Visa and Mastercard (MA) Granted Preliminary Approval for Swipe Fee Settlement

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) is one of the Top 10 Strong Buy Stocks to Invest In.

On June 9, 2026, U.S. District Court Judge Brian Cogan of the Eastern District of New York granted preliminary approval to a revised $38B settlement involving Visa (V), Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA), and retailers in long-running litigation over swipe fees. The settlement covers merchants that accused the card networks of charging too much to process credit card payments. In his ruling, Cogan noted that the court had received nearly 40 objection letters, but said it was too early to determine whether the concerns were widespread among the 12-million-merchant class or limited to a vocal minority.

On June 10, 2026, Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) introduced Agent Pay for Machines, a new service designed to allow transactions to be permissioned, orchestrated, and settled at machine speed across its global payments network. Jorn Lambert, Mastercard’s chief product officer, said Agent Pay for Machines could create the conditions for a “superbloom of AI business models,” with machine payments enabling very high-volume, low-value, fast, and low-latency transactions among agents.

Visa and Mastercard (MA) Granted Preliminary Approval for Swipe Fee Settlement

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Last month, Morgan Stanley raised the firm’s price target on Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) to $679 from $678 and maintained an Overweight rating on the shares. The firm said the FY outlook remains unchanged as the impact from the Middle East and portfolio shifts weigh on high-yield cross-border volume. Morgan Stanley added that it was reassured by stable underlying trends and accelerating U.S. spend excluding the Capital One migration.

Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) is a technology company that provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally.

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