Is Visa Inc. (V) One of the Best Major Stocks to Invest in Right Now?

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) is one of the best major stocks to invest in right now. Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co., Inc. reiterated a Hold rating on Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) on January 5 and set a price target of $330.00. In a separate development, Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) and Fiserv, Inc. announced on December 22 a strategic collaboration to enable Visa Intelligent Commerce and deploy Trusted Agent Protocol across the latter’s interoperable agentic ecosystem.

The collaboration would allow merchants to take part in the rapidly evolving domain of Agentic AI, with the combination of  Fiserv’s extensive merchant network with Visa Inc.’s (NYSE:V) authentication and agentic commerce capabilities allowing the two companies to deliver the infrastructure and trust essential for merchants to thrive in a backdrop of increasingly automated commerce.

Rubail Birwadker, Global Head of Growth Products and Strategic Partnerships, Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), stated that the Visa Intelligent Commerce and the Trusted Agent Protocol are allowing the company to build trust into each layer of the agentic commerce experience, with partners like Fiserv proving essential to the scaling of these innovative solutions for consumers and merchants across the globe.

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) provides digital payment services. It offers credit cards, debit cards, prepaid products, global automated teller machines, and commercial payment solutions.

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