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Apple is turning your iPhone into fintech service taking on PayPal, Affirm and more
Apple Pay Later Courtesy: Apple Inc. Apple is turning into a fintech company. The company announced several new features for the iPhone’s Wallet app at its developers conference Monday that directly compete with products from other fintech companies like Affirm and PayPal. The big one: a buy now, pay later service called Apple Pay Later. […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Target, J.M. Smucker, Kohl’s and more
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Target (TGT) – Target announced a series of moves to “right-size” its inventory levels, including additional markdowns and canceling orders. It cut its operating margin guidance for the current quarter to 2% from the prior 5.3% but said the margin would recover to […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Target, Lowe’s, TJX and more
Shoppers walk in front of a Target store at the Lycoming Crossing shopping plaza in Muncy, Pennsylvania. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Target – Shares plunged 25.6% after the retailer reported disappointing quarterly results, citing high fuel costs and inventory troubles. Target posted an […]
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Jack Dorsey outlines Block’s bitcoin-centric future at first investor day in five years: ‘No longer just a payments company’
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018. Anushree Fadnavis | Reuters Block executives no longer want the firm to be seen as a payments pure play. The San Francisco-based company held its first investor day in five years […]
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Expect a rally Wednesday if there’s good news from retail giants and China, Jim Cramer says
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday said that investors should keep an eye on retailer earnings and Covid news from China as indicators for how Wednesday’s trading session will go. If we get more good news from China tonight “along with fine quarters from Target and Lowe’s … we’re going to have another one of these […]
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Cramer’s lightning round: BigCommerce is not a buy
“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he’s giving his answers to callers’ stock questions at rapid speed. Source
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Buy now, pay later is not a boom, it’s a bubble, Harvard researcher says
Most people love the convenience of buy now, pay later. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, installment payments have exploded in popularity along with a general surge in online shopping. Initially, spreading out the cost of a big-ticket purchase — like a Peloton, for example — just made financial sense, especially at 0%. Now, 4 in […]
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Visa’s top crypto executive Terry Angelos leaves for Softbank-backed brokerage 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 Angelos, Visa’s global head of fintech and crypto, will take over as chief executive officer of start-up DriveWealth next week. Angelos joined Visa seven years ago […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Under Armour, Cigna, DraftKings and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Under Armour (UAA) – The athletic apparel maker posted an adjusted first-quarter loss of 1 cent per share, compared with a profit estimate of 6 cents per share. Under Armour also issued a weaker-than-expected outlook for its full-year profit as it absorbs the impact of higher […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: DoorDash, Block, Zillow and more
A DoorDash sign is pictured on a restaurant on the day they hold their IPO in New York, December 9, 2020. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Block — Shares rose more than 5% after hours despite Block missing earnings expectations on the top and bottom lines. The […]
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