Pedestrians pass a digital sign announcing the latest rates for currency in Istanbul. Photographer: Kostas Tsironis / Bloomberg Kostas Tsironis / Bloomberg News The Federal Reserve announced Thursday that it is building and testing a hypothetical digital currency, equivalent to cash. The goal of the program is to improve the …
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Facebook Inc. has a new payment group with a familiar face. David Marcus, co-creator of the company’s Libra cryptocurrency project, will lead Facebook Financial, an initiative to run all payment projects, including Facebook Pay, a feature it plans to build in all has apps. Former Upwork Inc. UPWK, -2.94% Chief …
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Shares of PayPal Holdings Inc rose 1.5% in out-of-hours trading on Wednesday after the digital payments company showed strong growth in its business stemming from increased use of digital payments during the COVID-19 crisis. Read: PayPal Exceeds Earnings Expectations as COVID-19 Drives Ecommerce Growth Strong “The world has moved into …
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Text size It is the busiest week of the second quarter earnings season, with 171 S&P 500 companies slated to report. Things start slowly on Monday, before 3M, Advanced Micro Devices, eBay, McDonald’s, Pfizer, Starbucks and Visa reported on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Boeing, Facebook, General Electric, PayPal Holdings, Qualcomm and …
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Text size The second-quarter earnings season speeds up this week, with 78 S&P 500 companies on deck to report. Halliburton and IBM publish their results first on Monday, followed by Coca-Cola, Lockheed Martin, Texas Instruments and United Airlines on Tuesday. Tesla, Microsoft and Chipotle Mexican Grill are the best moments …
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