Payment Processors

While both Visa and Mastercard have shown impressive growth since January 2009, Mastercard's 3176% growth overshadows Visa's 2195%, highlighting Mastercard's robust long-term performance. Visa, despite its commendable growth, faced challenges with a 30% decline post its all-time high...

As of Nov. 14, hedge funds are required to release what trades they have made over the course of the third quarter. Looking at past trades, it can still be extremely useful for investors wondering what “smart money” is doing with their investments. Chase Coleman, hedge fund manager and...

Nineteen out of 24 payments and payment processor stocks under JPMorgan's coverage are outperforming the S&P 500 index. Despite strong outperformance, the group remains attractive. The Analyst JPMorgan's Tien-tsin Huang made the following rating changes: Alliance Data Systems...

The bullish case for eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) is mostly based on its shift towards its own payment system as it pulls away from Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) this year towards a full break-up by mid 2020, according to Morgan Stanley. The Analyst Morgan Stanley's Brian Nowak upgraded eBay...

Square Inc (NYSE: SQ)'s third quarter earnings beat in November helped push the stock higher to its all-time high of $49.56. Since then, the stock has lost its buying momentum and investors will be closely following the company's fourth quarter earnings report Tuesday. The Analyst...

Brazil-based Pagseguro Digital Ltd (NYSE: PAGS) raised around $2.27 billion in its January initial public offering. The fintech company's business model is similar to that of Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) and offers card processing services to smaller merchants that are dependent on Brazi's...

EBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) may have overshadowed Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL)'s fourth-quarter report, but one Wall Street analyst says the long-term PayPal story is still on track. The Analyst William Blair analyst Robert Napoli reiterated an Outperform rating for PayPal stock. The...

Shares of Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) have gained more than 125 percent since the payment name split from its former parent eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) in 2015, which some investors assume is reason enough to avoid buying the stock at current levels. But this isn't necessarily the...

Shares of Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) ended 2017 higher by more than 150 percent. While it's unlikely for the stock to record another triple-digit percentage gain in 2018, that doesn't mean investors should avoid owning shares. The Analyst Buckingham Research Group's Chris Brendler...

Square Inc (NYSE: SQ)'s earnings report Wednesday prompted analysts at Deutsche Bank to maintain a bullish stance. The firm's Bryan Keane maintains a Buy rating on Square's stock with an unchanged $28 price target as there were plenty of reasons for bulls to be happy. One of the main highlighted of...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s proposed acquisition of Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) is a "mild negative" to Vantiv Inc (NYSE: VNTV), according to analysts at Baird. Baird's David Koning maintains an Outperform rating on the payment processor with an unchanged $72...

Shares of Planet Payment Inc (NASDAQ: PLPM), a small-cap provider of international payment and transaction processing and multi-currency processing services, spiked higher by more than 13 percent on Wednesday. The stock was added to Louis Navellier's "Navellier's Ultimate Growth Buy List," a list...

Etsy Inc (NASDAQ: ETSY)'s e-commerce platform suffered a major blow last week after its payment processing provider suffered an outage. Tech Crunch noted that "a large number" of Etsy transactions have been disrupted, forcing many of the platform's merchants scrambling to...