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Visa Acquires Visa Europe

On November 2, 2015, Visa acquired financial services company Visa Europe for 21.2B EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Visa’s 3rd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Visa’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Visa’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-11-02
Target Visa Europe
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Visa
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 21.2B EUR

Target

Visa Europe

London, United Kingdom
Visa Europe is a payments technology business owned and operated by member banks and other payment service providers from 38 countries. Its members are responsible for issuing cards, signing up retailers and deciding cardholder and retailer fees. Visa Europe is the largest transaction processor in Europe, responsible for processing more than 18 billion transactions annually. There are more than 500 million Visa cards in Europe, and €1 in every €6 spent in Europe is on a Visa card. Since 2004, Visa Europe has been operating independently of Visa Inc. and incorporated in the UK, with an exclusive, irrevocable and perpetual license in Europe. Both companies work in partnership to enable global Visa payments in more than 200 countries and territories.

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Buyer

Visa

San Francisco, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1958
Sector Financial Services
Employees34,100
Revenue 40.0B USD (2025)
DESCRIPTION
Visa office in Foster City, California.
Visa office in Foster City, California.

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.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 17
Sector: Financial Services M&A 3 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 16
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 5
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 6
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