Mastercard remains a strong, brand-driven business with consistent double-digit revenue and earnings growth, outpacing Visa in growth dynamics. Recent results disappointed some, but seasonality explains quarter-over-quarter declines; year-over-year growth remains robust across all segments. Valuation has outpaced growth, making the risk/reward less attractive; I trimmed my position by 40% to lock in gains.
MasterCard (MA) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
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The Bank of England has fined Mastercard-owned Vocalink $16.2 million for inadequate risk management. [contact-form-7] The penalty, announced Wednesday (July 9), relates to the failure of the company — which provides real-time payments in the U.K. — to comply with governance weaknesses identified by the central bank in 2022.
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