Motley Fool Staff, The Motley Fool
23 min read
In this podcast, Motley Fool Chief Investment Officer Andy Cross and contributors Jason Hall and Matt Frankel discuss:
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Fair Isaac Corp. to include buy now, pay later data.
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The importance of Tesla's robotaxi.
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Tesla's advantages and challenges in self-driving.
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Fiserv launches its own stablecoin.
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A full transcript is below.
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This podcast was recorded on June 23, 2025.
Andy Cross: Tesla's Robotaxis get rolling. Motley Fool Money starts now. Welcome to Motley Fool Money. I'm Andy Cross, joined by Motley Fool contributors, Matt Frankel, and Jason Hall. Today, we're discussing Tesla's Robotaxi rollout and yet another stablecoin that's on the horizon. But first, let's get to our headlines for Monday, June 23. On Saturday, the US launched strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities triggering investor concerns about raising oil prices and the potential for geopolitical escalation. Yet in that nothing ever happens market to coin the popular investing meme. Investors look past the news to bid stocks higher. The S&P, NASDAQ, and Dow Jones are all up today. Moving to company news, Tesla rolled out its long awaited Robotaxis in Austin, Texas on Sunday. The initial rollout is limited in featuring a small fleet of 10-20 Model Ys operating within a geofenced area.
The event was accessible on an invite only basis to well connected social influencers, and a Tesla safety monitor was present in each vehicle for rides it costs a flat $4.20. More on Tesla in a bit. Eli Lilly reported that its experimental anti obesity bill or full grip run helped diabetics lower weight and lower their blood sugar in a Phase III trial with results that were comparable to injectable GLP drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro. Side effects were also similar, so the company is aiming to file for regulatory approval as a weight management pill later this year in a treatment for diabetes in 2026. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Fair Isaac, the company behind FICO scoring system will, for the first time, introduce a new model that includes buy now, pay later loan data as a factor. It has been testing this model in a partnership with a firm on 500,000 buy now, pay later users. It actually found that its users with more than five buy now, pay later loans, saw scores increase or stay stable in the early testing. We'll talk a little bit more about FICO in a second. Finally, on a sad note, Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx, died this weekend. Mr. Smith was one of the great entrepreneurs and business leaders of the past 50 years. He started at FedEx in the early 1970s creating the overnight package delivery industry that is so ubiquitous today and so many of us rely on for our purchasing habits. Fools, we'll get to that Tesla news in a few minutes, but let's start with this reported FICO news because I think it's important. Matt, how important is the FICO News, and how important is it that BNPL loan data is factored into its algorithm?
