Recent Commentaries tagged (ma)
MasterCard Doubles Dividend Payout - Analyst...
Basking after a great quarter and year, yesterday, the board of MasterCard Inc. (MA) declared a 100% hike in its dividend to 30 cents per share from the prior 15 cents. The increased dividend will be paid on May 9, 2012 to shareholders of its Class A common stock and Class B common stock as of Ap...
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MasterCard-KeyBank Ink Payment Deal -...
Yesterday, MasterCard Inc. (MA) announced a long-term agreement with KeyBank, a bank-based financial services company, so as to provide debit card, ATM and prepaid card payment processing services. Consequently, KeyBank will use MasterCard's Integrated Processing Solutions (IPS) for payment proce...
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MasterCard Exits 2011 Assured - Analyst Blog
MasterCard Inc.'s (MA) fourth-quarter 2011 operating earnings per share of $4.03 came in drastically ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.90 and $3.16 in the year-ago quarter. Net income for the reported quarter stood at $515 million, spiking 23.7% from $415 million in the prior-year quart...
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Visa & MasterCard Lead Markets
This morning, Visa Inc (NYSE:V) and MasterCard Inc (NYSE:MA) are surging sharply higher. The catalyst for the rally in these two leading stocks is a strong reaction to the MasterCard earnings announcement. MA stock will have some short term intra-day resistance around the $385.00 level. Visa Inc ...
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MasterCard Upgrades Technology - Analyst Blog
Yesterday, MasterCard Incorporated (MA) provided a framework, which aimed at the advancement of the electronic payment technology used in the US. The company intends to make payment methods more secure by shifting from the magnetic strips used in debit and credit cards at present to a chip-based ...
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AmEx, Lianlin Tie Up - Analyst Blog
Yesterday, American Express Co. (AXP) (AmEx) announced its collaboration with China's mobile phone company - Lianlin Group - so that the latter can now use AmEx's Serve technology in China. Serve is AmEx's next generation technology that aids eCommerce through the products and services that the m...
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