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Executives Sell Over $10M Of 5 Stocks
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 - 8:43am | 758US stock futures edged lower this morning after Wall Street closed a volatile January with steep losses. Investors, meanwhile, focused on some notable insider trades. When insiders sell shares, it indicates their concern in the company’s prospects or that they view the stock as being...
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10 Biggest Price Target Changes For Friday
Friday, January 28, 2022 - 8:13am | 403UBS raised the price target on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) from $175 to $185. Apple shares rose 3.6% to $164.94 in pre-market trading. Keybanc cut Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) price target from $180 to $165. Electronic Arts shares fell 0.2% to $130.79 in pre-market trading. Stifel lowered...
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A Peek Into The Markets: US Stock Futures Edge Higher Ahead Of Earnings, Economic Reports
Thursday, January 27, 2022 - 6:21am | 815Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded slightly higher in early pre-market trade after the Dow Jones dropped by more than 100 points in the previous session. Investors are awaiting earnings results from McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Mastercard...
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7 Stocks To Watch For January 27, 2022
Thursday, January 27, 2022 - 5:49am | 444Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) to report quarterly earnings at $2.34 per share on revenue of $6.03 billion before the opening bell. McDonald's shares rose 0.9% to $251.99 in after-hours trading. Analysts...
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Fintech Focus For January 6, 2022
Wednesday, January 5, 2022 - 8:27pm | 1675One Big Thing In Fintech: The rate of adoption is best characterized by the s-curve, a mathematical graph that plots growth against time. At the outset, growth is slow in relation to the time that passes. With time, however, growth accelerates rapidly as the majority adopt the innovation....
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Fintech Focus For January 5, 2022
Tuesday, January 4, 2022 - 8:47pm | 1996One Big Thing In Fintech: Among the more than 200 electronic money institutions licensed in the U.K. are ones with executives or shareholders tied to alleged financial wrongdoing. Source: Bloomberg Other Key Fintech Developments: LSEG, STT expand relationship. (NYSE: STT) (OTC: LNSTY) Pine Labs...
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Fintech Focus For January 4, 2022
Monday, January 3, 2022 - 10:30pm | 1394One Big Thing In Fintech: Visa (NYSE: V) and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) will lose out to Web3-based payment projects in 2022, Chamath Palihapitiya said. Source: Yahoo Other Key Fintech Developments: Arcade added $15M in Series A. BNP, STT eyeing BBVA custody. (OTC: BNPQY) (NYSE: STT) Samsung adds NFT...
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BMO Capital Upgrades PayPal To Outperform; Cuts Price Target By 19.4%
Monday, January 3, 2022 - 6:17am | 253BMO Capital analyst James Fotheringham upgraded PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) to Outperform from Market Perform with a price target of $224, down from $278. The price target implies an 18.8% upside. Fotheringham cites valuation for the upgrade following 2021's "de-...
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Fintech Focus For December 23, 2021
Wednesday, December 22, 2021 - 10:01pm | 1681One Big Thing In Fintech: “If you look longer down the road, we would absolutely like to get involved in other asset classes, and to become a global liquidity venue across the board.” That's according to Sam Bankman-Fried, the 29-year-old billionaire co-founder of FTX and Alameda...
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Mastercard To Acquire Personalization Platform Dynamic Yield From McDonald's
Tuesday, December 21, 2021 - 12:15pm | 285Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA) has agreed with McDonald's Corp (NYSE: MCD) to acquire the personalization platform and decision engine company, Dynamic Yield. The financial terms were not disclosed. McDonald's purchased Dynamic Yield in 2019. The software-as-a-service (...
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Financial Freedom? This Company's Mission is Helping People Save by Bridging the Old and the New
Thursday, December 16, 2021 - 4:48pm | 1136Photo by Firmbee.com on Unsplash The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. In a society in which we are sold to at every turn, it can be hard for many to not have a spending...
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Visa Looks To Resolve Differences With Amazon
Thursday, December 9, 2021 - 10:41am | 430Visa Inc (NYSE: V) believes it can resolve its problems with Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN), Bloomberg reports. Amazon recently declared its intention to ban the usage of the Visa credit cards issued in the U.K. due to the rising cost of accepting credit card...
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All You Need To Know In Fintech For November 26, 2021
Thursday, November 25, 2021 - 9:09pm | 1716One Big Thing In Fintech: Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton has called for increased regulation of cryptocurrency markets in an interview. Source: Block Other Key Fintech Developments: Visa investing in fintech Basiq. (NYSE: V) Marqeta, Mastercard team-up. (NASDAQ: MQ) (NYSE: MA)...
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Why Are Marqeta Shares Trading Higher Today?
Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - 1:38pm | 191Card issuing platform Marqeta Inc (NASDAQ: MQ), payments leader Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA), and marketplace payment engine Paycast (an SPG company) have collaborated to launch a digital card product. Marqeta supports Paycast with its open API platform, enabling digital...
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Fintech Focus For November 22, 2021
Sunday, November 21, 2021 - 9:40pm | 1811One Big Thing In Fintech: In late 2019, Benzinga had the opportunity to speak with Brandon Dewitt, co-founder and CTO at MX Technologies. While cofounding the firm that provides fintech and traditional financial institutions the tools to aggregate, enhance, analyze, present, and act on financial...