Stripe rival soars 22% on profit beat, hiring slowdown

Adyen reported a big miss on first-half sales Thursday. The news drove a $20 billion rout in the company’s market capitalization . Pavlo Gonchar | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of European online payments giant Adyen jumped on Thursday, after the company reported strong sales growth and better-than-expected profit for 2023. Adyen, … Read more

PayPal (PYPL) Q4 earnings

A PayPal sign is seen at its headquarters on January 30, 2024 in San Jose, California. PayPal announced plans to lay off 2,000 employees or 7 percent of its workforce.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images PayPal reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, but issued guidance that was a bit below estimates. … Read more

Mastercard launches GPT-like AI model to help banks detect fraud

BARCELONA, SPAIN – MARCH 01: A view of the MasterCard company logo on their stand during the Mobile World Congress on March 1, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Joan Cros Garcia/Corbis via Getty Images) Joan Cros Garcia – Corbis | Corbis News | Getty Images Payments giant Mastercard says it has built its own … Read more

PayPal will cut about 2,500 jobs, or 9% of global workforce

PayPal will cut 9% of its global workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, CEO Alex Chriss wrote Tuesday in an internal letter to employees, which was viewed by CNBC. The cuts will affect both existing roles and job listings that PayPal had planned to hire for, and will take place over the course of the year, … Read more

Shoppers deal with holiday debt

Pedestrians walk by an advertisement for Klarna. Daniel Harvey Gonzalez | In Pictures via Getty Images When she started shopping for the holidays late last year, Kiki Andersen was struggling to buy her loved ones gifts. So she turned to a novel solution to get through the season: Buy now, pay later.  The 31-year-old comedian … Read more

Earnings from Procter & Gamble, Tesla, Lockheed Martin

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday told investors to gear up for a “fast and furious” slew of earnings reports next week that could lead to some profit-taking, including Procter & Gamble, Tesla and Lockheed Martin. This week brought solid gains for the major indexes — with the S&P 500 closing on Friday at an all-time … Read more

Jim Cramer reviews the worst performers on the Nasdaq-100 in 2023

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday gave his take on the worst performers in the Nasdaq-100 in 2023. Cramer compared each company’s closing price in 2022 to the end of 2023, noting the biggest losers. The list included healthcare companies as well as several utilities outfits. “You’ve heard of the Dogs of the Dow? Well, now … Read more

Affirm’s stock quintupled this year, beating all tech peers

Drew Angerer / Getty Images  A year ago, there was little holiday cheer at Affirm. The point-of-sale lender was confronting rising interest rates, recession fears and weakening consumer spending. Affirm shares ended 2022 down 90%, wiping out billions of dollars in market value. Affirm investors are wrapping up 2023 in a much different mood. The … Read more

The top 10 things to watch in the stock market Wednesday

The 10 things to watch Wednesday, Dec. 6 1. U.S. stocks are higher in premarket trading Wednesday, with S & P 500 futures up 0.45% after back-to-back days of losses. The move comes amid increasing signs the labor market is loosening, suggesting the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hikes are succeeding in cooling the economy. U.S. private … Read more