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2010 Accolades

Visa Inc. has received numerous accolades in the last 12 months that recognize Visa’s leadership as a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, banks and governments. A select list of accolades is below.

For a printable version, download the Visa Inc. Accolades Fact Sheet (PDF).

 

Interbrand 100 Best Global Brands

Visa rose to #82 in its third year of inclusion on the world’s 100 most valuable brands compiled by consultancy Interbrand and published by the Wall Street Journal. Interbrand calculated Visa’s brand value to be more than $3.9 billion.

   

Bloomberg Businessweek, The Tech 100

Visa ranked #26 for its accomplishments in IT services in its first year of inclusion on the list of the world’s 100 best performing tech companies of 2010. Read more about this award at the Visa Viewpoints Blog.

   

BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands

Visa ranked #18 on Millward Brown Optimor’s BrandZ Top 100 published in the Financial Times in April 2010. The list includes the world’s most valuable brands measured by their dollar value. Visa moved up 18 spots from its 2009 rank of #36 and was #2 out of the Top 20 Financial Institutions.

   

Fortune 500

Visa ranked #326 on the Fortune 500 list, which ranks U.S. companies by revenue and profits. Visa moved up from its previous rank of #394.

   

World's Most Admired Companies

Visa ranked #1 in the Consumer Credit Card and Related Services Category.

   

TrustR Brand List

Visa ranked #6 on the list of most trusted brands in the U.S.

   

All-American Investor Team

Visa ranked #10 overall with individual #1 rankings in five areas: first-place CEO and CFO, first-place IR pro, and two first-place spots, one from buy-side analysts and one from sell-side analysts, in the “First Place IR Company.”

   

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