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Visa's Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding and Acquisitions

Visa is a financial technology firm that offers electronic payment systems for consumers, businesses, financial institut... Read more

Based on data from Visa's latest SEC filings

Annual Revenue

Based on data from Visa's latest SEC filings

Employees

Alfred F. Kelly's photo - CEO of Visa

CEO

Alfred F. Kelly

CEO Approval Rating

77/100

OVERVIEW

Founded:

1958

Headquarters:

San FranciscoCalifornia

Status:

PublicIndependent Company of NYSEV

Industry Sector:

Diversified Financial Services

SIC Code:

6199NAICS listing »

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Trending News for Visa and Visa's Competitors

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Competitive Analysis

TOP COMPETITORS OR ALTERNATIVES

MasterCard has been one of Visa's top competitors. MasterCard was founded in 1966, and is headquartered in Purchase, New York. MasterCard competes in the Technology Hardware industry. MasterCard generates $6B less revenue vs. Visa.

American Express is a top competitor of Visa. American Express is a Public company that was founded in New York, New York in 1850. Like Visa, American Express also competes in the Diversified Financial Services industry. American Express has 42,000 more employees vs. Visa.

Discover is perceived as one of Visa's biggest rivals. Discover was founded in 1985, and its headquarters is in Riverwoods, Illinois. Discover competes in the Banks field. Discover has 400 fewer employees than Visa.

RANK

COMPANY

LEADERSHIP

CEO SCORE

EMPLOYEES

TOTAL FUNDING

REVENUE

Alfred F. Kelly

CEO

- -
17,000
$23.9B
$22.3B
1

Ajay Banga

President & CEO

92/100
14,800
$2.4B
$16.2B
2

Stephen Squeri

Chairman & CEO

64/100
59,000
$1B
$42.7B
3

Roger Hochschild

President & CEO

66/100
16,600
- -
$11.3B
4

Cai Jianbo

CEO

60/100
- -
5

Dan Schulman

President & CEO

82/100
21,800
$260.2M
$17B
6

Ben Milne

Founder & CEO

65/100
50
$51.2M
$8.8M
7

Jack Dorsey

Chairman & CEO

79/100
3,349
$962.7M
$4.3B
8

Bill Ready

CEO

91/100
500
$70.2M
$150M
9

Gustavo Ruiz Moya

CEO

43/100
100
- -
$15.5M
10

Steve Marks

Co-Founder & CEO

83/100
69
$20.9M
$3.8M
The top 10 competitors in Visa's competitive set are MasterCard, American Express, Discover, UnionPay international, PayPal, Dwolla, Square, Braintree, SafetyPay and PayForward. Together they have raised over 4.8B between their estimated 116.3K employees. Visa has 17,000 employees and is ranked 3rd among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 13,326.

Quarterly and Annual Revenue

Trailing 12-Months Trend (TTM)

Annual Revenue

$22.3B

Visa's revenue is the ranked 2nd among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 11.4B. Over the last four quarters, Visa's revenue has grown by 7.5%. Specifically, in Q2 2019's revenue was $5.8B; in Q1 2019, it was $5.5B; in Q4 2018, it was $5.5B; in Q3 2018, Visa's revenue was $5.4B.

Acquisitions

COMPANY ACQUIRED
ACQUISITION DATE
AMOUNT
DESCRIPTION
Payworks GmbH

Jul 2019

Source »
undisclosed
Payworks is a provider of in-store payments processing and Point of Sale solutions for merchants.
Verifi, Inc.

Jun 2019

Source »
undisclosed
Verifi is a provider of payment protection, chargeback management and payment gateway solutions for e-commerce and retail sectors.

-

-

Jun 2019

Source »
undisclosed
-
Earthport PLC.

Dec 2018

Source »
$250.6M
Earthport is a provider of foreign exchange and cross-border payment services for banks and businesses.
Fraedom UK Limited

Feb 2018

Source »
undisclosed
Fraedom is a SaaS-based platform that offers payments, transaction and spend management solutions for financial institutions and businesses.

These are all the companies that Visa has acquired. Visa has acquired 9 companies and its latest acquisition was Payworks GmbH in Jul 2019. Payworks is a provider of in-store payments processing and Point of Sale solutions for merchants.

Visa Funding History

Since Visa was founded in 1958, it has participated in 2 rounds of funding. In total Visa has raised $23.9B. Visa's last funding round was on Jun 2016 for a total of $6.1B

ROUND

FUNDING DATE

AMOUNT

INVESTORS

Equity
Jun 2016
$6.1B
-
IPO
Mar 2008
$17.9B
-

Total Funding: $23.9B

Since Visa was founded in 1958, it has participated in 2 rounds of funding. In total Visa has raised $23.9B. Visa's last funding round was on Jun 2016 for a total of $6.1B

Investments

COMPANY

DESCRIPTION

AMOUNT

INVESTMENT DATE

ROUND

EXIT DATE

Minna Technologies develops a mobile-based application that provides subscription management solutions to individuals and businesses.
$6.3M
May 16, 2019
Series A
-
Bnkbl offers white-label and API-based payment solutions such as e-wallets, P2P transfers and prepaid card programs for businesses.
-
Apr 29, 2019
Equity
-
Branch is a mobile banking application that provides microlending financial services to individuals.
$170M
Apr 07, 2019
Series C
-
Conductor is a provider of electronic payment and credit card processing services to the commercial sector.
-
Jan 14, 2019
Equity
-
BillDesk is a payment processing platform that allows businesses and individuals to send and receive payments.
-
Nov 15, 2018
Equity
-

These are all the companies that Visa has invested in. Visa has invested 9 companies and its latest investment was Payworks GmbH in Jul 2019. Payworks is a provider of in-store payments processing and Point of Sale solutions for merchants.

Visa News

November 14, 2019PYMNTS

Using AI To Separate The Good, Bad - From Billions Of Daily Transactions

Three billion credit and debit cards. More than 100 billion transactions, worth more than $11 trillio... See more »
November 14, 2019The Holmes Report

Visa Brings on Allison + Partners For Innovation Communications

The MDC-owned agency has a broad remit that includes driving contactless card adoption in the US.... See more »
November 14, 2019Reuters

Visa discloses FTC probe on debit transactions

Visa Inc on Thursday said the Federal Trade Commision (FTC) has initiated an inquiry into whether the... See more »
November 13, 2019Finextra

Mesh partners with Visa for cross-border B2B payments

Mesh, today announced a collaboration with Visa to help suppliers and service providers around the w.... See more »
November 13, 2019MarketScreener

Introduces Team Visa Roster Ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020

(marketscreener.com) 30+ Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls descend upon San Francisco today for the Tea... See more »
November 13, 2019Volanews

Nigeria's Interswitch Group confirms Visa deal, becomes real African unicorn

Interswitch says Visa is acquiring a significant minority equity stake in a move that will make it Af... See more »
November 13, 2019Fintech Finance

Mesh and Visa Collaborate on a Supplier First B2B Virtual Commercial Card Payment Service

Mesh, today announced a collaboration with Visa to help suppliers and service providers around the wo... See more »

Visa Press Releases

October 2, 2019Business Wire

Visa Inc. to Announce Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2019 Financial Results on October 24, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) will report its fiscal fourth quarter and full-ye... See more »
September 16, 2019Thailand Press Release News

Visa and AEON to launch the new Visa Olympic themed card issued by AEON

Mr.Suripong Tantiyanon (2 nd from right), Country Manager, Visa Thailand, the official sponsor of Oly... See more »
September 6, 2019Business Wire

Presenting SoftPOS - A Solution that Turns Smartphones and Tablets into a Contactless Payment Terminal

BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Fiserv--First Data, now part of Fiserv, together with Visa & Samsung, will ... See more »
August 28, 2019Thailand 4

SCB to collaborate with VISA to launch PLANET SCB card facilitating foreign currency exchange for retail customers, with competitive rate available 24 hours New card to set new record of 200,000 cards with 5 billion baht spending in first year

In an effort to boost its SCB Global Payment strategy, Siam Commercial Bank is embarking upon yet ano... See more »
July 16, 2019PR Newswire

Finix Launches with $17.5 Million Series A to Power the Next Generation of Payments Companies

SAN FRANCISCO, July 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Finix, the payments infrastructure platform, today annou... See more »
July 3, 2019Business Wire

Tap to Pay Scores Big for Visa and Fans at the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Visa (NYSE: V), the Official Payment Services Partner of FIFA, today released... See more »
July 3, 2019BriefingWire

Alternative Payment Solution Visa Checkout

The Visa Checkout open platform allows consumers to use other participating digital wallet providers,... See more »

Visa Videos

June 7, 2019Visa Youtube Channel

"Visa | Ice Cold Determination" on YOUTUBE

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June 6, 2019Visa Youtube Channel

"Megan Rapinoe: Trailblazer #TeamVisa" on YOUTUBE

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June 6, 2019Visa Youtube Channel

"Visa Шопинг Фестиваль: скидки на косметику и парфюмерию" on YOUTUBE

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May 29, 2019Visa Youtube Channel

"HST Mobile Application Using Visa Merchant Offers Resource Center (Use Case 2 of 5)" on YOUTUBE

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May 29, 2019Visa Youtube Channel

"Visa Developer Insights: HST Software Solutions integrates Visa APIs in digital wallet solution" on YOUTUBE

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May 28, 2019Visa Youtube Channel

"Visa Шопинг Фестиваль: скидки на авиа и ж/д билеты" on YOUTUBE

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May 28, 2019Visa Youtube Channel

"Visa Шопинг Фестиваль: товары по специальным ценам на маркетплейсе Леруа Мерлен" on YOUTUBE

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Social Statistics

Headquarters

P.O. Box 8999

San Francisco, California94128

415-932-2100

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Summary

ABOUT

Overview

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) is a financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems for consumers, businesses, financial institutions and government. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Foster City, California with 11,300 employees, it op...

CEO

Visa's CEO, Alfred F. Kelly, currently has an approval rating of 77%. Visa's primary competitors are MasterCard, American Express & Discover.

Website

visa.com

Frequently Asked Questions about Visa

  1. When was Visa founded?

    Visa was founded in 1958

  2. Who is Visa's CEO?

    Visa's CEO is Alfred F. Kelly

  3. How much revenue does Visa generate?

    Visa generates $22.3B in revenue

  4. How much funding does Visa have?

    Visa has historically raised $23.9B in funding

  5. Where is Visa's headquarters?

    Visa's headquarters is in San Francisco California, USA

  1. How many employees does Visa have?

    Visa has 17,000 employees

  2. What sector does Visa operate in?

    Visa is in Diversified Financial Services

  3. Who are Visa's competitors?

    Visa's top competitors are MasterCard, American Express, Discover

  4. Who has Visa invested in?

    Visa's has invested in companies such as Minna Technologies , Bankable, Branch
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