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☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with Visa's CEO on consumer resilience, new AI-powered products and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Visa's CEO on consumer resilience, new AI-powered products and moreVisa CEO Ryan McInerney joins CNBC's Kate Rooney at the Visa Payments Forum 2024 to discuss the state of the consumer, his views on BNPL, and a suite of new products that Visa says closes the gap between in-person and digital experiences.

Persons: Ryan McInerney, CNBC's Kate Rooney Organizations: Visa Locations: BNPL

☆ These Dow stocks are cheap and have more upside as index reaches key milestone
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached the 40,000 milestone level , but investors can still find inexpensive growth opportunities in the index. Shares currently have a forward P/E of 12.6, versus the stock's average five-year P/E of 17.8. The consensus price target on the stock indicates 14.2% upside from Wednesday's close. The stock's current forward P/E is at 27.6, slightly lower than its 5-year average of 32.1. Shares are trading at a 25.3 forward P/E ratio, relative to the 28.2 five-year average P/E ratio.

Persons: Dow, Piper Sandler, DA Davidson, Johnson, McDonald's, —, Fred Imbert Organizations: Dow Jones, CNBC, Deutsche Bank, Amazon, Dow, Chevron, Exxon, Hess, Visa, Walmart, Management, Verizon, Johnson Locations: headwinds, Guyana

☆ Credit Cards Are Smarter: Better Fraud Detection, No Travel Alerts
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

I don't know how JPMorgan Chase knew that I would spend $200 on Botox in Argentina, but it did. It's great that banks and credit-card companies are getting better at discerning which payments are fraudulent and which are legit. Credit-card fraud protection is still far from perfect, but there's no denying that the technology is improving. So I reached out to some credit-card companies and academics to learn more. But it's cool that companies really are making fraud detection better, especially in a world where fraudsters themselves are constantly getting better.

Persons: JPMorgan Chase, it's, Nilson, We've, that's, Tina Eide, Eide, Mike Lemberger, they've, Lemberger, here's, Yann, Aël Le Borgne, Gianluca Bontempi, Bontempi, I'd, Le Borgne, somebody's, Emily Stewart Organizations: Citibank, JPMorgan, Federal Trade Commission, American Express, Netflix, Libre de Bruxelles, Companies, Visa, Citi, Business Locations: California, Buenos Aires, Botox, Argentina, North America, Belgium, Lemberger

☆ Corporate earnings solid so far, despite threats from a slowing economy and sticky inflation
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Valuations coming down So if earnings are up, why is the S & P off its highs? Today, a month later, 2024 earnings estimates are essentially the same but the multiple has declined to 20.8. The S & P 500 hit a low of 4,117 on Oct. 27 and only recovered when rates came down in early November. There are some big drags on earnings Some companies are seeing large declines in earnings estimates that are weighing on their sectors. When including this one-time item, the S & P 500 earnings growth rate for the first quarter declines to 5.6%, from 8.7%, LSEG has noted.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Christopher Suh, Stephen Squeri, Hess, Nick Raich, LSEG, Hal Lawton, Brian Niccol, CNBC's Kate Rogers, Horton, Paul Romanowski, Kimberly, Clark, Michael Hsu Organizations: Companies, Netflix, JPMorgan, GE Aerospace, Caterpillar, Microsoft, Merck, Ford, Waste Management, Royal, Consumer, American Express, Energy, Marathon Petroleum, Apache, Valero Energy, Oil, Occidental Petroleum, Devon Energy, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, Scout, Bristol Myers Squibb, Karuna Therapeutics, Boeing, Nvidia, Meta, AMD Locations: financials, industrials, Royal Caribbean, North America

☆ This payments firm has Nvidia-like profit margins — and it's even more sustainable, investor says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Gooch-Peters pointed to Visa — which has a 60% operating profit margin — as a more sustainable investment opportunity. This creates a strong competitive moat and helps to sustain the company's high profit margins over time. Gerry Fowler, chief European equity strategist at UBS, echoed the sentiment about the importance of a company's competitive moat while picking stocks. The UBS strategist pointed to the attempts of Apple, then the world's biggest company, to break into the payments network sector. The UBS strategist also cautioned that impenetrable moats might sometimes pose a downside risk to investors.

Persons: Hannah Gooch, Peters, you've, Gooch, London Business School . Gooch, " Gooch, Gerry Fowler, Fowler, Flower Organizations: Nvidia, Sanlam Investments, CNBC, London Business School, Visa, Sanlam's, Quality, UBS, Apple, world's, MasterCard, Apple Card, Mastercard, U.S

☆ Cramer's Lightning Round: Huntington Ingalls is a winner
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon State Street's year-to-date stock performance. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Visa's year-to-date stock performance. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Huntington Ingalls' year-to-date stock performance. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Chart Industries' year-to-date stock performance. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon AECOM's year-to-date stock performance.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Huntington Ingalls, I've, It's, We're, Jim Cramer's Organizations: Visa, Industries Locations: Wells Fargo

☆ The market's version of a 'quickie' divorce is getting more complex and costly
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

One time-honored corporate M&A prenup strategy, which could become more important going forward, is the use of break-up fees, also known as termination fees. In addition to reverse termination fees, companies are also allowing for longer timelines and more extensions than they were a few years ago, Thomas said. Not all deals include break-up fees for regulatory failures. Meanwhile, Visa's deal for Plaid was scuttled in 2021 due to regulatory snares, with neither of the companies owing break-up fees. A 2022 study by investment bank Houlihan Lokey shows that 57.1% of the 140 transactions reviewed had reverse breakup fees, with median fees of 4.2% as a percentage of transaction value.

Persons: Thomas, Houlihan Lokey, Pitchbook Organizations: Crowell, Moring, Discover Financial, Plaid, Regulators, Federal Trade Commission, Department

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Intel, T-Mobile, American Express and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The company now expects revenue in the range of $12.2 billion to $13.2 billion, while analysts polled by LSEG forecast $14.16 billion. American Express — Shares added 3% after the company issued full-year guidance that topped expectations, although its fourth-quarter results were weaker than expected. American Express is anticipating full-year earnings between $12.65 to $13.15 per share, versus the StreetAccount consensus estimate of $12.38 per share. T-Mobile — The telecommunications company declined 2% after posting mixed fourth-quarter results. T-Mobile posted $20.48 billion in revenue, ahead of a $19.67 billion forecast.

Persons: Levi Strauss –, Coinbase, Oppenheimer, Macheel, Brian Evans, Sarah Min, Michelle Fox, Jesse Pound Organizations: Intel, LSEG, American, Mobile, FactSet, Western Digital, KLA Corporation, Wall, Deutsche Bank, Colgate, Palmolive, Capital, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Visa has taken over the title sponsorship of Red Bull's second team, which has been called Scuderia AlphaTauri since 2020 when Red Bull put its fashion label on its two junior cars. The team said Wednesday it will be called Visa Cash App RB F1 Team when Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda start the season. The team was known as Scuderia Toro Rosso — the Italian translation of Red Bull — from its 2006 debut season until 2020. Visa's deal with Red Bull is for three years, its senior vice president of global sponsorship strategy told The Associated Press. Visa becomes the third billion-dollar American company to join Red Bull as a sponsor in the last two years; Oracle is the title sponsor of the main two Red Bull cars, while Hard Rock International also launched a partnership.

Persons: Red, Red Bull, Daniel Ricciardo, Yuki Tsunoda, Toro Rosso —, Bull, Andrea Fairchild, ” Fairchild, “, ”, Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, there's, Catherine Ferdon, Cash Organizations: Visa, Formula, Red, Racing, Sauber, Red Bull's, Associated Press, F1 Academy, Red Bull, Oracle, Hard, American Express, Meta, “, NFL, F1, Brand Locations: United States, America

☆ Alphabet-backed GoCardless considers takeovers as CEO expects a barrage of consolidation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Hiroki Takeuchi, GoCardless chief executive, on the MoneyConf Stage, attends Web Summit 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. Last year, GoCardless acquired the Latvian open banking startup Nordigen in its first major acquisition. Open banking is one thing and definitely something we think is really important." GoCardless' technology allows firms to collect direct debit payments from consumers. What is open banking?

Persons: Hiroki Takeuchi, Harry Murphy, We're, GoCardless, Takeuchi, Rapyd, they're, we've, Nordigen Organizations: Sportsfile, Getty, GV, CNBC, Tink, PayU GPO, GoCardless Locations: Lisbon, Portugal, British, Latvian, Britain, Statista, London

“I have been consistently surprised at the resilience of consumer spending,” Christopher Waller, an influential member of the Fed’s board, said in a speech this month. “The acceleration of consumer spending on experiences (has) propelled us towards another outstanding quarter,” said CEO Jason Liberty. Wealthier households, in particular, have enjoyed substantial growth in home values and stock portfolios, which are likely juicing their spending. Spending on the bank's credit and debit cards by households with incomes below $50,000 has risen faster than spending by higher-earning clients. “Consumer spending across all segments from high to low has remained stable since March."

Persons: —, they've, ” Christopher Waller, ”, Jason Liberty, “, Tim Duy, they're, Julia Pollak, Sarah Wolfe, Morgan Stanley, Small, Bret Csencsitz, Aditya Bhave, Valerie Zaffina, Zaffina, Bhave, Biden, Christopher Suh, ___ Organizations: WASHINGTON, U.S, Federal Reserve, Royal Caribbean Group, Travelers, ZipRecruiter, Fed, Gotham, Bank of America, Visa Locations: U.S, New York City, COVID, Ramsey , New Jersey, I’m, Washington, New York

☆ Visa profit beats estimates on post-pandemic travel boost
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Manya Saini | Thomson Reuters | Manya Saini Reports On Prominent Publicly Listed U.S. Financial Firms Including Wall Street S Biggest Banks | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Visa credit and debit cards are seen in this picture illustration taken August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSummaryCompanies Cross-border volumes surge on steady travel demandStrong results signal consumer resilienceVisa Q4 adjusted EPS $2.33 beats estimate of $2.24Oct 24 (Reuters) - Card giant Visa (V.N) sailed past estimates for fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday as consumers on a post-pandemic travel rebound shrugged off worries of a looming economic slowdown and cost-of-living crisis. Visa's CFO Chris Suh said U.S. inbound travel recovery accelerated in the quarter, while travel into Asia also continued to improve. Visa's payment volumes rose 9% in the quarter, while cross-border volumes excluding transactions within Europe, a gauge of travel demand, surged 18%. Visa posted adjusted profit of $2.33 per share in the three months ended Sept. 30, topping expectations of $2.24 per share, according to LSEG data.

Persons: Benoit Tessier, Chris Suh, Suh, Michael Ashley Schulman, Logan Purk, Edward Jones, Manya Saini, Pooja Desai Organizations: REUTERS, Card, Running, Capital Advisors, Reuters, American Express, Visa, Thomson Locations: Asia, Europe, U.S, Bengaluru

The San Francisco-based company said it earned $4.82 billion in the quarter, or $2.33 a share after one-time adjustments. That's compared to a profit of $4.09 billion, or $1.93 a share, in the same period a year ago. Visa reported a 9% rise in payments volume on its network and a 10% rise in the number of transactions on its network. Consumers spent $3.196 trillion on Visa's network globally last quarter, with the company posting a healthy 6% growth in spending in the U.S., the company's largest market. For the full year, Visa saw $12.338 trillion spent on its network compared to 2022.

Persons: that's, Ryan McInerney Organizations: Visa Inc, Visa, Mastercard, Consumers Locations: San Francisco, U.S

☆ Visa launches $100 mln venture fund for generative AI startups
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Credit card is seen in front of displayed Visa logo in this illustration taken, July 15, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 2 (Reuters) - Payments processor Visa (V.N) on Monday launched a $100 million venture fund for generative artificial intelligence (AI) startups, joining a list of investors who have flocked to the sector this year. Several high-profile names such as Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google have backed the AI space, a buzzword in technology circles this year, after chatbot ChatGPT's popularity. Generative AI is a technology that creates brand new content based on what it has learnt from past data. Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi MajumdarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Jack Forestell, Niket, Shilpi Majumdar Organizations: REUTERS, Monday, Microsoft, Google, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ How AI will change the job of the junior banker and raise the bar to entry
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Bianca Chan | Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

But let's face it, many of the tasks junior bankers spend their time on could very well be done by a robot. "As a junior banker you don't critically think. With artificial intelligence progressing by leaps and bounds, how will it impact the job of the junior banker? She said it's already helping junior bankers get their jobs done faster. "It will allow junior bankers to operate at a higher level with that first pass of analysis being prepared by the technology," said Torrente.

Persons: Wall, Tamara Bitticks, it's, Carlo Allegri, Bitticks, Crystal Cox, Peter Torrente, Bogdan Tudose, Morgan Stanley, Tudose, Goldman Sachs, Banks Organizations: Deutsche Bank, Reuters, Deloitte, Industry, Wall, Google, KPMG, Blackstone, JPMorgan, Excel, Getty, Deutsche Locations: Manhattan, San Francisco

☆ From rolling out OpenAI's GPT-4 to employees to preventing $27 billion in fraud, Visa exec Rajat Taneja opens up about the payments giant's AI playbook
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Visa relies on AI for mission-critical tasks like processing payments, detecting fraud, and securing its massive network infrastructure. It has more than 300 AI models that are live and operating. "AI is going to be a huge part of how we grow, but it'll also be part and parcel of everybody's work," Taneja said. Visa continues to experiment with similar AI models, like Meta's AI model Llama 2 and those from French-American company Hugging Face, Taneja said. Visa introduced AI models that ingest billions of data points every day to train on, learn patterns, and identify any cybersecurity or payment-security threats.

Persons: It's, Rajat Taneja, it'll, Taneja, it's, coder, counterfeits Organizations: Visa, Microsoft Locations: American

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Netflix, Etsy, HP, Visa and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Striking Writers Guild of America members walk the picket line in front of Netflix offices in Los Angeles, July 12, 2023. Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading:Visa — The credit card behemoth's stock was trading more than 2% lower after announcing plans to change its share structure. Netflix — The streaming giant's shares slipped roughly 2% in midday trading after Chief Financial Officer Spencer Neumann said the ongoing Hollywood writers' strike is bad for business. The movie theater chain said it sold 40 million shares at an average price of $8.14, raising about $325.5 million. Etsy — The e-commerce retailer's stock rose nearly 3% after Wolfe Research upgraded Etsy to outperform from a peer perform rating, citing improving consumer spending and margins.

Persons: Semtech, Spencer Neumann, Neumann, Warren, Berkshire Hathaway, —, Samantha Subin, Pia Singh, Alex Harring Organizations: Guild of America, Netflix, Visa, FactSet, Penn Entertainment, Deutsche Bank, Penn, ESPN BET, AMC Entertainment, AMC, Wolfe Research, HP, Exxon Mobil, Chevron —, Exxon, Chevron Locations: Los Angeles, U.S, China

☆ Solana jumps on Visa stablecoin announcement as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies remain flat
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The native token of the Solana blockchain jumped Tuesday after Visa announced it will expand its stablecoin capabilities to the Ethereum alternative. Other cryptocurrencies were little changed, with bitcoin hovering below the flat line at $25,803.25 and ether up slightly at $1,640.06. The move came after Visa announced it will introduce settlement of the USDC stablecoin over the Solana network. Bernstein has called stablecoins the "monster killer app" for crypto, identifying them as a nearly $3 trillion market over the next five years. "Going forward, we expect tokenized stablecoins to be a $2.8 trillion market, led by regulated, onshore stablecoins."

Persons: Solana blockchain, Solana, Ethereum, It's, Bernstein Organizations: Visa, Metrics, Solana, PayPal Locations: Solana, Krakow, Poland, Visa's

☆ Visa's pricing of token technology under DOJ probe - Bloomberg News
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Visa credit and debit cards are seen in this picture illustration taken August 2, 2022. The DOJ's antitrust probe against Visa, which began in early 2021, is investigating if the company uses anticompetitive practices in the debit card market. The DOJ declined to comment and Visa did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Mastercard also disclosed in April that it was being asked to provide additional information by the DOJ. In 2019, Visa had settled a European Union antitrust probe relating to card fees.

Persons: Benoit Tessier, Pritam Biswas, Pooja Desai Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . Department of Justice, Bloomberg, Visa, DOJ, Mastercard, U.S . Federal Trade Commission, Union, Thomson Locations: United States, Bengaluru

REUTERS/Benoit TessierJuly 27 (Reuters) - Visa (V.N) and Mastercard (MA.N), which bet on China to boost travel spending, have had to contend with a disappointing first half of the year as post-COVID momentum in the world's second-biggest economy loses steam. In their earnings calls this week, both card giants said travel in China was nowhere near pre-pandemic levels. "Looking at Mainland China specifically, cross-border travel continued to improve but remains well below 2019 levels," said Vasant Prabhu, Visa's chief financial officer. His counterpart at Mastercard, Sachin Mehra, also said there was further room for travel recovery in China. Reuters GraphicsInbound cross-border travel to China stood at nearly 50% of 2019 levels, while outbound travel was nearly 70%, the company said.

Persons: Benoit Tessier, Vasant Prabhu, Sachin Mehra, Edward Jones, Logan Purk, Manya Saini, Niket, Krishna Chandra Organizations: REUTERS, Mastercard, Reuters, U.S, Reuters Graphics Visa, Thomson Locations: China, Mainland China, U.S . Federal, Bengaluru

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWhy Mastercard's stock has outperformed Visa's over the past 5 yearsMastercard is one of the world's most recognizable brands. It's the second largest card network in the U.S., accounting for more than a quarter of all purchase volume using a payment card. As the world transitions to a more cashless society, Mastercard's value has continued to soar. Shares have seen nearly a 100% gain over the past five years, even outperforming No. So exactly how is Mastercard setting itself apart from its competitors?

Organizations: Mastercard Locations: U.S

☆ Mastercard's stock has outperformed Visa's over the past 5 years. Here's why
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Juhohn Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As the world transitions to a more cashless society, Mastercard's value has continued to soar. While Visa outpaces Mastercard in terms of cards in circulation, net revenue and market share based on purchase transactions, Mastercard's stock has outperformed Visa's over the past 5 years. "Visa did not use to own Visa Europe. "Back in 2016, 2017, Visa was able to buy Visa Europe, and they have gone through a huge effort to modernize Visa's operations in Europe. "So, it's kind of a double benefit to revenue when you have more market share in Europe in particular."

☆ No office tower is safe from the roiling market — not even a trophy building housing Google and Visa deemed one of the best
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Daniel Geiger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Potential problems at One Market Plaza show how far San Francisco's office market may fall. One Market Plaza has long been considered the pinnacle of San Francisco's office market. Autodesk plans to downsize by about 73,000 square feet to 211,000 square feet, a spokeswoman told Insider. Google did not respond to a request for comment on its plans for One Market Plaza. One Market Plaza could indicate how far San Francisco's office woes reachTurbulence at One Market Plaza indicates the extent of the problems facing San Francisco's office market.

☆ Elon Musk's potential plan for turning Twitter into a super app is an uphill battle. These are the 3 biggest things holding the strategy back, according to experts.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Paige Hagy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

And while he's never publically detailed specific plans for a super app, recent changes at Twitter offer some clues. He first teased his intentions to transform Twitter into a super app called "X" prior to acquiring it in October 2022. It 'makes no sense' to build on TwitterFor starters, Twitter is a peculiar place to build a super app, some experts said. A super app in the US is difficultPerhaps a bigger issue not specific to Musk's plans for Twitter is whether a super app in the US is even possible. So if anyone can build a super app in the US, it would be him.

☆ Elon Musk's everything app could include Twitter. But industry experts can't make sense of the strategy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Paige Hagy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Elon Musk wants to create a US super app, but industry experts have some concerns. And while he's never publically detailed specific plans for a super app, recent changes at Twitter offer some clues. He first teased his intentions to transform Twitter into a super app called "X" prior to acquiring it in October 2022. It 'makes no sense' to build on TwitterFor starters, Twitter is a peculiar place to build a super app, some experts said. A super app in the US is difficultPerhaps a bigger issue not specific to Musk's plans for Twitter is whether a super app in the US is even possible.

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