Credit Services: Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA), American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM), Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF)

Card fees charged by Visa Europe and MasterCard Inc. (NYSE:MA) have been probed by European Union regulators since at least 2002. MasterCard Inc (NYSE:MA)is currently challenging a similar settlement at the EU’s highest court, saying such multilateral interchange fees are crucial for sharing the costs of card payments among banks, retailers and customers. Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) stock opened at $77.34 in last session, and closed at $77.76, while the day range of MA stock is $77.00 – $78.01. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 2.50%.

Quint—the company’s unabashed jokester—was one of the entrepreneurs at a panel discussion sponsored by the American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) U.S. Small Merchants Group today at Freemans restaurant in New York’s Lower East Side. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) stock opened at $89.65, in last session and closed at $90.29, by gaining 0.62%. The 52 week range of AXP is $61.51 – $93.62. Company’s market capitalization is $95.94billion.

SLM Corporation (NASDAQ:SLM), also known as Sallie Mae, has coined a new name for its loan management and servicing company – Navient. This is the next step toward the company’s completion of the strategic plan to split its business into an education loan management business and a consumer banking business. SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM) stock advanced 0.98% and finished the last session at $23.78. The EPS of the stock remained 2.92. Company’s market capitalization is $10.19billion.

Regulators have issued subpoenas and requested information from Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE:COF) and one of its subsidiaries as part of probe into alleged mortgage-bond fraud, the McLean, Va.-based bank said in a regulatory filing Thursday. Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE:COF) stock opened the session at $71.36, and closed the session at $72.62. The 52 week range of the COF stock remained $50.21 – $78.49 and the day range was $71.22 – $72.73.

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