Market Movements

Visa Direct Drives On-Demand Payroll w/ RTPs
The major card networks, Visa (NYSE: V) and Mastercard (NYSE: MA), reported this past week, Visa with fiscal Q2, and Mastercard with fiscal Q1. Both

Payments Notes – A Changing Market
Having this past week attended the first in-person, national payments technology conference – TRANSACT 2022 – since before the pandemic, I came away with the

Fintech Wheat – Fintech Chaff
In a cycle of high-volatility, like the one we’re currently experiencing in the public markets, the concept of market risk, or the business risk that

Fed ‘Cred’
In Wednesday’s presser for the Fed’s most recent Summary of Economic Projections (SEP), Chairman, Jerome Powell, took a different tack on inflation, one that embraced

Inflation & the Power of the Dollar
CPI Data released on Tuesday showed 2021 to be the highest inflationary period since 1982, closing out the year with a staggering 7.0% year-over-year increase

Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) – High Flyers Come Back to Earth
Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) shareholders had a bad week as the release of December’s Federal Reserve minutes coincided with a downgrade from UBS Analyst Karl Keirstead,

Market Movements – The Oracle Edition
He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass. – Ray Dalio Thankfully, 2021 proved to be slightly more predictable than 2020; however,

Equifax Capitalizes on Regulatory Threat
Starting next year, Equifax (NYSE: EFX) will begin factoring Buy-Now-Pay-Later (‘BNPL’) consumer data into its credit reports, becoming the first major credit reporting agency to

Bitcoin Buyers Beware
Crypto investors who gained exposure through Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (OTC: GBTC) may be in for a bit of a surprise this December as they look

Spruce Hatchets Nuvei (NASDAQ: NVEI)
Nuvei Corp. (NASDAQ: NVEI) came under attack this past week as Spruce Point Capital Management issued a scathing short-seller report, highlighting past “improprieties” of the

The Red Dragon In Freefall
U.S listed Chinese stocks continued their freefall this past week, wiping out over $80 billion dollars in value on Friday alone. The precipitous decline came

Amazon’s Vendetta Against Visa Continues
Amazon moved against Visa again this past Wednesday, announcing that Visa branded credit cards would no longer be an acceptable payment method for consumers in