Consumer Finance

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is out with a research report on Cardtronics, Inc (NASDAQ: CATM) and is raising its price target to $26, and is keeping its Overweight rating on shares. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. writes, "CATM reported solid 2Q11 results of $147mm/$0.34 versus...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Cardtronics (NASDAQ: CATM) from $23 to $26 and maintains its Overweight rating.

Goldman Sachs is out with its report today on American Express (NYSE: AXP), reiterating Buy. In its report, Goldman Sachs writes, "On Wednesday, AXP hosted an investor day. A clear takeaway from the event is that many of AXP's spending initiatives from the past 18 months will drive revenue growth...

MasterCard (NYSE: MA) releases its next round of earnings this Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Here's Benzinga's essential guide to MasterCard's second quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Analysts are predicting an EPS reading of $4.21 per share and revenues of $1.55 billion. MasterCard...

Shares of SLM (NYSE: SLM) are higher on the session by 1.32%, trading at $15.77. Overall call volume is now running at 2.56x the daily average, with 36% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 5,524 contracts have traded on the session so far. SLM Corporation, known as Sallie Mae, is a...

Citadel initiated its Coverage of Nelnet (NYSE: NNI) with an Add rating and a price target of $24. On Wednesday, NNI lost 1.18% of its value to finish the day at $20.06.

American Express (NYSE: AXP) and vente-privee.com today announced Mike Steib as the Chief Executive Officer of a joint venture between the two companies to bring vente-privee.com's industry leading online store for luxury goods and lifestyle products to the U.S. market. Steib will work to leverage...

Three words: biometric fingerprint security. That's all you need to know. Among the eBays (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Amazons (NASDAQ: AMZN) of the world, consumers will find a wide variety of sites that allow them to buy items at a discount and/or sell them at a fair value. Some even provide individuals...

Cardtronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CATM) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cardtronics USA, Inc. has completed the acquisition of EDC ATM Subsidiary, LLC and Efmark Deployment I, Inc. The cash purchase price of $145 million was funded through borrowings under the Company's amended credit...

Shares of SLM (NYSE: SLM) are lower on the session by 2.57%, currently trading at $16.28. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past five months and is currently trading above the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. A short while ago the August...

By 10:30 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 55.48 points, or 0.44%, to 12,625.68, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had dropped 6.39 points, or 0.48%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 12.49 points, or 0.44%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are still afloat in the...

Visa (NYSE: V) announces its next round of earnings this Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Wednesday's third quarter earnings announcement. Earnings and Revenue: Ahead of the company's earnings announcement, analysts are expecting a positive EPS...

A number of companies reported earnings on Thursday after the closing bell. Here is a look at the biggest movers. Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) +9.07% to $34.50 Athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN) +9.10% to $53.00 Ruby Tuesday (NYSE: RT) -8.60% to $10.10 Acme Packet (NASDAQ: APKT) -8.09% to $55.25 C.R. Bard...

Cash America International, Inc. (NYSE: CSH) shares are falling sharply on back of the earnings reaction to EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ: EZPW). At last check, shares of Cash America were off $1.36 to $58.38‎, a loss of 2.28%‎.

Reuters is reporting that John Paulson told investors in his sprawling hedge fund, Paulson & Co., that his bets were "too aggressive" and that he is trimming back on some of his riskiest positions. In a conference call, he said that he has pared positions in bank stocks that have significant...