global payments

A market leader in global payments and cryptocurrencies announced a SPAC merger Wednesday that will see shares get an uplisting. The SPAC Deal: Nukkleus announced a SPAC merger with Brilliant Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: BRLI) that values the company at $140 million. Nukkleus (OTC: NUKK) is currently...

Square Inc’s (NYSE: SQ) Cash App will allow the user of its Cash Card to earn Bitcoin for the purchases they make. What Happened: The Jack Dorsey-led company announced the addition of Bitcoin as a “Boost” on Twitter. New right now: earn bitcoin instantly when you use your Cash...

In the age of a financial technology takeover, top fintech players are constantly creating new ways for consumers to send payments not only in the U.S., but around the world in a matter of minutes. For businesses, however, the options for global payments are not as prevalent. With the help of...

A newly published modus operandi by certain actors might just pull e-commerce giant Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) into a potential data scandal. Certain Chinese payment processors are allegedly engaged in the suspicious practice of requiring their Amazon seller clients to share their Amazon's...

This weekend's cover story in Barron's asks whether an iconic motorcycle maker faces the end of the road. Other featured articles offer a peek at the prospects for a Mexican TV colossus and for an embattled deepwater driller. The outlooks for a payment processor and an automotive...

Quarterly reports are few this week ahead of fourth-quarter reporting's kickoff. Results due from a leading food retailer and a national airline will be highlights. Do low analysts' expectations for these reports presage the earnings season to come? In what may be the calm before the storm on the...

Donald Fandetti of Citigroup commented in a note following Visa Inc's (NYSE: V) first -quarter results that its core earnings per share of $2.53 indicates a “good performance” given the weaker global backdrop. Fandetti states that many global companies are falling short of earnings expectations and...

Earnings highlights this week include reports from Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Monsanto (NYSE: MON). Apollo Education (NASDAQ: APOL) and CarMax (NYSE: KMX) are also scheduled to take their turns in the earnings spotlight this week. Below is a quick look at what analysts expect from these...

Quarterly reports from Alcoa (NYSE: AA) have long been considered the kickoff to a new earnings season, though its role may become less relevant now that it has been dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Along with Alcoa, Micron Technologies (NYSE: MU), Monsanto (NYSE: MON), SUPERVALU (...

Highlights on the earnings front this week will include the reports from Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and Monsanto (NYSE: MON). Analysts are looking for year-over-year growth of revenues from both of them, but a net loss from the agribusiness giant. Others scheduled to step onto the earnings stage this...

Making payments with cash and checks may never completely go out of style, but the rapid changes in electronic money transfer, point-of-purchase payments and the like are making it easier than ever to pay for purchases. Now analysts at UBS (NYSE: UBS) have recommended three stocks in the sector...

Here is a quick look at what analysts expect to see from ConAgra Foods (NYSE: CAG), McCormick (NYSE: MKC), Monsanto (NYSE: MON) and some of the other most prominent quarterly reports scheduled for this week. Acuity Brands Second-quarter fiscal 2013 earnings from Atlanta-based Acuity Brands (NYSE...

The new earnings season gets underway this week, with Alcoa (NYSE: AA) on deck Tuesday and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) scheduled to report fourth-quarter results on Friday. By and large, analysts expect to see year-over-year growth in per-share earnings for the quarter from both of these S&P 500...