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A Look At Visa’s Performance In 2013
Visa’s (NYSE:V) stock has gained around 45% in 2013, buoyed by strong earnings and prospects of expansion in international markets. Total operating revenues for the fiscal year ending September 30 were up 13% over the prior year as nominal paymen...
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Visa’s Operations Remain On Track But U.S. Spending Could Take A Downturn
Visa’s (NYSE:V) shares slid after the card processing giant reported a 28% decline in net income for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2013. However, after adjusting for the reversal of tax reserves, which occurred due to a revised Revenue Agent Repor...
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Visa Earnings Preview: Improving U.S. Economy, Global Shift To Plastic To Help Visa Maintain Growth
Visa (NYSE:V) is scheduled to report earnings for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2013 on Wednesday, October 30. The company has reported double-digit revenue growth for each of the last five years, helped by a recovering global economy and a worldw...
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Visa Gains From A Stronger Economy And Improved Spending Trends
Although Visa (NYSE:V) has successfully expanded to many parts of the world, it is still deeply rooted in the U.S. The company charges assessment fees from its banking clients as a percentage of the gross dollar volume (GDV) of transactions proce...
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Markets Await Tapering Strategy Following Unchanged QE3 Asset Purchases in July
Submitted by Quant Share . as part of our contributors program . The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept QE3 asset purchases unchanged in July. The FOMC’s strategic approach to aiding the economy since the hei...
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Visa’s Expense Management Delivers Significant Value Amid Industry Shifts
Visa (NYSE:V) is one of the few companies to show sustained revenue growth through the financial uncertainty that has gripped the world for the last few years. The company’s gross revenues have increased at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of...
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Visa Swells Abroad As It Better Navigates The Adoption Of Dodd-Frank
Visa (NYSE:V) continued to benefit from improving economic conditions and a worldwide shift to electronic payment medium as the company’s net income for the third fiscal quarter of 2013 increased 16%, year-on-year. The company also reported net r...
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Visa’s Earnings: Global Growth Contends With Regulatory Headwinds
Visa (NYSE:V) is expected to report earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2013 on Wednesday, July 24. The payment solutions company has been riding on the global economic recovery and a worldwide shift to plastic leading to solid double digit ...
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The EU’s New Regulations Could Affect MasterCard The Most
The European Commission, the European Union’s antitrust regulator, is planning to limit interchange fees charged from merchants by banks on the use of credit and debit cards. The fees are generally set by card companies like Visa (NYSE:V) and Mas...
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The Potential For Credit Card Growth Outside The U.S. – Part 2
Payment solutions providers, Visa (NYSE:V) and MasterCard (NYSE:MA), have benefited greatly from global expansion into emerging markets, particularly in Asia and Latin America. MasterCard’s revenues have grown at a compound annual growth rate (CA...
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The Potential For Credit Card Growth Outside The U.S. – Part 1
Visa (NYSE:V) is a global payment processing company operating in over 200 countries across the globe. Improving economic conditions and a general shift from cash and paper based transactions to electronic forms has helped the company’s performan...
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Visa’s U.S. Business Is Booming On These Trends
The recovering global economy and the worldwide shift to cashless transactions has benefited payment solutions providers Visa (NYSE:V). The company has maintained a compound annual net revenue growth rate of 15% for the last five years with 2.1 b...
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Visa and MasterCard: Don’t Chase Them Higher
Submitted by Sizemore Investment Letter as part of our contributors program Credit card giants MasterCard (NYSE: $ MA ) and Visa (NYSE: $ V ) both crushed earnings estimates this past week, and both are sitting near new all-time highs. Not bad,...
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Visa And MasterCard’s Growth Marches On As The World Shifts To Plastic
The payment solution industry continued to grow through the first three months of 2013. Card giants Visa (NYSE:V) and MasterCard (NYSE:MA) reported 15% and 9% gross revenue growth for the first quarter of the calendar year respectively. Both comp...
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MasterCard Overview And Key Trends To Watch (Part 2)
Executive Summary MasterCard is looking to capitalize on developments and growth in mobile phone payment technology. Developing nations in Asia, the Middle East and Africa hold the key for MasterCard. These regions account for close to 30%...
