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The Motley Fool
January 26, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
A First for First Data First Data has a new opportunity to redefine itself. Investors, take note.   |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2005
Slaughter & Munarriz |
Stock Madness 2005: First Data vs. Marvel Which company will put more points on the board in "Stock Madness 2005," a contest based loosely on the annual NCAA College Basketball Tournament, a.k.a. March Madness? |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004
Dean Foust |
First Data: The Power Behind The Plastic After its merger with EFS, First Data's ownership of vast electronic-payment networks will provide it with a flow of fees the other rivals to MasterCard and Visa never had. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Global Payments Could Pay Off Global Payments continues to grow briskly, even if that is below what certain investors demand. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Global Payments: Steady Is Good After some extreme volatility earlier this year, payment-processing and money-transfer firm Global Payments appears to be settling into a period of steady yet unspectacular growth. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2005
David Meier |
Why Take iPayment Private? iPayment, a credit and debit card transaction processor for small businesses, appears to be more valuable as a private company. The company seems a bit undervalued with a P/E of 17 based on 2005 earnings, especially since it has been generating a return on equity of just more than 15%. |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2006
John Finneran |
First Data: The Post-Spin Story First Data recently spun off Western Union, a business widely admired by investors. What's left has been rechristened as The New First Data. Is this an investment for all seasons? |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Foolish Forecast: The Ledger on Global Payments In advance of Global Payments first-quarter results, analysts hope the payment processor firm has overcome the growth concerns of the past year. |
U.S. Banker
June 2003
Mark Bruno |
FDC-Concord: Done Deal? The duo would control 70 percent of PIN-based debit |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
First Data for Your Portfolio? If you're looking for a financial firm to fill out your portfolio (and even if you're not), get to know First Data. It's a massive financial services firm that processes the most credit card transactions, along with doing all kinds of other things. It's big, but it's still growing fast. |
The Motley Fool
March 27, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Western Union Revisited: Single and Lovin' It The former telegraph operator is now a cash-generating machine. Based on consensus analyst projections for this year, Western Union trades at just less than 20 times earnings. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Taking a Swipe at Growth Valuation is pretty healthy for Global Payments, but so is the potential for electronic transactions around the world. |
The Motley Fool
July 24, 2006
John Finneran |
First Data: Don't Blame Lou First Data's immigration theory doesn't hold water. Investors have to weigh the benefits of being able to own Western Union directly versus the costs. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Emotions Run High at Global Payments Investors, it might be time to get greedy on Global Payments as fear hits the shares. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Global Payments Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of payment processor Global Payments slipped more than 10% in intraday trading as investors digested worse-than-expected earnings. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2009
Chris Jones |
This Moneymaker Is Dumping Its Deadweight Global Payments finally says goodbye to its money transfer business. |
The Motley Fool
March 21, 2005
Slaughter & Durell |
Stock Madness 2005: First Data vs. Fannie Mae Fannie is ripe for a turnaround, while First Data rides the e-payment wave. What's your call? Play "Stock Madness 2005," a contest based loosely on the annual NCAA College Basketball Tournament, a.k.a. March Madness to choose. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2006
Rich Smith |
Second Look at First Data The money-mover announces a surprise spin-off. Western Union won't be sent off alone, however. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Little Percentages Add Up Electronic payment processing is a repeatable business, and Global Payments reaps the benefits. Investors, there a lot of ways to play this profitable and promising sector. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2006
Alex Dumortier |
Discover Learns to Network After its agreement with First Data, Discover will be accepted at small- and medium-sized merchants. This latest initiative looks like a step in the right direction. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Global Payments: Looking Strong Management continues to strike deals to grow its payment processing and money transfer business. All in all, based on its track record, it's probably a strategy that should continue to work for shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Insufficient Funds From Global Payments The recent turn of events at transaction processor and money-transfer firm Global Payments just goes to show you why Benjamin Graham was always wary of growth stocks. So where does the firm stand after the recent share price drop? |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Are Visa and MasterCard Really Under Attack? I wouldn't bet on it. These moats are still safe. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Better Investment: Visa or MasterCard? Visa and MasterCard both reported full-year 2009 results last week. So let's weigh 'em in, unpack the numbers, and declare a winner. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2009
Chris Jones |
This Middleman Has Big Profit Potential So as long as credit card companies and money centers keep trying to unlock new markets, Global Payments will have more growth opportunities. |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
5 Stocks I Still Like There's money in storage, drinks, credit cards, and education. The Washington Post Co... Iron Mountain... First Data Corp... Anheuser-Busch... PepsiCo... |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Any Limit on Global Payments? The stock of this electronic financial transaction processor isn't cheap, but there's plenty of growth here. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2010
John Keeling |
MasterCard Results Are Mixed. Now What? MasterCard had a mixed bag of earnings news, so is now a time to invest? |
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Swipe Plastic, Make Dollars Global Payments succeeds in the shadow of a giant. Trading at a trailing P/E of nearly 28 and an EV-to-FCF of around 14, it's hard to say whether the stock is cheap or dear, but it certainly doesn't seem valued out of line. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Wendy's Success With Credit Wendy's reported same-store sales for the month of July, and the results represent a better performance than the previous month, when the fast-food chain might have been waning. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2010
April Taylor |
2 Stocks That May Spring a Leak Visa and MasterCard have benefited mightily from consumers' shift from paper to plastic, garnering fees on each transaction. Will these companies' moats survive 2011? |
PHONE+
May 19, 2009
Khali Henderson |
Cashing In on Payment Processing It may seem counterintuitive for telecom agents to add payment processing during a retailing slump, but the goal is to provide multiple payment options for nearly every business in the country. |
Bank Technology News
May 2005
Holly Sraeel |
Nonbank Payments: Are Banks Green? Yes And No. If you take cash and payments out of the equation, who needs banks? |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Congress Drops an Axe on the Credit Card Industry Why suppressed interchange fees could kill Visa and MasterCard. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 29, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Bank of America, First Data to Form 'Next-Gen' Payments Company Banc of America Merchant Services is being created to deliver merchants and consumers with a variety of secure, convenient payment features. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Plastic, Fantastic McDonald's Accepting credit and debit cards may create some efficiencies at the counter. |
Inc.
April 2007
Jennifer Gill |
Cracking the Code Credit card processing bills are a jumble. Here's how to read yours. |
Bank Technology News
June 2007
John Adams |
Payments: RBS Targets U.S. for e-Payments Business It's a huge payments player in Europe, and RBS hopes its multinational payments expertise can help it win business accounts in the United States. |
BusinessWeek
August 4, 2010
Eichenbaum & Collins |
Smartphones May Soon Replace Credit Cards AT&T and Verizon Wireless are readying a mobile payment system that could render plastic obsolete. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 17, 2010
Penny Crosman |
Fifth Third to Encrypt Card Payments End to End The bank is working with 180,000 merchants to secure card payments from merchant terminals to payment processor. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Stocks That Blew the Market Away These stocks beat analyst's expectations: Constellation Brands.. Global Payments... Jabil Circuit... |
BusinessWeek
October 15, 2009
Lloyd Constantine |
Let's End the Debit Card Fee-for-All The Fed needs to start exercising oversight over debit-card fees. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2004
Chris Mallon |
How Safe Are Your Dividends? Does a dividend yield look too good to be true? Here are some ways to tell. |
Bank Systems & Technology
September 2, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Western Union Acquires Custom House The purchase will allow Western Union to expand into the B2B payments space. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2011
Navjot Kaur |
No Slowing Down for MasterCard MasterCard posts a good third quarter |
U.S. Banker
September 2007
John Adams |
Payments: U.S. Targeted by RBS In e-Payments Business Royal Bank of Scotland is a huge payments player in Europe, and it expects its global multi-payments expertise will help it win online business accounts in the United States. It has a good head start. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2011
Tamara Rutter |
Stocks Cashing in on Mobile Payments Who will be the dominant player in the growing mobile payments arena? |
Bank Technology News
November 2007
Anthony Malakian |
Strategic Alliances: Wells Teams With Discover For Merchant Payments Discover faces a fierce battle for merchant payments business from the likes of American Express. Wells Fargo is hungry to expand its merchant payment acceptance options. That makes a strategic alliance between the two firms a no brainer. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
New Payment Methods Give Old-fashioned Checks and Credit Cards a Run for Their Money Emerging technologies are currently gaining momentum while paper check usage is in decline, according to a new study by the Federal Reserve... |
Bank Technology News
December 2010
John Adams |
Canadian Banks Take Debit Contactless Believing consumers are ready to abandon cash for small purchases, Scotiabank and RBC will be the first banks to put InteracFlash chips onto their debit cards in Canada. |
