New York - Today, Visa Inc., the world's largest retail electronic payment network, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "V" after its historic initial public offering in which it raised $17.86 billion.
Visa's IPO is the largest domestic initial public offering in U.S. history and the third largest initial public offering worldwide.
"Visa is a great addition to our listed company family, and an outstanding global brand," said Duncan L. Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext.
"We look forward to a beneficial and lasting partnership with Visa and to providing the company and its shareholders with the highest levels of service, liquidity and market quality."
To mark the occasion, Visa's Chairman and CEO Joseph W. Saunders rang The Opening Bell and was joined on the trading floor by 30 middle school students from the Kappa V School in Brooklyn, NY.
The students were on hand to view the first public trade of Visa shares, which Saunders personally conducted on behalf of the Teach for America Program, the national corps of top college graduates who commit two years to teach in rural and urban public schools.
Visa Inc. is the largest initial public offering in the United States followed by AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which raised $11.2 billion on April 26, 2000.
Visa is also the third-largest initial public offering in history preceded by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, which raised $21.9 billion on October 20, 2006 and NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc., which raised $18.4 billion on October 12, 1998.
About Visa Inc.
Visa Inc. operates the world's largest retail electronic payments network providing processing services and payment product platforms.
This includes consumer credit, debit, prepaid and commercial payments, which are offered under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink and PLUS brands. Visa enjoys acceptance around the world and Visa/PLUS is one of the world's largest global ATM networks, offering cash access in local currency in more than 170 countries.
About NYSE Euronext NYSE Euronext (NYX) operates the world's leading and most liquid exchange group, and seeks to provide the highest levels of quality, customer choice and innovation.
Its family of exchanges, located in six countries, include the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest cash equities market; Euronext, the Eurozone's largest cash equities market; Liffe, Europe's leading derivatives exchange by value of trading; and NYSE Arca Options, one of the fastest growing U.S. options trading platforms.
NYSE Euronext offers a diverse array of financial products and services for issuers, investors and financial institutions in cash equities, options and derivatives, ETFs, bonds, market data, and commercial technology solutions.
NYSE Euronext's nearly 4,000 listed companies represent a combined $30.5 trillion/20.9 trillion in total global market capitalization (as of Dec. 31, 2007), more than four times that of any other exchange group.
NYSE Euronext's equity exchanges transact an average daily trading value of approximately $141 billion/103 billion (as of Dec. 31, 2007), which represents more than one-third of the world's cash equities trading.
NYSE Euronext is part of the S&P 500 index and the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index. For more information, please visit www.nyx.com.
NYSE EuronextJudy Shaw, 212-656-4290 jshaw@nyx.com
Visa's IPO is the largest domestic initial public offering in U.S. history and the third largest initial public offering worldwide.
"Visa is a great addition to our listed company family, and an outstanding global brand," said Duncan L. Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext.
"We look forward to a beneficial and lasting partnership with Visa and to providing the company and its shareholders with the highest levels of service, liquidity and market quality."
To mark the occasion, Visa's Chairman and CEO Joseph W. Saunders rang The Opening Bell and was joined on the trading floor by 30 middle school students from the Kappa V School in Brooklyn, NY.
The students were on hand to view the first public trade of Visa shares, which Saunders personally conducted on behalf of the Teach for America Program, the national corps of top college graduates who commit two years to teach in rural and urban public schools.
Visa Inc. is the largest initial public offering in the United States followed by AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which raised $11.2 billion on April 26, 2000.
Visa is also the third-largest initial public offering in history preceded by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, which raised $21.9 billion on October 20, 2006 and NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc., which raised $18.4 billion on October 12, 1998.
About Visa Inc.
Visa Inc. operates the world's largest retail electronic payments network providing processing services and payment product platforms.
This includes consumer credit, debit, prepaid and commercial payments, which are offered under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink and PLUS brands. Visa enjoys acceptance around the world and Visa/PLUS is one of the world's largest global ATM networks, offering cash access in local currency in more than 170 countries.
About NYSE Euronext NYSE Euronext (NYX) operates the world's leading and most liquid exchange group, and seeks to provide the highest levels of quality, customer choice and innovation.
Its family of exchanges, located in six countries, include the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest cash equities market; Euronext, the Eurozone's largest cash equities market; Liffe, Europe's leading derivatives exchange by value of trading; and NYSE Arca Options, one of the fastest growing U.S. options trading platforms.
NYSE Euronext offers a diverse array of financial products and services for issuers, investors and financial institutions in cash equities, options and derivatives, ETFs, bonds, market data, and commercial technology solutions.
NYSE Euronext's nearly 4,000 listed companies represent a combined $30.5 trillion/20.9 trillion in total global market capitalization (as of Dec. 31, 2007), more than four times that of any other exchange group.
NYSE Euronext's equity exchanges transact an average daily trading value of approximately $141 billion/103 billion (as of Dec. 31, 2007), which represents more than one-third of the world's cash equities trading.
NYSE Euronext is part of the S&P 500 index and the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index. For more information, please visit www.nyx.com.
NYSE EuronextJudy Shaw, 212-656-4290 jshaw@nyx.com
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