Visa stock slides on Trump credit-card rate cap talk as traders brace for bank earnings
New York, Jan 12, 2026, 11:32 EST — Regular session Visa Inc shares fell 1.4% to $344.84 in late-morning trading, tracking a selloff in consumer finance names. Mastercard slid 1.7% and American Express fell 4.6%. The pressure followed President Donald Trump’s call for a one-year cap on credit-card interest rates at 10%, starting Jan. 20, without spelling out how it would be enforced. Analysts said the proposal would likely require legislation, leaving markets to trade the risk before the details exist. (Reuters) Financial stocks broadly slipped on the headline, and the move has pulled in payment processors alongside banks and