Mastercard to buy subscription management startup Minna Technologies

Mastercard to buy subscription management startup Minna Technologies

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 Mastercard said Tuesday that it’s agreed to acquire Minna … Read more

DOJ accuses Visa of monopoly that impacts price of ‘nearly everything’

DOJ accuses Visa of monopoly that impacts price of ‘nearly everything’

Justin Sullivan | etty Images The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday sued Visa, the world’s biggest payments network, saying it propped up an illegal monopoly over debit payments by imposing “exclusionary” agreements on partners and smothering upstart firms. Visa’s moves over the years have resulted in American consumers and merchants paying billions of dollars in … Read more

Why credit card fraud alerts are rising

Why credit card fraud alerts are rising

Rainstar | E+ | Getty Images It’s a scenario most people have encountered: you try to make a big or unexpected purchase on your credit card, and, at the moment you need it the most, the card gets declined. Sometimes, it’s as simple as confirming the purchase via text message, and you can quickly complete … Read more

NFL’s most valuable team at $11 billion

NFL’s most valuable team at  billion

DaRon Bland, #26 of the Dallas Cowboys, celebrates after an interception returned for a touchdown in the game against the Washington Commanders during the fourth quarter at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Nov. 23, 2023. Ron Jenkins | Getty Images When Jerry Jones plunked down $150 million to buy the Dallas Cowboys in 1989, … Read more

Visa to launch pay-by-bank payments, an alternative to credit cards

Visa to launch pay-by-bank payments, an alternative to credit cards

Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Visa said it plans to launch a dedicated service for bank transfers, skipping credit cards and the traditional direct debit process. Visa, which alongside Mastercard is one of the world’s largest card networks, said Thursday it plans to launch a dedicated service for account-to-account (A2A) payments in Europe next … Read more

What is the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act? DORA, explained

What is the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act? DORA, explained

Traffic_analyzer | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images Financial services companies and their digital technology suppliers are under intense pressure to achieve compliance with strict new rules from the EU that require them to boost their cyber resilience. By the start of next year, financial services firms and their technology suppliers will have to make sure … Read more

AI and machine learning helped Visa combat $40 billion in fraud activity

AI and machine learning helped Visa combat  billion in fraud activity

Blocks forming robot on white background. Yuichiro Chino | Moment | Getty Images Payments giant Visa is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to counter fraud, James Mirfin, global head of risk and identity solutions at Visa, told CNBC. The company prevented $40 billion in fraudulent activity from October 2022 to September 2023, nearly double … Read more

San Francisco’s real estate slide continues as office vacancies peak

San Francisco’s real estate slide continues as office vacancies peak

Artificial intelligence has been a big boon for San Francisco real estate. But not enough of one to make up for the broader struggle across the market. The vacancy rate for San Francisco office space reached a fresh record of 34.5% in the second quarter, according to a report Monday from commercial real estate firm … Read more

Trustly posts 51% profit jump; CEO says IPO at least 2 years out

Trustly posts 51% profit jump; CEO says IPO at least 2 years out

Trustly CEO Johan Tjarnberg. Trustly The boss of Swedish financial technology startup Trustly says an initial public offering for the company is still a year or two away from happening, even after a 51% jump in operating profit. In an exclusive interview with CNBC, Johan Tjarnberg, CEO of Trustly, said that his firm still needs … Read more

Stocks on path to 40,000

Stocks on path to 40,000

People walk by the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on Dec. 29, 2023. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a key milestone on Thursday, the latest in a more than 100-year ascent that’s involved an everchanging group of stocks. The closely followed average on Thursday broke above … Read more