A global payment solutions company that provides various services in support of the credit, debit & related payment programs to financial institutes. Also develops & markets payment solutions, process payment transactions & provide consulting services.
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In my opinion Mastercard, and to a lesser extent Visa (V), are great companies with a fairly hefty stranglehold on the sharp end of e-commerce.Over the last few years while everyone has been extolling the virtues of Apple (itunes), Amazon, Google (adwords), EBAY and the like, mastercard has been sitting quietly in the background taking a small percentage out of a good proportion of the transactions. The financials all seem to stack up - increasing EPS, high margins, no long term debt, ridiculous amounts of cash on hand, steady reductions in the % of accounts receivable.......When you add in the fact that mastercard is a truly global brand and there are reasonably high barriers to entry its hard to see how this company can trip up.Of course knowing my luck they will no doubt announce that they have decided to diversify and are opening a movie production division...(At the risk of being tarred and feathered, Im not a big fan of AMEX. Outside the US it isn't nearly as big a brand and the financials arent as good as a result)