Ripple steht nicht nur für eine Kryptowährung, sondern auch für eine revolutionäre Blockchain-Plattform, die sich als bevorzugte Lösung für Banken und Finanzinstitute etabliert hat. Doch was macht Ripple und seinen nativen Token XRP so attraktiv für diese etablierten Institutionen? Das Versprechen von schnelleren, kostengünstigeren und sichereren grenzüberschreitenden Zahlungen hat Ripple zu einem führenden Namen im Bereich der digitalen...
Read More »American Express Posts Sixth Consecutive Quarter of Record Revenue for Q3 2023
The Q3 figures for 2023 show that American Express pulled in record revenue despite increased expenses especially with customer engagements. Credit card giant American Express (NYSE: AXP) has published its revenue report for Q3 of 2023, pointing to record revenue for six consecutive quarters. According to an official press release, the company’s total revenue net of interest expense came in at $15.38 billion, a 13% increase over the $13.5 billion recorded for the same quarter in 2022. The...
Read More »Die legendäre Black Card von American Express
Die American Express Centurion Card, umgangssprachlich Black Card genannt, ist eine von American Express herausgegebene Ladekarte. Die American Express Black Card, offiziell als „Centurion Card“ bekannt, hat sich über die Jahre einen mystischen Status in der Welt der Luxuskreditkarten erarbeitet. Auf der Webseite ist diese Karte nicht gelistet. Vor allem Business-Kunden nutzen diesen Service und die Karte. Doch ganz einfach ist diese legendäre Karte...
Read More »Dow Jones Gains Over 770 Points, Stock Market Rally Continues, Sanders Quits Presidential Race
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is actively gaining today as well as many stocks on the market. Meanwhile, U.S. coronavirus cases have topped 400,000The Dow Jones climbed nearly 800 points on Wednesday following Sanders’ decision to give up and quit his presidential campaign. Stock markets are also doing well today. Meanwhile, White House Health Advisor Anthony Fauci estimated the United States could see a slight outbreak decay next week and New York Mayor Bill De Blasio revealed some...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Down 12% Since New Year to Date, While S&P 500 Down 28.5%
Bitcoin price is down 12.5%, S&P 500, Nasdaq indexes as well as companies like Berkhire Hathway has also lost significantly since the beginning of the year. Oil war adds fire to the financial crash party.Since the year beginning, the halving hype was striking the news. Many of the industry experts issued predictions of a sharp price increase. However, even despite the halving that will make Bitcoin more scarce, coronavirus is drowning the markets. Bitcoin has gained a lot, yet lost -12.5%...
Read More »Ripple and Intermex Partnership Targets Cross-border Payments Between U.S. and Mexico
Ripple has entered in a new partnership. Together with International Money Express, Inc. (Intermex) it will ensure faster cross-border payments between the U.S. and Mexico.Ripple, a blockchain company specializing in global payments announced on Feb. 4 that it has partnered with International Money Express, Inc. (Intermex), a company providing remittance services to Latin America and the Caribbean corridor. The partnership between Ripple and Intermex is another testament to the blockchain...
Read More »Visa and Mastercard Could Become Next Members of $1 Trillion Club
Tech and internet companies were the first that succeeded to reach $1 trillion in stock market value. However, the next U.S. companies that could join this prestigious clique are better known for something else. We are talking here about card companies as are Mastercard Inc. and Visa Inc.Take Mastercard for example. In its fourth-quarter earnings report, the company said that its GAAP earnings per share (EPS) surged incredible 138% in the fourth quarter to arrive at $2.07, while revenues...
Read More »CNBC’s Jim Cramer Tells Which Stocks to Buy after U.S.-China Trade Deal
The trade war between the U.S. and China has been ongoing for many months and has somehow wiggled its way into pretty much any conversation that involves the U.S. or China. Some other countries are sometimes dragged into the mix because some of the effects of the tensions have been felt by these countries even though they aren’t directly involved. However, there might be some respite soon and with it, the chance that a few stocks might be worth good money if things go right.CNBC’s Jim Cramer...
Read More »Visa, Mastercard Debuts New Buy Button to Make Online Checkout Great Again
Photo: Philip Taylor / FlickrIn what seems to be one of the biggest challenges to online payment processors such as Paypal, Apple Pay and a whole host of others, the biggest guns in credit card processing have decided to team up and implement their own single button-based checkout process. American Express, Visa, Mastercard, and Discover have decided to join forces to make checkout easier for consumers.Based on what the card industry refers to as Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) which is a...
Read More »PayPal Entering China Market by Local Acquisition
The People’s Bank of China (PoBC) announced they are nit against PayPal’s desire to acquire a 70% equity state in GoPay (Guofubao Information Technology Co. [GoPay], Ltd.). With this step, Paypal is becoming the first international entity that will be offering its online payment solutions in China.GoPay mostly works as a provider of a number of payment products for various industries including cross-border commerce, aviation, tourism, etc.According to the information revealed by the company,...
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