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I wanted to get this analysis out last week but I was just way too busy with work. Today we'll take a closer look at another lower yielding but higher growing company in Visa (V). Visa Inc. recently became a publicly traded company with FY 2008 being their first year. Visa closed trading on August 23rd at $179.10.
Company Background (sourced from Yahoo! Finance):
Visa Inc., a payments technology company, engages in the operation of retail electronic payments network worldwide. It facilitates commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses, and government entities. The company owns and operates VisaNet that provides fraud protection for consumers and assured payment for merchants. It also offers a range of payments platforms that enable credit, debit, prepaid, and cash access programs, as well as digital, mobile, and eCommerce payments for individuals, businesses and government entities. The company provides its payment platforms under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink, and PLUS brands. In addition, it offers risk management, issuer processing, loyalty, dispute management, value-added information, and CyberSource-branded services. Visa Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Money and Finance
Visa (V) Dividend Stock Analysis
I wanted to get this analysis out last week but I was just way too busy with work. Today we'll take a closer look at another lower yielding but higher growing company in Visa (V). Visa Inc. recently became a publicly traded company with FY 2008 being their first year. Visa closed trading on August 23rd at $179.10.
Company Background (sourced from Yahoo! Finance):
Visa Inc., a payments technology company, engages in the operation of retail electronic payments network worldwide. It facilitates commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses, and government entities. The company owns and operates VisaNet that provides fraud protection for consumers and assured payment for merchants. It also offers a range of payments platforms that enable credit, debit, prepaid, and cash access programs, as well as digital, mobile, and eCommerce payments for individuals, businesses and government entities. The company provides its payment platforms under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink, and PLUS brands. In addition, it offers risk management, issuer processing, loyalty, dispute management, value-added information, and CyberSource-branded services. Visa Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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