Paul Travers

Portfolio Manager

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Payments

Visa card spending remains strong, despite a slowdown in Asia

Strong consumer spending and cross-border activity drove an 8% increase in Visa's total payments volume during the first quarter of the year, although Asia's economic recovery is taking longer than expected.

By Kate Fitzgerald

34m ago
Payments

Mastercard using open banking to spot fraud, EU warms to Apple Pay policy

Mastercard launches service to fight instant-payment fraud, EU may green-light Apple's NFC-access plan, and more.

By Kate Fitzgerald

3h ago
ESG

Politicians should stop playing culture war politics with public funds

An anti-ESG crusade in Texas exposes the degree to which conservative hype over companies' ESG policies has lost touch with the reality of the market, to the detriment of taxpayers.

By Sam Raus

3h ago