GRAND RAPIDS, MI - East Grand Rapids native Ryan McInerney has been named president of Visa Inc., succeeding John Partridge who is retiring, the credit card giant announced Thursday, May 23.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc, opening another front in an eight-year battle over credit card fees paid by retailers, on Friday asked a federal judge to declare that the fees do not violate antitrust law.

However, Visa Inc (NYSE:V) is also active on the continent and is targeting mainly mobile growth. Indeed, according to data from 2010, only 38% of Nigerians have access to financial services, while 58% have a cell phone contract.

Among the equities in focus include chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD), blue-chip tech concern Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), and credit card firm Visa Inc (NYSE:V), which have all attracted the attention of analysts. AMD is up ...

Meanwhile, data from the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) shows a 10-day call/put volume ratio of 3.37 for Visa Inc, confirming calls bought to open have more than tripled ...

Visa Inc. ( V ) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 15, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.33 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 04, 2013.

Jefferies analysts predict less top-line risk and higher probability of a modest EPS guidance raise for Visa Inc (NYSE:V). They anticipate key topics on the calls would hover around V/JPM deal, European regulatory developments, and mobile growth ...

FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced that it will host an Investor Day on Thursday, June 6, 2013 in San Francisco.

FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today announced financial results for the Company's fiscal second quarter 2013 ended March 31, 2013.

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced a processing enhancement for Visa Offers, a solution that enables Visa issuers, acquirers and merchants of all sizes to deliver targeted rewards to Visa cardholders.