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Visa - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Visa M&A Summary

Visa has acquired 18 companies, including 7 in the last 5 years. A total of 5 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Visa’s largest acquisition to date was in 2015, when it acquired Visa Europe for $23.9B. Visa has acquired in 3 different US states, and 7 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include financial services (30%) and information technology (30%).

Visa Business Overview

Where is Visa headquartered?

Visa is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

What is Visa’s revenue?

Visa disclosed revenue of 35,926M USD for 2024 and 32,653M USD for 2023.

How many employees does Visa have?

Visa has 20,500 employees.

What sector is Visa in?

Visa is a financial services company.

When was Visa founded?

Visa was founded in 1958.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity17
    • M&A Buy Activity17
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 7
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6

Visa

Visa, Inc.

PO Box 8999,
San Francisco, California 94128
United States,
(650) 432-3200
www.usa.visa.com

Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments in more than 200 countries. Visa was founded in 1958 and is based in San Francisco, California.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (1.0/yr) # 12 2 - 2 1 - 17
vol $26.2B $2.0B $1.0B $29.2B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  17

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Featurespace Ltd. 2024-09-26 - Add-on Acquisition
Cambridge, United Kingdom · www.featurespace.com
Prosa 2023-12-15 - Add-on Acquisition
México, Mexico · www.prosamexico.mx
Pismo Solucoes Tecnologicas Ltda 2023-06-28 1.0B USD Add-on Acquisition
Sao Paulo, Brazil · www.pismo.io
The Currency Cloud Ltd. 2021-07-22 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.currencycloud.com
Tink AB 2021-06-24 2.0B EUR Add-on Acquisition
Stockholm, Sweden · www.tink.com
YellowPepper 2020-10-27 - Add-on Acquisition
Miami, Florida · www.yellowpepper.com
Payworks GmbH 2019-07-17 - Add-on Acquisition
Munich, Germany · www.payworks.com
Verifi, Inc. 2019-06-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Los Angeles, California · www.verifi.com
Rambus, Inc. - Token Services and Ticketing Businesses 2019-06-25 - Divestiture
, California
Earthport PLC 2019-05-08 - Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.earthport.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Earthport PLC 2019-05-08 Earthport FX Ltd. 2020-02-04 1
London, United Kingdom · www.earthport.com London, United Kingdom · www.earthport-fx.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Financial Services 5 (29%) 26.1B (89%) - -
Information Technology 5 (29%) 2.1B (7%) - -
Internet Software and Services 3 (18%) 1.0B (3%) - -
Software 3 (18%) - - -
Semiconductors 1 (6%) - - -
Total 17 $29.2B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 7 2.2B - -
  California 5 2.2B - -
  Ohio 1 - - -
  Florida 1 - - -
United Kingdom 5 23.9B - -
Brazil 1 1.0B - -
Germany 1 - - -
Mexico 1 - - -
South Africa 1 110M - -
Sweden 1 2.0B - -
Domestic 7 (41%) 2.2B (7%) - -
Cross-border 10 (59%) 27.0B (93%) - -
Total 17 $29.2B - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 4 $28.9B
$100M to $1B 2 $300M
TOTAL $29.2B
Largest Visa Europe Ltd.
$23.9B (2015-11-02)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
24%
4 (24%)
Strategic(s)
6%
1 (6%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Financial Services

Revenue

35,926   11% 2024
32,653   12% 2023
29,310   22% 2022
24,105   11% 2021
21,846   5% 2020
22,977   12% 2019
20,609   13% 2018
18,358   22% 2017
15,082   9% 2016
13,880   10% 2015
12,702   8% 2014
11,778   14% 2013
10,421   2012
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Employees

20,500

Established

1958

Public

NYSE: V

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