Top 5 Blue Chip Companies To Watch For 2015

Top 5 Blue Chip Companies To Watch For 2015: Visa Inc.(V)

Visa Inc., a payments technology company, engages in the operation of retail electronic payments network worldwide. It facilitates commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses, and government entities. The company owns and operates VisaNet, a global processing platform that provides transaction processing services. It also offers a range of payments platforms, which enable credit, charge, deferred debit, debit, and prepaid payments, as well as cash access for consumers, businesses, and government entities. The company provides its payment platforms under the Visa, Visa Electron, PLUS, and Interlink brand names. In addition, it offers value-added services, including risk management, issuer processing, loyalty, dispute management, value-added information, and CyberSource-branded services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Alanna Petroff]

  2. Get ready for Alibaba: The company is expected to price its IPO after the market close in a range of $66 to $68 per share. The Chinese e-commerce giant is set to start trading in New York Friday in what could be the biggest initial public offering of all time. The company could raise more money than Facebook (FB, Tech30) or Visa (V) when they went public.

• [By David Goldman]

  Apple is also expected to launch a mobile payments platform that works with the new iPhones and iWatch. Using a technology called "near field communications," or NFC, the new iDevices will be able to interact with payment terminals in a simple tap. Apple reportedly has deals in place with the major credit card companies, including American Express (AXP), MasterCard (MA) and Visa (V).

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