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NYSE: V global payments network at $35.93B FY2024 revenue with 4.48B cards and $15T+ annual volume; 52.2% credit card market share with 233.8B transactions competing with Mastercard and A2A payment rails.
Visa Inc. is a San Francisco-based global payments technology company — listed on NYSE (NYSE: V) — operating the world's largest electronic payment network connecting 4.48 billion active cards, 150+ million merchant locations, and 15,000+ financial institution partners across 200+ countries and territories, facilitating $15+ trillion in payment volume annually. Visa generated $35.93 billion in net revenues in fiscal year 2024 (+10% year-over-year) with $19.7 billion in net income (55% net margin) from payment volume fees, data processing fees, and international transaction fees — without issuing a single credit card or carrying any credit risk. Founded in 1958 as the BankAmericard program and reorganized as Visa Inc. through a 2008 IPO, Visa is the infrastructure provider that enables the global credit and debit card ecosystem to function: every Visa card issued by Citibank, Chase, HDFC, or 15,000 other banks worldwide runs on Visa's authorization, clearing, and settlement network.
Purchase NY payment network (NYSE: MA) at $28.2B 2024 revenue, $500B+ market cap; $9T+ gross dollar volume, Recorded Future $2.65B cybersecurity acquisition, Services >35% revenue competing with Visa.
Mastercard Incorporated is a Purchase, New York-based global payment technology network — publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MA) as an S&P 500 Financials component with a market capitalization exceeding $500 billion — operating a four-party payment network connecting approximately 3.4 billion cardholders, 90+ million merchant acceptance locations, and 25,000+ financial institution issuers across 210+ countries and territories through approximately 34,000 employees. In Q1 2025, Mastercard reported revenue of $7.3 billion (+14% year-over-year) and diluted EPS of $3.73 (+13%), continuing a trajectory from full-year 2024 revenue of $28.2 billion. Mastercard's network processes over $9 trillion in gross dollar volume annually across credit, debit, and prepaid products. In September 2024, Mastercard acquired Recorded Future for $2.65 billion — the world's largest threat intelligence company — expanding Mastercard's cybersecurity services beyond payment fraud into enterprise security intelligence. Mastercard reorganized its business in April 2024 into three segments: Core Payments, Commercial & New Payment Flows, and Services (the fastest-growing segment, now exceeding 35% of total revenue).
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