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FIRST DATA CORP

No Longer Reporting

The company has not filed an annual or quarterly report since its Q2 FY2019 10-Q, filed Jul 25, 2019. Its latest SEC filing is a 15-12B from Aug 8, 2019.

The sections below describe the company as of the FY2018 annual report.

What Did They Do?

Processes electronic payments and sells point-of-sale devices and software to merchants; provides card and account processing, financial software, and transaction-network services to banks and other financial institutions.

How Did They Make Money?

Merchants pay transaction-based fees for card processing, along with fees for software and other services; First Data also sells or leases point-of-sale devices. Financial institutions pay for outsourced processing based mainly on accounts, communications and cards issued, or for VisionPLUS software licenses.

revenue

Who Were Their Customers?

Merchants use First Data for in-store, mobile and online payment services; sales run through its direct teams and bank and other distribution partners. Banks, non-bank card issuers and other financial institutions buy processing and software services, while network and security offerings also go to smaller financial institutions and enterprises.

Did Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 13 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in .

Operating income,
20% of revenue
▲ +11% vs ($1.7B, 14%)
Net income,
13% of revenue
▼ −28% vs ($1.7B, 14%)

How Were They Changing?

Since the FY2018 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2019, the three months to Jun 30, 2019
Revenue
▲ +2%
vs $2.4B in Q2 FY2018
Net income
▼ −17%
vs $402M in Q2 FY2018
  • Jul 29, 2019 Fiserv completed its acquisition of First Data First Data shares were converted into Fiserv shares at the merger's effective time.

Shrank. Revenue fell 15% in 4 years, from $11.2B in to $9.5B in , about 4% a year.

Who Did They Compete With?

Competes with Worldpay, Global Payments, Chase Paymentech Solutions, Elavon, Total Systems Services, Barclaycard, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Braintree, CyberSource, Adyen, Stripe, Micros, and Square

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