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Fintech Focus For August 21, 2020
Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 6:19pm | 2298Read More...Quote Of The Day: Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. - Margaret Mead Fintech Movers: Insurtech startups are adding pressure to traditional insurance outfits in Asia Pacific (APAC) and beyond – both will likely need cloud adoption to survive long-term. -...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For August 15, 2020
Sunday, August 16, 2020 - 10:52am | 1077Read More...American Express In Talks With Kabbage Over Acquisition What Is Happening? American Express is in talks with Kabbage, an online fintech lender backed by Softbank, over an $850 million acquisition. What Does It Mean? "From the customer’s standpoint, this is likely to lead to better fees...
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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Apple, Ford, Merck, Uber And More
Saturday, August 8, 2020 - 12:43pm | 870Read More...Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. This week's bullish calls included pharmaceutical and ride-share leaders. The e-commerce colossus and the iPhone maker were among the week's bearish calls. A July employment report that was better...
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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Microsoft, Netflix, Twitter And More
Sunday, July 12, 2020 - 10:40am | 829Read More...Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. This week's bullish calls included the e-commerce and electric vehicle leaders. Streaming and semiconductor giants were among the week's bearish calls. Those investors who declined to sell in May...
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Fintech Focus For July 7, 2020
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 10:19am | 1668Read More...Daily Perspective: Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the result of other people’s thinking. - Steve Jobs Fintech Movers: On March 1, 8% of U.S. Square sellers were effectively cashless; 54...
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey To Donate $3M For Advancement Of Black And Brown Communities
Thursday, June 4, 2020 - 5:29am | 504Read More...Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) CEO Jack Dorsey is giving $3 million to NFL player Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp organization. What Happened Dorsey, who is the chief executive of both Twitter and Square (NYSE: SQ), a mobile payment and merchant aggregator firm, took to Twitter on...
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4 Money Apps That Will Eliminate Cash
Monday, September 9, 2019 - 11:39am | 666Read More...On a broad scale, the fintech space is both diversifying and growing quickly both nationally and beyond. The payments space specifically continues to reap new and innovative technology to aid in everyday money management. Ahead of the Benzinga Global Fintech Awards on Nov. 19 in New York City, the...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Activision, AT&T, Boeing, Ford, Nike, Square And More
Saturday, September 7, 2019 - 3:04pm | 677Read More...This weekend's Barron's offers three cheap stock picks for impatient investors. Other featured articles discuss how to play the alternative meat, athleisure and mobile gaming themes. Also, the prospects for an aerospace giant, a beleaguered drugmaker a mobile payments company and more....
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Bulls & Bears Of The Week: AT&T, Facebook, GE, Microsoft And More
Sunday, February 3, 2019 - 11:40am | 830Read More...Benzinga has featured looks at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included social media and cloud computing giants. Bearish calls included a crumbling conglomerate and a top drugmaker. Last week, the partial federal government shutdown ended, but just in time for a...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Abercrombie, Equinix, Kraft Heinz, Twitter And More
Sunday, August 12, 2018 - 4:29pm | 769Read More...The cover story in this weekend's Barron's examines Jack Dorsey's success as a double-duty CEO. Other featured articles include four undiscovered small-cap gems and why retailers are on the rebound. Also, see the prospects for leading food maker and a petrochemical giant. "...
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How Does Square's Stock Compare To PayPal?
Thursday, November 9, 2017 - 4:21pm | 400Read More...Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) may be well on its way to seeing steady growth over the next several years. The payment processing company is coming off a third-quarter earnings beat and raised fiscal 2017 guidance. The Analyst Paul Condra of Credit Suisse. The Rating Condra upped his price target on...
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It's Hip To Be Square: Another Beat And Raise In Q2
Thursday, August 3, 2017 - 9:37am | 416Read More...Square Inc (NYSE: SQ)'s earnings report Wednesday prompted analysts at Deutsche Bank to maintain a bullish stance. The firm's Bryan Keane maintains a Buy rating on Square's stock with an unchanged $28 price target as there were plenty of reasons for bulls to be happy. One of the main highlighted of...
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Square Shares Relatively Muted Despite Huge Q2 Earnings Beat
Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - 4:21pm | 131Read More...Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) delivered a huge second-quarter earnings beat after the market close on Wednesday. While analysts were predicting a loss of 5 cents per share, Square turned in EPS of 7 cents. Sales also beat estimates, coming in nearly $16 million higher than estimates at $552 million. Square...
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4 Reasons Square's Impressive Year Will Continue
Thursday, July 6, 2017 - 11:30am | 468Read More...Square Inc. (NYSE: SQ) — the maker of a point-of-sale app that can be used with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones and iPads — is a top pick in the payment space, according to Citi. Square’s second-quarter performance is up 70 percent and shares are likely to gain more, analyst...
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Here's What Will Drive Future Shareholder Value For Square
Monday, May 22, 2017 - 8:38am | 380Read More...Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) has seen solid returns in 2017 thus far, with shares rising over 46 percent year to date. Tigress Financial Partners is initiating coverage on the payment processor with a Buy rating. Justification For The Rating “Square’s leading market position driven by its...












