returned to ‌the White House, slapping tariffs ⁠on even established trade partners such as the European Union and raising fears that the U.S. could one day weaponize its ⁠dominance over payment networks like Visa and Mastercard.

Despite the passage of state legislation and a federal court settlement aimed at taming credit and debit card fees, the card networks and their issuers prevailed in the first half of this year.

Michael Burry is betting PayPal's deeply discounted valuation and strong cash generation will eventually outweigh investor skepticism.

Canada's largest blockchain and artificial intelligence event is returning this summer. The Blockchain Futurist Conference is set to run July 21–22, 2026, bringing together thousands of people from the technology, finance, and digital asset industries. Organizers say the conference is ...

Here’s the thinking of a federal judge who approved the settlement covering merchants who sued Visa and Mastercard over interchange fees.

A federal judge on Tuesday tentatively approved a settlement between Visa and Mastercard and a class of merchants, paving the way for potential big changes to credit-card rewards. The agreement would end a 20-year legal battle between the card networks and a group of merchants, who have argued that the fees they are charged for each transaction are too high. Initially reached in November, the settlement would give merchants more flexibility to reject certain credit cards and would mandate lowering swipe fees over multiple years.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a settlement between the card networks and 12 million merchants over card-swipe fees is fair and reasonable.

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Mastercard and Visa are suspending transactions, hotel operators are pulling out and a major Canadian miner is rethinking its presence on the island.