Brian Belski, Chief Investment Strategist at BMO Capital Markets, joins 'Halftime Report' to explain why he's buying the big box retailer.

Trade Tracker: Brian Belski buys Walmart

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Mastercard has launched a crypto-to-fiat card with Web3/blockchain platform MetaMask and cryptocurrency payments firm Baanx. The MetaMask Card, announced Wednesday (Aug. 14), lets MetaMask wallet customers use crypto for everyday purchases in fiat currency wherever Mastercard is accepted. The card is being piloted on a limited basis — a few thousand digital-only cards — for users in European Union countries and the U.K.

Mastercard and MetaMask Team to Launch Crypto-to-Fiat Card

Goldman Sachs has disclosed a $418 million stake in spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with exposure to a total of seven different of these products and the largest stake being in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust. The investment bank’s quarterly filing revealed a particularly large position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin...

Betting on Bitcoin: Goldman Sachs Unveils $418M Stake in Spot Bitcoin ETFs

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AMERICANS have the opportunity to claim a one-time payment from a billion-dollar class action settlement. Visa and Mastercard agreed pay $5.6 billion after consumers paid excessive fees to accept their payment cards. The lawsuit alleged that Visa and Mastercard violated the antitrust laws. Antitrust laws also referred to as competition laws, are statutes developed by […]

Americans to receive one-time payment from $5.6 billion Visa Mastercard settlement – and the deadline has been extended

Union Square Ventures, Ribbit Capital, and Slow Ventures co-led the round. The company previously raised $5 million in a seed round led by Ribbit Capital with Slow Ventures participating. Sling Money aims to offer a cheaper and faster means of sending money around the world. Sling Money, a stablecoin-powered global...

Former Deliveroo Exec Secures $15m Series A for a Cheaper and Faster Global Payments Service

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"I worked at Walgreens for 4 years. There was never a dress code for customers". A Walgreens shopper says a manager kicked her out of the store for not following the store’s dress code, sparking outrage in a viral TikTok.

I didn’t realize you had a new dress code for customers: Walgreens shopper says she was forced out

Editor's Note: APYs listed in this article are up-to-date as of the time of publication. They may fluctuate (up or down) as the Fed rate changes. CNBC Select will update as changes are made public. If you have a long-term savings goal, like saving up for a down payment on...

Best 5-year CD rates of August 2024 (up to 4.75% APY)

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is looking into the handling of Zelle transactions by big banks, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Bank of America, Wells Fargo are under investigation for handling of customers funds on Zelle

As new government data shows inflation subsiding, Social Security beneficiaries may expect a lower cost-of-living adjustment in 2025. The prospective Social Security COLA for 2025 could be the lowest since 2021, according to a new estimate. Even as new government inflation data shows inflation subsiding, many retirees are still struggling...

Social Security cost-of-living adjustment may be 2.6% in 2025, new estimate finds

Capital One credit card merger class action overview:. Who: Plaintiffs Tyler Baker and Lora Grodnick, both Capital One credit card holders, have filed a class action lawsuit against Capital One and Discover. Why: Baker and Grodnick want to halt a merger between the two credit card companies, saying it will...

Capital One credit card holders file class action over Discover merger

All of the investments made this year by Bezos' family office — called Bezos Expeditions — have been in artificial intelligence, according to data provided to CNBC by FINTRX, a private wealth intelligence platform. Bezos Expeditions has always tilted heavily toward tech. Fully 70% of the family office's...

Jeff Bezos' family office is making big investments in AI

Gold prices pared gains on Thursday as the dollar and Treasury yields rose after stronger-than-expected U.S. economic data that could influence the size of interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. Spot gold inched higher 0.6% at $2,461.36, after rising as much as 0.9% earlier in the session. U.S. gold...

Gold pares gains as dollar, bond yields climb after strong U.S. data

Warren Buffett has led the Berkshire Hathaway investment company to market-crushing returns since 1965. Berkshire owns a number of private companies, but it also acquired stakes in several public companies, including Apple. Berkshire is currently valued at $922 billion, and it could become the first American non-technology company to reach...

1 Unstoppable Stock Set to Join Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta in the $1 Trillion Club

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Many Buffett followers made the curious observation after a regulatory "13-F" filing Wednesday night revealed. 's equity holdings at the end of the second quarter. It showed an identical 400 million share count in Apple and Coca-Cola, Buffett's oldest and longest stock position. It's prompted some to believe that the...

Warren Buffett did something curious with his Apple stock holding

Travis McCourt, Raymond James institutional equity strategist, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the markets as he anticipates a third unwind coming for the markets.

Raymond James' Travis McCourt says he's bracing for 'the third unwind' in the consumer

When you're interviewing for a job, "asking great questions is such an underrated way to differentiate yourself from everyone else," says Nolan Church, former Google recruiter and current CEO of salary data company FairComp. Good questions can help make the case for why you're a rockstar at work. But asking...

Always ask these 4 questions when you're interviewing for a job, says ex-Google recruiter

The FBI said Monday afternoon that it is investigating what the Trump campaign has characterized as a successful effort to hack into its campaign and steal private documents. The FBI statement comes after Politico, The Washington Post and The New York Times reported over the weekend that they had received seemingly authentic files stolen from the Trump campaign. A Trump campaign spokesperson said Saturday that it had been hacked in June. NBC News has not received any of the purported files.

FBI says it’s investigating Trump campaign claim of hacked files

The Swedish buy now, pay later giant Klarna said it has begun offering savings accounts to its customers in the U.S. and 12 European countries, according to a Thursday post on the company’s website. Customers can use money from the accounts to pay for items using Klarna’s trademark installment payment app.

Klarna jumps into banking business

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According to cruise industry reports, the world's largest cruise ship is sailing well above 100% capacity, thanks to more beds being filled on recent sailings. Royal Caribbean’s newest flagship, the Icon of the Seas, is proving to be an unprecedented success, with occupancy rates far exceeding expectations.

The Largest Cruise Ship in the World is Sailing at 132% Capacity: How This is Even Possible

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Trade Tracker: Brian Belski sells Mastercard

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Trade Tracker: Brian Belski sells Mastercard

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