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Expecting Steady Growth In MasterCard's EarningsTrefis • Wed, Jan 30
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Mastercard Incorporated - Special CallFri, Sep 16, 2011
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Mastercard Incorporated Q2 2010 Earnings Call TranscriptTue, Aug 3, 2010
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Mastercard Incorporated Q1 2010 Earnings Call TranscriptTue, May 4, 2010
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MasterCard Q4 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Feb 4, 2010
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MasterCard Q3 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptTue, Nov 3, 2009
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MasterCard Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptThu, Jul 30, 2009
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MasterCard Incorporated Q1 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptFri, May 1, 2009 • 1 Comment
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MasterCard is a leading global payment solutions company that provides a variety of services in support of the credit, debit and related payment programs of approximately 23,000 financial institutions and other entities that are our customers. Through our three-tiered business model as... More
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- Friday, April 13, 2012, 2:36 PM Better than expected earnings may not be helping JPMorgan (JPM) shares, but as one of the largest U.S. credit card issuers, Citi analysts think its positive trends bode well for issuers. JPM's Y/Y growth rate of card spending is moving up and Q2 charge-offs are expected to improve, apparently "a sold read through" for V +1.5%, MA +1.7% and AXP -0.9%. 1 Comment [Financials, On the Move]
- Friday, April 13, 2012, 10:00 AM The CFPB proposes reversing a ban on high credit card sign-up fees that caps the amount an issuer can charge at 25% of the card’s limit during its first year of use. The agency appears to be backing down from an ongoing legal battle over ways issuers sidestep the current regulation. 2 Comments [Financials]
- Friday, March 30, 2012, 2:29 PM More details from WSJ on the security breach apparently traced to credit card processor Global Payments (GPN). The breach has put "some 50,000 cardholders" at risk, but it isn't clear if cardholders have been hit by fraudulent transactions. MasterCard (MA -0.8%) and Visa (V -0.5%) say their own systems haven't been compromised. GPN still halted. Comment! [Financials, Tech]
- Friday, March 30, 2012, 10:15 AM Visa (V -0.5%) and MasterCard (MA -0.5%) reportedly sent alerts to banks late last week of a "massive" security breach at one of their U.S.-based credit card processors, and certain cards may have been compromised. The breach is believed to have occurred between Jan. 21 and Feb. 25, and could involve as many as 10M credit card numbers. 7 Comments [Financials, Consumer, Breaking News]
- Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 11:57 AM MasterCard (MA) doubles its quarterly dividend to $0.30. With shares at $393.50, the stock now yields 0.3%. (PR) Comment! [Financials, Breaking News]
- Friday, February 3, 2012, 10:14 AM Mastercard (MA +1.5%), which surged yesterday following its Q4 beat, thinks Facebook's (FB) payments platform represents a "huge opportunity" for credit/debit card providers, given users often rely on the cards to buy Facebook credits. Facebook's payments revenue soared in 2011, after the company required all in-app purchases to be made through its platform. Comment! [Financials, Tech]
- Thursday, February 2, 2012, 10:20 AM MasterCard (MA +6.5%) trades up after its Q4 EPS tops estimates despite a slight miss on revenue. Net profit actually tumbled during the quarter as the credit card company took a sizable one-time charge tied to pending litigation with U.S. merchants. However, the charge eliminates the overhang on the stock, which, along with better core earnings, gives the report an overall positive spin. Comment! [Financials, On the Move]
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Thursday, February 2, 2012, 9:00 AM
Premarket gainers: GMCR +21%. CEDC +21%. MTSN +15%. OMEX +10%. GPS +8%. CNQR +6%. EA +6%. CDNS +6%. QCOM +5%. ELGX +5%. GFA +5%. AUO +4%. KSS +4%. ZNGA +4%. IRE +4%. CMI +3%. K +3%. CPST +3%. JDSU +3%. MA +3%. RENN +3%.
Losers: SD -13%. ANF -12%. ANN -10%. NG -9%. BSX -6%. CI -6%. RCL -6%. UN -5%. MPW +4%. VIA -4%. UL -4%. CHKM -4%. SNE -4%. PCX -4%. PHM -3%. DOW -3%. ANZ -3%. CUK -3%. CCL -3%. NBG -3%. Comment! [On the Move] - Thursday, February 2, 2012, 8:03 AM MasterCard (MA): Q4 EPS of $4.03 beats by $0.10. Revenue of $1.7B (+20.20% Y/Y) misses by $30M. Shares -0.5% premarket. (PR) Comment! [Earnings]
- Thursday, February 2, 2012, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: ACM, ADS, AGN, ALKS, AZN, BCO, BSX, BX, CAH, CAM, CI, CMI, CME, DB, DO, DOW, GR, HOT, IP, K, LEA, MA, MD, MDC, MRK, MSCI, NOV, NUS, NYT, PHM, PTEN, RCL, RDEN, RGLD, ROP, SBH, SE, SLE, SNE, SXC, TE, TEN, VIAB, WBC, WEC, XEL Comment! [Earnings]
- Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Thursday's open: AGN, ALKS, AZN, BSX, BX, CAH,CAM, CI, CMI, DB, DO, DOW, HOT, IP, K, LEA, MA, MDC, MRK, NOV, NYT, PHM, PTEN, RCL, SBH, SE, SLE, SNE, SXC, TE, TEN, VIAB, WEC, XEL Comment! [Earnings]
- Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 4:57 PM MasterCard (MA +1%) urges merchants and banks to upgrade checkout systems to handle high-tech credit and debit cards that store information inside a computer chip rather than a magnetic stripe. “We’re moving toward a world beyond plastic, where consumers will shop and pay... with a simple tap, click or touch in-store, online or on a mobile device," MA's U.S. president enthuses. (also) 1 Comment [Financials, Consumer]
- Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 11:06 AM Shares of VeriFone Systems (PAY +7.4%) take a leg up on word that Mastercard (MA +0.5%) seeks to introduce a new credit card technology. The plan to use chips - instead of magnetic stripes - should be a revenue driver for VeriFone, according to JPMorgan. Comment! [On the Move, Tech]
- Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 1:19 PM MasterCard (MA +1.9%) CEO Ajay Banga tells the Nikkei business daily that the deleveraging cycle in the U.S. is "reaching an end," but warns that until housing and unemployment improve, "you can't say that the consumer is in a better place." (submitted by Holly Thompson) 3 Comments [Consumer]
- Thursday, January 12, 2012, 12:43 PM Visa (V), MasterCard (MA) and 13 large banks, including BofA (BAC), Citigroup (C) and JPMorgan (JPM), face billions of dollars of liabilities in a lawsuit from 5M retailers that accuse the defendants of illegally colluding to overcharge for credit card transactions. 6 Comments [Financials]
- Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 7:23 AM Citing valuation, Goldman Sachs downgrades MasterCard (MA) to Neutral from Buy, lowering its price target to $380 from $400. "We see a near-term risk from the tepid European backdrop, currency exposure, and an increasingly competitive U.S. debit landscape." Comment! [Financials]
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Jim Fish: Crap... better sell my DFS now that we talked about it. Totally agree with you on the cc's though. MA & V are real deals & DFS = value -
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Bret Kenwell
Looking to add to $DIS $MA $V and most of all $PNRA. Might see a tough year for PNRA but looking long-term here. This one is great. - View all 13 replies
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Philip Saglimbeni
I don't call MasterCard $MA the Master Stock for nothing! $V, $AXP, $DFS http://seekingalpha.com/a/p5v5 - View all 0 replies
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$WHX $ECT and $PSEC are the best yielding stocks with dividend growth from last week + http://stks.co/bKSz + I like $HAS $MAT $HOG and $MA - View all 0 replies
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Philip Saglimbeni: Wow, I completely missed that but you are right. The best stock just got better . . .
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Bret Kenwell: I view things like that this as a win-win. earnings beat, it sounds good and now its on sale.
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