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Points expert Jason Stauffer explains how to decide if a credit card with flat-rate rewards or elevated spending categories is better.

MA and JD.com team up on AI commerce, cross-border payments and fraud prevention to simplify global trade and improve travel shopping in China.

Visa leads a list of consumer-driven stocks making big buyback announcements. After undertaking record buybacks in Q1, the firm just added $20B in capacity.

Greg Abel exited positions including Visa, Mastercard, Amazon, and UnitedHealth while boosting Berkshire's Alphabet stake to almost 58 million shares

Berkshire Hathaway has a new top dog. Its appears that Greg Abel is barking loudly, upending much of the company's huge investment portfolio.

The exit was part of a broader portfolio reshuffle in the first quarter after Greg Abel succeeded Warren Buffett as CEO

Investing.com -- Nonprofit organization WYDE will launch an $EAT Debit Card for businesses, a Visa-powered card that automatically directs a portion of every transaction toward hunger-relief charities, Investing.com has learned.

Visa (V) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.

The Neves Licensing Authority has identified a growing global demand for specialized licensing frameworks in the digital finance sector, driven by the shift towards technology-driven financial models and cross-border fintech activities. As financial technology operators increasingly depend on sophisticated systems like remote onboarding and cloud-based infrastructure, there's a rising need for modern licensing environments that support operational scalability and governance transparency. This...

When asked in March whether Berkshire was still putting money to work, Buffett said the conglomerate had made "one tiny purchase."

SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2026--At the FIFA World Cup 2026™, everything can change in a split second. A quick pass. A simple finish. A tap in goal. This summer, Visa (NYSE: V), the Worldwide Payment Technology Partner of the FIFA World Cup 2026™, is turning those fleeting moments into something much bigger—launching Tap In, a bold new global campaign based on the belief that everything is a tap in with Visa.

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One shipping lane controls roughly 20 percent of the world's oil supply. Right now, it's closed. And in the space of five trading days, that single fact has moved oil to $105 a barrel, pushed Treasury yields to their highest point in roughly a year, and resurrected a rate hike scenario that nobody was pricing a week ago. Welcome to Monday.

Berkshire Hathaway took a $2.6 billion stake in Delta Airlines and increased its shares in Alphabet by 224%.

Kurt Tong, managing partner of The Asia Group and former Consul General of the U.S. to Hong Kong and Macau, says while the business deals announced during the Trump-Xi summit were significant, what's more important was the politics of President Trump signaling to the business constituency that there is "forward movement" in the relationship between the two countries.

Baupost Group's Q1 2026 13F portfolio decreased to ~$5.12B. Check out the stake increases, decreases, and major disposals of the portfolio here.

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) recorded its first quarter of portfolio decisions under new CEO Greg Abel. The company exited positions in Amazon, Visa, Mastercard, and UnitedHealth while sharply reducing the overall number of holdings. Berkshire returned to airline stocks with a new stake in Delta Air Lines and added exposure to Macy's, while reallocating more capital to Alphabet. Berkshire Hathaway enters this new phase with NYSE:BRK.A recently trading around $723,821.0 per share. Over...

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) is one of the Best Fundamentally Strong Stocks to Buy Now. On May 12, Truist analyst Matthew Coad lifted its price objective on the company’s stock to $371 from $361 and kept a “Buy” rating on the shares. This forms part of the research note on the Payments sector after the Q1 results. As per […]

Cash is suddenly king again on Wall Street. With recession fears lingering, interest rates still elevated, and consumers showing signs of fatigue, corporate America has been preparing for rougher weather ahead. Few companies have prepared more aggressively than Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A)(NYSE:BRK-B). The conglomerate ended the first quarter sitting on a staggering $397.6 billion cash pile, ... Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Just More Than Tripled Its Stake in Alphabet

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Visa (NYSE:V) has completed a major exchange offer involving its Class B-1 and B-2 common shares. Roughly 98% of these shares were exchanged for a mix of Class B-3 and Class C common stock plus cash. The transaction materially reshapes Visa's capital structure and long term shareholder mix. For investors tracking NYSE:V, this capital move sits alongside a share price of about $325.75 and multi year returns of 42.8% over 3 years and 49.1% over 5 years. Over shorter periods, the stock is up...

Berkshire Hathaway's equity portfolio got one of its biggest renovations ever during Greg Abel's first three months as the company's CEO.

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Berkshire Hathaway added stakes in Delta and Macy's during Greg Abel's first quarter as CEO of the conglomerate, while eliminating holdings in Amazon and other major companies.

Berkshire Hathaway more than tripled the size of its investment in Google's parent company and bought over $2.6 billion worth of Delta Airlines stock as Greg Abel settled into the CEO job after taking over from Warren Buffett at the start of the year. The conglomerate also dumped a number of other stocks, including Visa, Mastercard, Domino's Pizza, Amazon and United Healthcare after the departure late last year of Todd Combs, who was one of the two investment mangers Buffett hired to help manage the portfolio. Buffett was always reluctant to invest in tech companies because he said he didn't understand them well enough to predict the long-term winners.

Berkshire Hathaway boosted its stake in Alphabet to nearly 58 million shares on March 31 from almost 18 million shares at year-end.

Berkshire Hathaway’s Q1 2026 13F: portfolio shrank to $263B, bigger Alphabet stake, Chevron cut, and exits from AMZN/DPZ/UNH—read more.