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Visa (V) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index fell Monday, while tech futures rallied. Micron stock and Sandisk rebounded in premarket trading.

The stock market trades largely sideways and oil dips to pre-Iran war prices heading into the final week before Q2 earnings. Here's what to watch.

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 ...

Market Domination Host Josh Lipton tracks several of the day's top trending stock tickers, including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) shares getting a lift after Wells Fargo analysts boosted their price target on the chipmaker's stock, while Circle Internet Group (CRCL) plummets on reported stablecoin competition from other firms.

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 Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 52000 for the first time on Monday, highlighting investors’ increasing demand for stocks at the heart of the American economy. One major contributor was Alphabet which rose 4.8% to lead gains on the Google-parent’s first day as one of the blue-chip index’s 30 components.

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.

SpaceX now has a market cap well above $2 trillion.

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.

The biggest IPOS in U.S. history include a major chipmaker, a ride-hailing firm and a handful of global telecoms.

These five stocks are positioned to benefit from persistent inflation, elevated interest rates, and strong nominal economic growth.

SpaceX’s (SPCX) historic IPO kicked off with a valuation few companies ever touch. Consequently, it also left investors wondering how much upside is left, or whether profit-taking is about to begin. SpaceX's stock, priced at $135, raised $75 billion, opening a brand new chapter for Elon Musk’s ...

Despite operational hurdles, Transat AT Inc (TRZBF) reports increased traffic and cash reserves, while gearing up for a new loyalty program launch.

University of Florida finance professor Jay Ritter, who runs the school’s IPO Initiative and is widely regarded as the dean of IPO research, told CNBC on June 11, 2026, that SpaceX’s pending offering will set a first-day underpricing record that dwarfs prior benchmarks held by Visa and Alibaba. “SpaceX is almost certainly going to blow ... Top IPO Expert: SpaceX IPO ‘Will Blow Away’ Records Set by Visa and Alibaba

Lance Glinn of NYSE Live discusses Visa's payment integration partnership with OpenAI for next gen commerce.

Shoppers who use AI bots powered by OpenAI to buy products will have their purchases secured by Visa’s network, security infrastructure and credentialing capabilities, the payments company said.

Payments giant Visa said Wednesday that it has embedded its payment network inside of ChatGPT, empowering the chatbot to independently shop and complete transactions on behalf of its user. It means AI agents can not only recommend products but complete the purchase on the user’s behalf, at potentially any merchant that accepts Visa. The payment network's previous attempts at this technological leap were confined to a single retailer or a small set of enrolled merchants.

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.

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

US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) sink in Friday trading, the Nasdaq Composite leading losses and closing over 1,100 points lower (4.18%). The market is reacting to May's overwhelmingly positive labor data — 172,000 jobs added the US economy vs. estimates of 88,000 — raising investor concerns that the Federal Reserve may be inclined to hike interest rates. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre breaks down the day's biggest market moves.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose Thursday while other indexes lagged behind thanks in part to gains in bank and healthcare stocks. “This is a non-chip rally,” said Jay Hatfield, chief executive officer and portfolio manager at Infrastructure Capital Advisors.

U.S. stock futures were mostly lower, led by losses in the Nasdaq-100, after Broadcom’s disappointing guidance.

Find insight on Visa, RHB Bank, Heartland and more in the latest Market Talks covering financial services.

On a recent Rich Habits Podcast segment, market commentator Ron Santella put it bluntly: “The playbook from last week hasn’t changed. It’s actually gotten more entrenched. Higher for longer is the base case.” For households waiting on a refinance or a first home purchase, he was even more direct: “Today’s report tells you it’s not ... Tariff-Driven Inflation Is Trapping Mortgage Rates, and the Fed Can’t Fix It with Rate Cuts

Investing.com -- BofA Securities downgraded Nubank to “underperform” from “neutral” rating, cutting its price objective to $10 from $16, after the Brazilian neobank announced chief financial officer Guilherme Lago would step down effective July 13, adding to a string of senior leadership departures the broker said had become "harder to ignore."