PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Mastercard said it will invest $500 million in Black communities across the U.S. The new initiative will include “concentrated investments that will focus on providing Black-owned businesses and Black people access to affordable financial tools and capital,” Mastercard said in a news release.

Concentration 113

Concentration Economics Financial Systems Investments 113

PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

PwC has estimated that the foreign investment restrictions could shave off $46 billion in commerce done digitally, if bigger eCommerce firms have to retool the way they do business. That request comes in the wake of decisions making it mandatory that Visa and Mastercard store such information inside the country. In tandem, more than 1.1

eCommerce 75

eCommerce Concentration Economics Startups 75

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

You fell in love with investing as an 8-year-old. But in the New York Times, there was an advertisement that the value line investment survey needed analysts. Things get worse at one of the companies that I’ve invested in. I’m curious how your investing philosophy has evolved over, over the past 30 plus years.

Benchmarking 103

Benchmarking Concentration Investments Profit and Loss 103

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Ten years after Visa and Mastercard launched, they had each licensed their tech to thousands of banks that had cards in the hands of millions of consumers, who were using them to buy things at millions of merchants. At the same time, investments in blockchain tech are positively puny. The platform becomes the source of that value.

Currencies 85

Currencies Concentration Financial Systems Leverage 85