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The Motley Fool
March 27, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Is Visa Worth the Price? It's a phenomenal company, but its new stock is expensive.   |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2009
Dave Mock |
3 Reasons to Buy Visa Today There are lots, but here are three biggies. |
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
May 24, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Getting Rich on Credit Paying with plastic has simplified our lives -- but it's also made credit card companies very wealthy, and you're paying the price. |
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
July 31, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Visa Powers Ahead ... But Is It Cheap? Visa is doing fantastic, no doubt about it. But how much longer can cash-strapped consumers keep charging up their credit cards, and is Visa a good investment today? |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Sell Visa. Now. Meeting future lofty expectations will likely result in less-than-awesome returns for Visa. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Visa Beats the Street and Sells Down Visa posted great numbers in a miserable economy and beat Wall Street's expectations. Naturally, the stock fell. |
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? |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2004
David FitzMaurice |
Battling for Profits Why American Express and Discover will make more money competing for customers. |
BusinessWeek
December 5, 2005
Mara Der Hovanesian |
When The Bill Comes Due MasterCard's new IPO investors will have to pay the company's legal fees. |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Travel Smart: Know the Fees When planning your trip abroad, be aware of the fees you'll get charged for your foreign-currency transactions. |
Bank Technology News
December 2001
Maria Bruno |
Govt. Makes Antitrust Case Ruling For anyone wondering what a world with American Express and Discover bank cards would be like, your chance to find out might soon arrive... |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Visa: Still a Buy? So many merchants around the globe accept Visa that nearly every merchant has to accept it, or else customers would quickly revolt. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Throwdown: Visa vs. MasterCard Both Visa and MasterCard have one thing in common that's few and far between these days: they're both great stocks with fantastic future prospects. but which one is the better investment? |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2010
Dave Mock |
A Big Upgrade for Visa After spending more than a year locked at a mediocre three-star rank, Visa has impressed enough top-performing members of the 165,000-strong Motley Fool CAPS community to climb up to four stars. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Visa Defies Logic It has been a while since there has been anything good to say about a finance company, but now there is: Visa had an incredible quarter. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2011
Neha Chamaria |
How the Brand-New Debit Fee Cap Will Affect Investors Visa gives a lower fiscal 2012 outlook after the Federal Reserve's debit card fee cap announcement. |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2009
Morgan Housel |
MasterCard Is Stabilizing Global consumers aren't dead yet. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
MasterCard Dazzles MasterCard reports an absolute blowout quarter in the midst of a miserable economy. |
The Motley Fool
October 30, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Still Signs of Life at Visa Credit card king Visa reported fourth-quarter earnings yesterday that met analyst expectations, more or less. |
U.S. Banker
January 2005
Holly Sraeel |
MasterCard. Visa. Amex. Welcome to the Sandbox. Citibank's decision to issue Amex cards to its customers will force other large banks to follow suit -- exactly what MasterCard and Visa have been dreading. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Paying With Plastic Abroad Be smart when you use your credit card globally. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2011
Aimee Duffy |
This Credit Card Stock Is King of the Castle Visa's moat keeps competitors at bay. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2008
Chris Hill |
Fool Video: Market Swings, Netflix, Whole Foods, and One Hot IPO What does the future hold for stocks like Microsoft, Netflix, Whole Foods, and Yahoo!? Is Visa's IPO worth jumping into? These questions and others are discussed in this video. |
Bank Systems & Technology
November 9, 2007
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Visa and American Express Settle Legal Dispute A 2004 anti-trust suit brought against Visa, MasterCard and their member banks has been brought to a close, with Visa agreeing to pay rival American Express in a settlement totaling $2.25 billion. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2011
Sean Williams |
MasterCard Rings Up Another Outstanding Quarter New clients, an international boom, and deflation all put big profits on the plastic purveyor's plate. |
BusinessWeek
November 5, 2007
Cliff Edwards |
Gift Cards with a Personal Touch Put your photo or special messages on gift cards - they're Visa's bid to regain share from stores and restaurants. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
AmEx Withdraws Cash From MasterCard American Express wins a settlement with MasterCard for as much as $1.8 billion, in one of the largest antitrust suits ever. |
Bank Systems & Technology
November 30, 2004
Scott Thompson |
One Question For: Scott Thompson, Inovant How does Visa complete the complex updates of its global payment network without any system interruptions? |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Visa vs. Mastercard: Which Should You Buy? Now that investors have a gaggle of credit card providers to choose from, which, if any, are worth their money? |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
MasterCard and the Charging Lawyers The odds are pretty good that you have a MasterCard credit card on you right now. Whether you want to own stock in MasterCard may be a different story, however, with a pair of lawsuits hanging over the company. |
Entrepreneur
November 2005
Jennifer Pellet |
Fee Fi Fo Fum Businesses fight the credit card giants' high fees. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2008
Morgan Housel |
No Love for MasterCard Even though MasterCard's second-quarter earnings were actually quite good, investors couldn't look past the one-time, $1.65 billion pre-tax legal expense that nicked results. |
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? |
InternetNews
October 12, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Visa Upgrades B2B Payment System VisaNet revamp enables more online self-service for financial institutions. |
Entrepreneur
September 2007
James Park |
Fee Relief? With every swipe, credit card companies are demanding more from merchants. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 29, 2006
Ivan Schneider |
Former FTC Chair Defends Card Industry in House Testimony Merchants claim they seek transparency and competition in interchange rates. |
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
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
May 24, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Visa and MasterCard's Loss Won't Be Your Gain When new laws decrease fees, you'd think most people would end up better off. Yet the much-ballyhooed new regulation on credit card interchange fees may end up doing ordinary consumers more harm than good. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2009
Morgan Housel |
This Is All You've Got, Visa? As consumers pull back, Visa's growth goes up in smoke. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2011
Navjot Kaur |
No Slowing Down for MasterCard MasterCard posts a good third quarter |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
8 Million Credit Card Customers Vanish As more folks put down the plastic, will banks suffer? |
U.S. Banker
October 2001
Mark Bruno |
Non-Existent Danger Visa says it will start pushing one of its newest services just in time for the holiday shopping season: Verified by Visa. It's just one more gimmick designed to make anxiety-ridden consumers feel safer about using their credit cards for Internet purchases... |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Why Banks Are Jumping For Joy Think new credit card rules are bad for issuers? Think again. |
Bank Systems & Technology
May 5, 2004
Ivan Schneider |
Banks and Associations Adapt To Increased Merchant Muscle Issuers support PIN-based debit networks despite the potential impact on revenues versus signature debit. |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
The Financial Crisis and Credit Cards Get ready to feel some pain. |
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. |
