Banks, asset managers, payments networks, insurers, fintech, crypto-linked companies, and the capital markets around them.
Trading in cryptocurrency-linked brokerage and trading stocks rose sharply in early Thursday activity, led by a jump in Robinhood as investors weighed fresh bullish analyst notes and a rebound that also pulled in Coinbase and rival digital-asset plays.
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The companies described a production-style test designed to show that AI-driven payment initiation can work with strong customer verification, including biometric authentication.
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A recent market note argues the iShares S&P 500 Value ETF (IVE) may fit investors seeking broad exposure to the large-cap value segment, highlighting the product’s index-linked approach and its measured risk profile.
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The partners say Cleverbridge is among the early participants enabling and testing Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol and agentic directory, aimed at giving approved AI agents a secure way to access digital commerce capabilities.
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A new Public Citizen analysis finds crypto firms have spent $189 million on the 2026 U.S. midterms so far, representing 37% of all corporate political spending disclosed for the cycle, with Ripple and Coinbase listed among the biggest contributors.
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In a market view attributed to Goldman Sachs derivatives specialist Brian Garrett, investors are reducing exposure to technology stocks as the second half of 2026 approaches, with particular caution directed at the most crowded mega-cap segment sometimes grouped as the “Magnificent Seven.”
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The move is aimed at helping issuers in the region launch Visa’s digital payment services with reduced integration complexity, using Thales’ D1 card-issuing platform.
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Even after a sharp June rally in the U.S. dollar, some strategists at major banks including Morgan Stanley are arguing investors may have already priced in too much Fed hawkishness.
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The telecom group VEON and payments giant Mastercard said they will combine VEON’s local digital reach and data with Mastercard’s payment network to expand accessible financial services in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
