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A company that generates cash isn’t automatically a winner. Some businesses stockpile cash but fail to reinvest wisely, limiting their ability to expand.

The strongest case for Mastercard hinges less on how much anyone spends than on how much of each payment it now runs on its own switch.

While the S&P 500 (^GSPC) includes industry leaders, not every stock in the index is a winner. Some companies are past their prime, weighed down by poor execution, weak financials, or structural headwinds.

The digital payments giant sent a fortune back to its owners, yet the stock fell far behind the market. Here is the accounting of what that cash really bought.

Visa's headline numbers looked spectacular, but analysts on its latest call kept poking at the same soft spot, revealing where the real risks to the growth story lie.

Sezzle (NASDAQ:SEZL) reported record second-quarter results for 2026, with gross merchandise volume, revenue, subscriber growth and profitability all increasing from a year earlier. The buy now, pay later company also raised its full-year revenue and adjusted earnings outlook, citing momentum across

Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Fidelity and WEX have been highlighted in this Industry Outlook article.

Carl Icahn launches activist campaign targeting eBay (NasdaqGS: EBAY), urging a spin off of PayPal and major board changes. Icahn alleges conflicts of interest on eBay's board and questions past related party transactions. The activist letter calls for a separation of PayPal from eBay and a broad governance overhaul to reshape oversight. For readers interested in more ideas around ownership, control and long term alignment, explore 20 top founder-led companies NasdaqGS:EBAY 1-Year Stock...

Wall Street is taking a "prove it" approach to PayPal's current valuation.

Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Fidelity and WEX have been highlighted in this Industry Outlook article.

PayPal Holdings is coming off a sharp five year share price decline of about 78.9%, yet the stock now screens as undervalued on several valuation checks, which raises questions about whether the current price is still baking in too much pessimism. Over the past five years the stock has declined about 78.9%, which means a lot of optimism has already been priced out by the market. Progress on PayPal's multi year turnaround and cost efficiency plans can support the investment case. However,...

PayPal's stock has returned to a price zone that has historically launched powerful rallies, after trading well below it as recently as last month.

Financial stocks were higher in late Wednesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index risi

This is an identity-shift year for Shopify. The company is reframing itself as an AI-native platform for merchants.

Even though PayPal never directly addressed Stripe's recent buyout offer in its earnings report, the message was clear: It's too low.

Cross-border payment growth and strategic expansion support the industry players, but rising technology costs and consumer spending pressures continue to weigh on margins. Companies like V, MA, PYPL, FIS and WEX are likely to navigate industry challenges.

A year after the GENIUS Act, the US is experiencing a stablecoin gold rush. Western Union announced it’s own stablecoin. Paypal did too. Transaction volume on stablecoins is greater than Visa and Mastercard combined and ACH. Canada’s stablecoin market is a bit different. There are only 2 issuers of ...

The insider reduced direct holdings by 38% following an 18% stock decline over the past year.

PayPal soared more than 32% in July, boosted by its strong Q2 performance and buyout speculation.

Earnings season is in full swing, and one common theme that spooked investors: cash burn.

The blue chip leader will remain more resilient than the fintech challenger.

On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Clear Street Managing Directors and Senior Analysts Owen Lau and Brian Dobson to break down a heavy week of earnings: Strategy's first quarter selling Bitcoin, Coinbase's third straight quarterly miss and Stripe and Advent's bid for PayPal. Then, after a look at ETF flows and Morgan Stanley's launch of the market's cheapest spot Ethereum and Solana ETFs at 14 basis points. Plus, Grayscale Head of Trading and Capital Markets Krista Lynch unpacks the state of crypto ETF flows and Altius co-founder and CEO Annabelle Huang makes sense of the macro backdrop along with her bear case for Bitcoin to dip to the $40K range. - Learn more at https://www.bullish.com/. - Register now for CoinDesk's Policy and Regulation event on September 24, 2026: https://policy-regulation.coindesk.com/. - To get market moving news delivered daily, download CoinDesk’s mobile app: https://linktr.ee/coindeskapp.

Block (XYZ) estimates are lowered slightly on more conservative Cash App assumptions in Q4 amid bala

XTransfer, a leading B2B cross-border trade payment platform, has been named to CNBC's 2026 list of the World's Top Fintech Companies in the Payments Segment, highlighting its growing impact in the digital payments landscape. This recognition underscores the company's commitment to providing secure and efficient cross-border payment solutions for SMEs, thereby addressing the complexities of international financial operations. XTransfer's inclusion in this prestigious list, compiled with...

Even if a company is profitable, it doesn’t always mean it’s a great investment. Some struggle to maintain growth, face looming threats, or fail to reinvest wisely, limiting their future potential.

The S&P 500 is on pace to log its worst July performance since 2014. These are the best and the worst performing stocks in the index for the month.

Tech Edge hosted a fireside chat on July 27 at Nasdaq MarketSite with Dan Kramer, Chief Executive Officer of Equiniti. The in-person interview was joined by Editor-in-Chief John Jannarone and they discussed what has to be true for a share to be tokenized and still count as a real share since not all tokens work […] The post Trillion Dollar Tokenization Opportunity: Equiniti CEO Dan Kramer, Live at Nasdaq appeared first on ExecEdge.

A large bet on its own shares has so far been a losing one, creating a quiet standoff between management's conviction and the market's deep-seated skepticism.

Visa crossed $4 trillion in global payments volume the same quarter PayPal brought in a new CEO to salvage branded checkout, and the two earnings reports could not paint a more different picture of where fintech power is actually concentrating.

Binance has added PayPal Holdings (NasdaqGS: PYPL) to its bStocks tokenized stock lineup. The move lets Binance users gain price exposure and economic benefits linked to PayPal stock without directly owning shares. The addition expands access to PayPal for international investors who operate primarily through digital asset platforms. PayPal is a global payments company that connects consumers and merchants across online, mobile, and in store transactions. Binance bringing NasdaqGS: PYPL...