Did Visa buy Mastercard?

Visa and MC are both separate publicly traded companies, as is AMEX, so no. Perhaps you are thinking of Visa Inc's recent acquisition of Visa Europe? Visa Confirms Deal to Buy European Counterpart for $23.4 Billion. read more

Banks, which can be members of both Visa and/or MasterCard, can and do sometimes merge or buy one another. But Visa and MasterCard themselves, which have many many member banks, cannot merge themselves. read more

Yet after a big push in the stock market that has sent both of these financial stocks to all-time highs, investors need to know which of the two leaders in the card industry is more deserving of their attention. read more