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Visa Inc.

(V) is in the Financial Services Industry

Market Cap:$41.7B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.4B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Visa Inc. operates the world's largest retail electronic payments network providing processing services and payment product platforms. This includes consumer credit, debit, prepaid and commercial payments, which are offered under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink and PLUS brands. Visa enjoys unsurpassed acceptance around the world, and Visa/PLUS is one of the world's largest global ATM networks, offering cash access in local currency in more than 170 countries.

Number of Employees 5,479

Contact Information

PO Box 8999

San Francisco, California 94128

800.847.2911

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Credit Card Issuing: 522210

Company News

Recent Events

Notable Analyst Rating Changes 12/14: XOM, GCI, V, RSH, MJN Upgraded; PCL, TOT, PMCS, BXS,...

12/14/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Stocks on the Move: Citi, Exxon, Visa, XTO

12/15/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Comtex SmarTrendR Morning Call -- December 10, 2009

12/10/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Three Austin companies receive Visa/Mastercard settlement dollars

12/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Rockefeller asks credit card firms about Net charges

12/05/09 - Legal Settlement - View Story
Visa stock could hit record high in early 2010

12/03/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Oppenheimer & Co. initiates coverage of Visa Inc. at 'outperform'

12/03/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Visa and SHPS, Inc. Renew Relationship Bringing the Convenience of Visa Payments to Employee Benefit...

11/24/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Calyon Securities USA Inc. reiterates Visa Inc. at 'buy'

11/19/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
American Express to enter market for online payments

11/19/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
U.S. Bank Offers Visa Mobile Application to Cardholders

11/18/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Visa Transaction Alerts Now Available to Clients in North America

11/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
ClairMail Signs Development and Deployment Agreement to Integrate

11/04/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
MasterCard Set To Release Q3 Earnings

11/03/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Stocks in the Spotlight Wednesday

10/28/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Susquehanna Lifts Price Target on Visa Inc. V to $85

10/28/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
MasterCard Swings to Profit

11/04/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Visa renews as Olympic sponsor through 2020

10/27/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Visa COO John Partridge named president

10/21/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - President - View Story

News & Analysis

credit card and retail company and visa inc. - All News and Analysis

Credit Card Issuers Kicked Around on Capitol Hill

BNET - 2008-05-16

The Antitrust Task Force of the House Judiciary Committee held hearings this week on legislation that sheds a little light on the interchange and transaction fees merchants pay to accept credit cards -- and the underlying cost of our national obsession with plastic. The Credit Card Fair...

Tags: Visa Inc., Credit Card, Retail Company, National Retail Federation, Retail, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Lisa Everitt
Visa urges retailers to review security measures.

- 2006-11-05

Nov 05, 2006 (Inside Retailing - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Latest research suggests that credit card fraud is actually on the decline in Australia and in the Asia-Pacific region in general. However, despite this, Visa is still urging retailers to be vigil Nov 05, 2006...

Tags: credit card, retail company, security, Visa Inc.
Visa shines up credit card offer.(Brief article)

- 2006-05-01

Wooing small ticket retailers such as video stores, Visa is no longer requiring payment signatures on purchases less than $25. And the credit card company is lowering by 20% its service fees to retailers for transactions $15 or less. In 2005,...

Tags: credit card, retail company, Visa Inc.