Visa crypto executive leaves for Softbank-backed start-up DriveWealth

Terry Angelos, Visa’s global head of fintech and crypto. DriveWealth One of Visa‘s top executives is leaving the payments giant for a brokerage technology start-up, CNBC has learned. Terry...

Singapore fintech Nium plans aggressive expansion in Europe

Europe’s fintech sector is fiercely competitive, with privately-held start-ups worth tens of billions of dollars vying to steal market share from incumbent banks. Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Ima...

Cramer debuts new stock grading system, evaluates 6 major companies

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday offered his thoughts on whether companies that recently reported their quarterly earnings are investable, leaning on his newly introduced grading system. “Th...

Microsoft, Visa, Enphase Energy, Boeing and more

Microsoft Corporation headquarters at Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, France, April 18, 2016. Charles Platiau | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Enphase Energy — Sh...

Microsoft, Boeing, Alphabet, Robinhood and more

A worker inspects a Boeing 737 MAX airliner at Renton Airport adjacent to the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington on November 10, 2020. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Check out the compani...

Alphabet, Robinhood, Meta and more

The logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google outside the company’s office in Beijing, China, August 8, 2018. Thomas Peter | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Alphabet —...

Stripe launches crypto payments feature, with Twitter as first client

Illustrative image of two commemorative bitcoins with a green background. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Stripe will allow businesses to pay their users via cryptocurrencies, starting with Twit...

U.S. fintech Plaid hires Booking.com exec as head of Europe

Ripsy Bandourian, head of Europe at Plaid. Plaid LONDON — Financial technology firm Plaid has hired Ripsy Bandourian, a long-time Booking.com executive, to head up its European operations. Bandourian ...

Amazon renews Prime credit card pact with JPMorgan after flirting with American Express

Jeff Bezos and Jamie Dimon. Getty Images | CNBC Amazon has chosen to renew a deal allowing JPMorgan Chase to issue the tech giant’s flagship rewards credit card, ending months of heated negotiat...

Ethereum Startup Partners With Visa To Spend Unused Phone Minutes On A Virtual Credit Card

Christian Duffus realized that the extra airtime on his Kenyan SIM card couldn’t be used in the United States or redeemed online. So, in collaboration with Visa V Inc., he devised a global solut...

Apple buys UK fintech start-up Credit Kudos

Customers walk past a digital display of the new green color Apple iPhone 13 pro inside the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, in New York, March 18, 2022. Mike Segar | Reuters LONDON — Apple has...

Goldman Sachs leaves Russia due to Ukraine invasion

A sign is displayed in the reception area of Goldman Sachs in Sydney, Australia. David Gray | Reuters Goldman Sachs says it is exiting Russia, becoming one of the first major global investment banks t...

Trading in NFTs spiked 21,000% to top $17 billion in 2021: Report

People walk by a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT billboard in Times Square on Jan. 25, 2022. Noam Galai | Getty Images Sales of nonfungible tokens jumped to more than $17 billion in 2021, according to a new ...

Oil stocks, Bed Bath & Beyond, Visa and more

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Chevron, Exxon, Phillips 66 — Oil stocks rose broadly in premarket trading after energy prices surged overnight, with U.S. benchmark West Te...

Bed Bath & Beyond, United, PVH and more

A person enters a Bed Bath & Beyond store on October 01, 2021 in the Tribeca neighborhood in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday tr...

PayPal suspends its services in Russia over Ukraine war

The PayPal app shown on an iPhone. Katja Knupper | DeFodi Images | Getty Images PayPal said Saturday it was suspending its services in Russia, adding to the number of firms retreating from the country...

Amazon and Visa reach global truce over credit card fees

Visa payment cards laid out on a computer keyboard. Matt Cardy | Getty Images Amazon has reached a global agreement with Visa to settle a dispute over the credit card giant’s fees. The deal mean...

Apple, Robinhood, Visa, Chevron and more

Logo on an Apple store is seen in Arlington, Virginia, January 27, 2022. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Apple — Shares of the tech giant jumped mo...

Visa says crypto-linked card usage hit $2.5 billion in its first quarter

Coinbase launched its own debit card in an effort to promote the use of cryptocurrencies in payments as well as investing. Coinbase Visa said during its recent earnings call that customers made $2.5 b...

Caterpillar, Chevron, Apple and others

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Caterpillar (CAT) – Caterpillar earned an adjusted $2.69 per share for the fourth quarter, beating the $2.26 consensus estimate, with revenue ...

Robinhood, Apple, Visa and more

People wait in line for t-shirts at a pop-up kiosk for the online brokerage Robinhood along Wall Street after the company went public with an IPO earlier in the day on July 29, 2021 in New York City. ...

Klarna launches physical card in the UK

LONDON — Swedish fintech firm Klarna is embedding its “buy now, pay later” service into a physical card in the U.K. The company on Wednesday announced the launch of Klarna Card, a Visa car...

Mastercard strikes NFT payments deal with Coinbase amid wave of crypto partnerships

A 3D printed Mastercard logo is seen in front of displayed stock graph in this illustration taken September 20, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Mastercard said Tuesday it inked a deal with Coinbase, the la...

Amazon halts plan to stop accepting Visa credit cards in the UK

An Amazon warehouse in Warrington, England. Nathan Stirk | Getty Images LONDON — Amazon has scrapped plans to stop accepting Visa credit cards in the U.K. The e-commerce giant was expected to prevent ...

Discovery, GameStop, T-Mobile and more

In this photo illustration the Discovery Channel logo of an US television network is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making hea...

GameStop, T-Mobile, Sonos and others

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: GameStop (GME) – GameStop surged 14.3% in the premarket on reports that the videogame retailer is starting a new division to focus on cryptocu...