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Visa Stock Rises As Earnings Surpass Expectations
Visa (NYSE:V) beat market expectations for the third fiscal quarter of 2015, with net income increasing 25% over the prior year. Visa’s stock got a boost as the company reported robust growth in both the top and bottom lines. Operating reve...
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Visa Earnings: Payment Volumes, Transactions Offset FX Headwinds
Visa (NYSE:V) reported its fiscal first quarter earnings on Thursday, April 30. The company reported net income of $1.55 billion, about flat on an year-over-year basis. However, the company’s net operating revenue increased by 10% year over...
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Visa Earnings Preview: Transaction Growth backed By Strong U.S. Economy, FX Headwinds To Continue
Visa (NYSE:V) is scheduled to report earnings for the first quarter of 2015 on Thursday, April 30. During the quarter ended December 31, the company reported net income of $1.6 billion, an 11% year-over-year increase and net operating revenue of ...
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Will Credit Card Companies Reap The Benefits Of Growing Mobile Payment Market?
Credit card giants Visa (NYSE:V) and MasterCard (NYSE:MA) have recently taken steps to capitalize on the growing mobile payment sector. These companies, which account for over 80% of the market share in terms of total credit and debit card spend...
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Visa Maintains Growth Though FX Headwinds Remain A Concern
Visa Inc (NYSE:V) reported its fiscal first quarter earnings on Thursday, January 29. The company reported a year-over-year increase in net income by 11% amounting to $1.6 billion for the quarter. The net operating revenue also exhibited a year-o...
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Earnings Preview: Visa To Gain From Holiday Spending But FX Headwinds A Concern
Visa (NYSE:V) is scheduled to report earnings for the first fiscal quarter of 2015 on Thursday, January 29. During the quarter ended September 30, the company’s revenues grew by 10% year-over-year on a constant dollar basis on the back of c...
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A Look At The Trends Affecting Holiday Spending, Impact On Credit Card Companies
The holiday season is characterized by high levels of consumer spending in the U.S., and as a result credit card companies benefit significantly from these 40-odd days of the year. For retailers, Thanksgiving weekend accounts for about 30% of tot...
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Visa Earnings: Volume Growth Drives Revenues
Visa (NYSE:V) reported its fiscal fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday, October 29. The company reported net income of $1.1 billion, compared to $1.2 billion a year ago. However, net income adjusted for the company’s responsibility plan and...
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Visa Earnings Preview: U.S. Trends In Focus
Visa (NYSE:V) is scheduled to report earnings for the fourth fiscal quarter on Wednesday, October 29. In the previous quarter, the company reported an 11% year-over-year increase in net income, while an increase in global payment volume propelled...
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A Look At Visa’s Mobile Payment Strategy And The Associated Challenges
Visa (NYSE:V) is the largest credit card and payments company in the world in terms of total number of transactions processed. The company is looking to capitalize on the growing mobile payment space, as it has been gaining traction among busines...
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Credit Card Company Weekly Notes – MasterCard, Visa And American Express
Credit card company stocks – American Express (NYSE:AXP), MasterCard (NYSE:MA) and Visa (NYSE:V) – were all down by nearly 2% or more this week. There were a number of developments for Visa and MasterCard in terms of innovating their produc...
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Mobile Payments – A Look At The Trends And Future Outlook
Credit card companies have been pushing to take advantage of the potential scope of mobile payments, keeping pace with technological advancements and changing consumer preferences. Mobile payments offer consumers a seamless and convenient way to ...
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Credit Card Company Weekly Notes – American Express, Visa, Discover Financial
Credit card company stocks, including American Express (NYSE:AXP), Visa (NYSE:V) and Discover Financial (NYSE:DFS), traded in positive territory during the week ended September 19. Below we look at the performance of these companies for the week...
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Credit Card Company Weekly Notes – American Express, Visa And MasterCard
The three major credit card companies – American Express (NYSE:AXP), Visa (NYSE:V) and MasterCard (NYSE:MA) – last week inked new partnerships that should aid in the expansion of their businesses and help create simplified solutions...
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Credit Card Companies Weekly Notes: Visa And MasterCard
This past week credit card majors pushed ahead with a strategy to create seamless payment solutions for retail customers as well as businesses. Stock prices traded almost flat, with little change in the range of 1-2% through the week. Below we br...
