Mastercard is a company that requires no introduction. It is the force behind the debit and credit cards and provides all kinds of payment processing services across the globe. The company primarily offers authorization, settlement, and clearing services for transactions conducted through the Mastercard payment network. The company also provides numerous value-added services and solutions […]

Stripe was founded in 2009 by Irish brothers Patrick Collison and John Collison. Since then the company had grown from a tech startup to a fintech giant, competing with PayPal and Square, while receiving support from the likes of Google and Amazon. After its latest funding round, Stripe’s valuation jumped to a staggering $95 billion. […]

Visa, although we don’t think there is any need to tell you this, is a payment processing company. Its primary business is facilitating payments between consumers, merchants, governments, and pretty much anyone else who needs a payment processor. Visa cards are some of the most widely used cards in the world (along with Master Card), and the […]

PayPal, the launching pad of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and the career of many others, stands at a crossroads. On the one hand, it is one of the biggest payment processors in the world, transacting billions of dollars every day. On the other hand, handling online transactions has been the company’s only business since its […]

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX made history on Wednesday when it launched a spacecraft into orbit with 4 civilians and no astronauts on board. The special event marks the first journey of its kind. The trip started from the Kennedy Space Center, where the four amateur passengers boarded the Dragon capsule that was propelled by […]

April was an eventful month. We had several earnings reports released, saw new all-time highs, and finally, we heard President Joe Biden’s tax proposals of increasing up to 43.6%. These were the main factors that have affected the prices the month, but some of them were just probably overreacted by the market. For example, the […]

The main reason behind the popularity of the crypto market is that people can multiply their investments in a relatively short period of time. Although, it is full of risks the market is growing constantly and we cannot see the end yet. So, pros and cons of this market, let’s see which cryptos could jump […]

People who are investing in the stock market are usually buying for a short period of time. They want to get rich in no time, but that just not how it works. New investors should learn how to be more patient with their investments, do not buy anything instantly without doing any research, or just […]

There were surely some winners of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially e-retailer and computer companies, like Etsy and Advanced Micro Devices. Let us see their potential for the rest of the year. Etsy [ETSY] The coronavirus pandemic is still surrounding us, which means people are staying home. Ordinary physical shopping is on the bench now, so […]

March is typically a strong month for the stock market. The S&P 500 Index averaged a gain of 0.5% over the last two decades and the frequency of gains for the month stands at 55%. March is the last month of the quarter and quarter-end portfolio rebalancing tends to be a dominant driver of activity. […]

Background & News Dash (DASH) has been one of the oldest cryptocurrencies to date that managed to achieve and maintain a high market cap. This has been partly because of an ever increasing number of MasterNodes on the network. Dash’s creator, Evan Duffield, was the first developer to implement the feature that has been since […]

Monster is a famous electric accessories manufacturer that was founded in 1978 under the name of Monster Cable by Noel Lee. Main focus included “design, engineer, market and sell of headphones, cables, docks, speakers, power products and mobile accessories.” Distribution of its own items was the main profile of the firm but now it seems […]