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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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Buy now, pay later will soon affect your credit score in the UK
Buy now, pay later giant Klarna says it will start reporting data on customers’ usage of its products to credit bureaus in the U.K., gearing up for incoming regulations aimed at reining in the sector over fears it is putting young people into debt. Starting June 1, the Swedish fintech firm will share information on […]
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Guggenheim’s Minerd says beaten up fintech, homebuilders are rebound candidates
Some tech stocks are poised for a rebound, while other sectors are set to benefit in an inflationary environment. Source
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Jack Dorsey says Elon Musk is the ‘singular solution I trust’ to run Twitter
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and co-founder & CEO of Square, speaks during the crypto-currency conference Bitcoin 2021 Convention at the Mana Convention Center in Miami, Florida, on June 4, 2021. Marco Bello | AFP | Getty Images Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey approves of Elon Musk’s deal to buy the social media site for $44 […]
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