Mastercard stock slips as fee fight resurfaces and CPI looms
Mastercard shares fell 1.2% to $530.99 Thursday as payment stocks declined ahead of Friday’s U.S. CPI report. Large merchants, including Walmart, urged a federal judge to hold oral arguments before ruling on a proposed Visa-Mastercard interchange settlement. Truist Financial launched its first open-banking integration with Mastercard. Mastercard also filed its 2025 annual report and announced a new SME program in Egypt.