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Visa Inc. (V) is in the Financial Services Industry
- Market Cap
- Aug 27 2008
- $33.3B
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Hedge Fund Tracking: Lone Pine Capital (Steven Mandel)
Market Folly submits: Four times a year, hedge funds & asset managers with > $100 million AUM assets under management are required to report to the SEC their holdings from the previous quarter. I check these 13F filings quarterly just to get a sense as to where these funds are...
15 Value Hedge Funds Portfolio Update
Mebane Faber submits: Are the top value hedge funds going to beat the market every quarter, or just outperform when the market is going up? Maybe we should ask Will Ferrell, errr, I mean Robert Goulet: by Mebane Faber
Casino Shares Drop on Talk of Macau Visa Cutbacks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shares of casino operators fell sharply on Tuesday amid concerns that the Chinese government may act to curtail visits by mainlanders to Macau, the only place in China where gambling is legal. Shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp LVS...
Hedge Fund Tracking: Blue Ridge Capital (John Griffin)
Market Folly submits: Four times a year, hedge funds & asset managers with > $100 million AUM assets under management are required to report to the SEC their holdings from the previous quarter. I check these 13F filings quarterly just to get a sense as to where these funds are...
On Visa and Commodities: An Addendum
Frank J. Maura submits: Visa V has a great model and in the long run will be a great stock. Visa, once the economy rises and we have a sound financial sector, will continue to go up to eventually surpass MasterCard MA. But recent events show that Visa, like...
Microsoft signs Warner Music for Xbox LIVE
Warner Music Group WMG will sell music videos through Microsoft's Xbox LIVE platform, as part of a new partnership. Clips from artists such as Flo Rida, Matchbox Twenty and T.I. will be available for download at USD1.99. WMG is the...
Hedge Fund Tracking: Tremblant Capital
Market Folly submits: Four times a year, hedge funds & asset managers with > $100 million AUM assets under management are required to report to the SEC their holdings from the previous quarter. I check these 13F filings quarterly just to get a sense as to where these funds are...
Nine Olympic Stocks
Stockerblog submits: The 2008 Summer Olympics are here. Several publicly traded companies are official Worldwide Olympic Sponsors. If you think that being connected to the Olympics can help these companies, it may be worth taking a closer look at these stocks. Coca Cola KO...
AmEx's Pain Likely Discover's Gain
Frank Rong submits: If you are a merchant, accepting credit and debit cards is a must. After all, more and more Americans are paying with plastic nowadays. As a merchant, you can get free decals from Discover DFS, AmEx AXP or Visa V. But depending who you order your decal...
Credit Makes the World Go 'Round
Tim Iacono submits: Attitudes regarding credit and debt are changing in very material ways around the world. Much of the West seems to have had enough of the stuff while it appears emerging economies are just getting started. Rapidly expanding credit and debt are wonderful things at first....
Why Visa Got Spanked
Frank J. Maura submits: While Visa V just released stellar performance numbers, the stock tanked to the surprise of many. The arguments have been many as to the positives of the Visa model. The arguments have included that Visa is recession proof, Visa is not affected by financial liability, Visa...
Priceline and Visa: Two Stocks To Buy Now
Faisal Laljee submits: The recent market correction has left many investors shell-shocked and bottom pickiing value seekers in the red. From financials to tech to energy, the fate of stocks like Citi C, Exxon XOM, Apple AAPL and Google GOOG have left investors scratching their heads. How is it...
U.S. Charges 11 in Theft of TJX Customer Data
By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters UK) - U.S. authorities charged 11 people from five countries with stealing tens of millions of credit and debit card numbers from major retailers, including TJX Cos TJX, in one of the largest identity-theft schemes on record. The U.S. Attorney...
U.S. Charges 11 in Theft of TJX Customer Data
By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government charged 11 people on Tuesday with stealing tens of millions of credit and debit card numbers from major retailers including TJX Cos Inc TJX, in one of the largest reported identity-theft incidents on record....
Visa: Positioned for Strong International Growth
Zacks.com submits: Visa, Inc. V has positioned itself to benefit from strong international growth opportunities in areas such as Asia and Europe. The company reported 38% growth rate in volumes from these markets, helping to temper the effect of the weakened domestic consumer environment. Visa, Inc., through its...
The Long Case for American Express
Markham Lee submits: Over the last couple of weeks, American Express AXP has become a favored whipping boy of the financial shorts, who point to the company’s recent bad quarter and exposure to consumer credit as reasons the stock will continue to decline. While the idea that Amex will continue...
Upbeat Outlook for Credit Card Backed Securities - S&P
Research Recap submits: Standard & Poor’s continues to be relatively positive about securities backed by credit card debt, even as consumers increasingly turn to their credit cards to cover their expenses. In an updated report on the sector, S&P says issuers have taken steps to manage risk....
Why I'm Still Out of Mastercard and Visa
Tate Dwinnell submits: Visa V was the biggest IPO in US history when it began trading back in March. On April 3rd I highlighted the breakout and initiated my first position in the company after it broke out of a very bullish looking triangle formation. http://selfinvestors.com/si/visabreakout Less than...
How Much Credit Is Too Much? Where AmEx Went Wrong
Frank Rong submits: The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets have talked about the demise of the credit card industry for decades now. Yet credit card businesses are truly one of the best businesses I have ever seen. I can't find a single person in the news media positive...
Card Issuers: Facts and Fictions
Frank Rong submits: Most people religiously believe that Visa V and MasterCard MA are much better investment than Discover DFS and American Express AXP. The consensus views are here:Visa and MasterCard don’t have credit exposures to American consumers. Visa and MasterCard hold very large market share. In fact, Visa and MasterCard...
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- CEO: Mr. Joseph W. Saunders
Visa operates a retail electronic payments network and manages global financial services brands. Co. facilitates global commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses and government entities. Co. provides financial institutions, Co.'s primary customers, with product platforms encompassing consumer credit, debit, prepaid and commercial payments. VisaNet, Co.'s secure, centralized, global processing platform, enables Co. to provide financial institutions and merchants with a wide range of product platforms, transaction processing and related value-added services.
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Board of Directors
Mr. Joseph W. Saunders
Chairman
Ms. Suzanne Nora Johnson
Mr. Robert W. Matschullat
Ms. Cathy Elizabeth Minehan
Dr. David J. Pang Ph.D.
Mr. Charles W. Scharf
Mr. Segismundo Schulin-Zeuthen
Mr. William S. Shanahan
Mr. John A. Swainson
Mr. David I. McKay
Mr. Hani Al-Qadi
Dr. Thomas J. Campbell Ph.D.
Mr. Gary P. Coughlan
Ms. Mary B. Cranston
Mr. Charles T. Doyle
Mr. Francisco Javier Fernandez-Carbajal
Mr. Peter Hawkins
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P.O. Box 8999
San Francisco, CA
415 932-2100
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