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Launched on 06/12/2000, the iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF (ETF:IYG) is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to provide a broad exposure to the Financials - Broad segment of the equity market. While an excellent vehicle for long term investors, passively managed ETFs are a popular...

Renowned fund manager Richard Clode of Janus Henderson Investors shares his insights on investing in tech firms, focusing on long-term trends and underappreciated stocks, CNBC reports. Long-Term Trends in Tech: Clode, who manages the Horizon Global Technology Leaders Fund and the Horizon...

The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS)  is reportedly in talks with American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) regarding its Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) credit card and other consumer-focused products connected with Apple. Apple would have to give its approval to a transfer of the business to American...

In April, total card expenditure per household was down 1.2% year on year, as measured by Bank of America aggregated credit and debit cards. This follows the trend seen in consumer prices.  The credit card data captured by Bank of America marked the first decline in card...

I found myself in Argentina this April for the first time in over 10 years, stepping into a mess that felt very familiar — high inflation, capital controls and nearly worthless cash that was weirdly hard to find. The country has all the right ingredients to become the crypto paradise that...

Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA) on Monday announced a program to enable financial institutions to bring secure crypto trading capabilities and services to their customers, in partnership with blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos. Per the agreement, on behalf of the banks, Paxos will offer crypto-...

PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) on Saturday announced that it is halting its operations in Russia, joining a growing number of companies responding to the Ukrainian invasion.  Latest Developments: PayPal is the latest payment organization to cut ties with Russia. "Under the current...

The U.S. Bank Voyager card program has been a resource for fleet operations since the 1980s, gaining acceptance at 97% of all U.S. gas stations and locations for maintenance, food, and hotels. "When you think about all the purchase decisions drivers need to make on the road, their financial...

While we wait for the latest earnings results, it is a good moment to recap previous quarters' results. Travel restrictions, caused by the pandemic, as well as general downtrend since last year, made the cross-border volumes significantly decline in the last quarter of 2020, for both Visa (NYSE...