UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to        
Commission file number 001-33977
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VISA INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 26-0267673
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
 (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
P.O. Box 8999 94128-8999
San Francisco,California
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(650) 432-3200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per shareVNew York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes      No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes      No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes   No  
As of July 23, 2021,April 20, 2022, there were 1,687,643,0271,645,719,350 shares outstanding of the registrant’s class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, 245,513,385 shares outstanding of the registrant’s class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 10,188,73010,045,333 shares outstanding of the registrant’s class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.


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VISA INC.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1.Financial Statements (Unaudited)
VISA INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
June 30,
2021
September 30,
2020
March 31,
2022
September 30,
2021
(in millions, except per share data) (in millions, except per share data)
AssetsAssetsAssets
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$18,034 $16,289 Cash and cash equivalents$12,299 $16,487 
Restricted cash equivalents—U.S. litigation escrowRestricted cash equivalents—U.S. litigation escrow894 901 Restricted cash equivalents—U.S. litigation escrow882 894 
Investment securitiesInvestment securities1,206 3,752 Investment securities1,230 2,025 
Settlement receivableSettlement receivable1,663 1,264 Settlement receivable1,632 1,758 
Accounts receivableAccounts receivable1,852 1,618 Accounts receivable2,135 1,968 
Customer collateralCustomer collateral2,221 1,850 Customer collateral2,309 2,260 
Current portion of client incentivesCurrent portion of client incentives1,321 1,214 Current portion of client incentives1,309 1,359 
Prepaid expenses and other current assetsPrepaid expenses and other current assets851 757 Prepaid expenses and other current assets2,295 856 
Total current assetsTotal current assets28,042 27,645 Total current assets24,091 27,607 
Investment securitiesInvestment securities1,111 231 Investment securities2,296 1,705 
Client incentivesClient incentives3,219 3,175 Client incentives3,256 3,245 
Property, equipment and technology, netProperty, equipment and technology, net2,707 2,737 Property, equipment and technology, net3,120 2,715 
GoodwillGoodwill16,021 15,910 Goodwill18,143 15,958 
Intangible assets, netIntangible assets, net28,023 27,808 Intangible assets, net27,006 27,664 
Other assetsOther assets3,548 3,413 Other assets3,896 4,002 
Total assetsTotal assets$82,671 $80,919 Total assets$81,808 $82,896 
LiabilitiesLiabilitiesLiabilities
Accounts payableAccounts payable$172 $174 Accounts payable$182 $266 
Settlement payableSettlement payable2,376 1,736 Settlement payable2,409 2,443 
Customer collateralCustomer collateral2,221 1,850 Customer collateral2,309 2,260 
Accrued compensation and benefitsAccrued compensation and benefits1,044 821 Accrued compensation and benefits877 1,211 
Client incentivesClient incentives5,114 4,176 Client incentives5,436 5,243 
Accrued liabilitiesAccrued liabilities2,196 1,840 Accrued liabilities3,172 2,334 
Current maturities of debtCurrent maturities of debt0 2,999 Current maturities of debt3,548 999 
Accrued litigationAccrued litigation900 914 Accrued litigation769 983 
Total current liabilitiesTotal current liabilities14,023 14,510 Total current liabilities18,702 15,739 
Long-term debtLong-term debt20,996 21,071 Long-term debt17,479 19,978 
Deferred tax liabilitiesDeferred tax liabilities6,240 5,237 Deferred tax liabilities6,081 6,128 
Other liabilitiesOther liabilities3,622 3,891 Other liabilities3,557 3,462 
Total liabilitiesTotal liabilities44,881 44,709 Total liabilities45,819 45,307 
EquityEquityEquity
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 25 shares authorized and 5 shares issued and outstanding as follows:Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 25 shares authorized and 5 shares issued and outstanding as follows:Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 25 shares authorized and 5 shares issued and outstanding as follows:
Series A convertible participating preferred stock, less than one shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020 (the “series A preferred stock”)538 2,437 
Series B convertible participating preferred stock, 2 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020 (the “UK&I preferred stock”)1,071 1,106 
Series C convertible participating preferred stock, 3 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020 (the “Europe preferred stock”)1,523 1,543 
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, 2,001,622 shares authorized, 1,689 and 1,683 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, respectively0 
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value, 622 shares authorized, 245 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021 and September 30, 20200 
Class C common stock, $0.0001 par value, 1,097 shares authorized, 10 and 11 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, respectively0 
Series A convertible participating preferred stock, less than one shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021 (the “series A preferred stock”)Series A convertible participating preferred stock, less than one shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021 (the “series A preferred stock”)422 486 
Series B convertible participating preferred stock, 2 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021 (the “series B preferred stock”)Series B convertible participating preferred stock, 2 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021 (the “series B preferred stock”)1,045 1,071 
Series C convertible participating preferred stock, 3 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021 (the “series C preferred stock”)Series C convertible participating preferred stock, 3 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021 (the “series C preferred stock”)1,520 1,523 
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, 2,001,622 shares authorized, 1,648 and 1,677 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021 respectivelyClass A common stock, $0.0001 par value, 2,001,622 shares authorized, 1,648 and 1,677 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021 respectively — 
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value, 622 shares authorized, 245 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value, 622 shares authorized, 245 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021 — 
Class C common stock, $0.0001 par value, 1,097 shares authorized, 10 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021Class C common stock, $0.0001 par value, 1,097 shares authorized, 10 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2021 — 
Right to recover for covered lossesRight to recover for covered losses(24)(39)Right to recover for covered losses(120)(133)
Additional paid-in capitalAdditional paid-in capital18,787 16,721 Additional paid-in capital18,876 18,855 
Accumulated incomeAccumulated income15,294 14,088 Accumulated income14,651 15,351 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net:Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net:Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net:
Investment securitiesInvestment securities(1)Investment securities(41)(1)
Defined benefit pension and other postretirement plansDefined benefit pension and other postretirement plans(187)(196)Defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans(48)(49)
Derivative instrumentsDerivative instruments(371)(291)Derivative instruments(136)(257)
Foreign currency translation adjustmentsForeign currency translation adjustments1,160 838 Foreign currency translation adjustments(180)743 
Total accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), netTotal accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net601 354 Total accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net(405)436 
Total equityTotal equity37,790 36,210 Total equity35,989 37,589 
Total liabilities and equityTotal liabilities and equity$82,671 $80,919 Total liabilities and equity$81,808 $82,896 
See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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VISA INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended
June 30,
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
2021202020212020 2022202120222021
(in millions, except per share data) (in millions, except per share data)
Net revenuesNet revenues$6,130 $4,837 $17,546 $16,745 Net revenues$7,189 $5,729 $14,248 $11,416 
Operating ExpensesOperating ExpensesOperating Expenses
PersonnelPersonnel1,098 941 3,193 2,863 Personnel1,226 1,114 2,351 2,095 
MarketingMarketing268 174 679 683 Marketing314 206 594 411 
Network and processingNetwork and processing186 172 538 536 Network and processing190 179 380 352 
Professional feesProfessional fees108 95 273 304 Professional fees125 82 225 165 
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization204 197 602 571 Depreciation and amortization207 201 405 398 
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative204 258 770 840 General and administrative325 363 567 566 
Litigation provisionLitigation provision(2)2 Litigation provision 148 
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses2,066 1,838 6,057 5,806 Total operating expenses2,387 2,148 4,670 3,991 
Operating incomeOperating income4,064 2,999 11,489 10,939 Operating income4,802 3,581 9,578 7,425 
Non-operating Income (Expense)Non-operating Income (Expense)Non-operating Income (Expense)
Interest expense, netInterest expense, net(131)(142)(388)(371)Interest expense, net(134)(121)(268)(257)
Investment income and otherInvestment income and other456 75 664 167 Investment income and other(126)168 129 208 
Total non-operating income (expense)Total non-operating income (expense)325 (67)276 (204)Total non-operating income (expense)(260)47 (139)(49)
Income before income taxesIncome before income taxes4,389 2,932 11,765 10,735 Income before income taxes4,542 3,628 9,439 7,376 
Income tax provisionIncome tax provision1,814 559 3,038 2,006 Income tax provision895 602 1,833 1,224 
Net incomeNet income$2,575 $2,373 $8,727 $8,729 Net income$3,647 $3,026 $7,606 $6,152 
Basic Earnings Per ShareBasic Earnings Per ShareBasic Earnings Per Share
Class A common stockClass A common stock$1.18 $1.07 $3.99 $3.92 Class A common stock$1.70 $1.38 $3.54 $2.80 
Class B common stockClass B common stock$1.92 $1.74 $6.47 $6.37 Class B common stock$2.76 $2.24 $5.74 $4.55 
Class C common stockClass C common stock$4.72 $4.29 $15.94 $15.70 Class C common stock$6.82 $5.52 $14.16 $11.22 
Basic Weighted-average Shares OutstandingBasic Weighted-average Shares OutstandingBasic Weighted-average Shares Outstanding
Class A common stockClass A common stock1,691 1,690 1,693 1,702 Class A common stock1,654 1,695 1,662 1,695 
Class B common stockClass B common stock245 245 245 245 Class B common stock245 245 245 245 
Class C common stockClass C common stock10 11 11 11 Class C common stock10 11 10 11 
Diluted Earnings Per ShareDiluted Earnings Per ShareDiluted Earnings Per Share
Class A common stockClass A common stock$1.18 $1.07 $3.98 $3.92 Class A common stock$1.70 $1.38 $3.54 $2.80 
Class B common stockClass B common stock$1.91 $1.74 $6.46 $6.36 Class B common stock$2.75 $2.24 $5.73 $4.54 
Class C common stockClass C common stock$4.72 $4.29 $15.92 $15.68 Class C common stock$6.81 $5.52 $14.15 $11.20 
Diluted Weighted-average Shares OutstandingDiluted Weighted-average Shares OutstandingDiluted Weighted-average Shares Outstanding
Class A common stockClass A common stock2,184 2,214 2,192 2,227 Class A common stock2,142 2,193 2,150 2,196 
Class B common stockClass B common stock245 245 245 245 Class B common stock245 245 245 245 
Class C common stockClass C common stock10 11 11 11 Class C common stock10 11 10 11 
See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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VISA INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended
June 30,
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
2021202020212020 2022202120222021
(in millions) (in millions)
Net incomeNet income$2,575 $2,373 $8,727 $8,729 Net income$3,647 $3,026 $7,606 $6,152 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Investment securities:Investment securities:Investment securities:
Net unrealized gain (loss)Net unrealized gain (loss)(2)(3)(4)Net unrealized gain (loss)(40)(1)(50)(2)
Income tax effectIncome tax effect1 1 Income tax effect8 — 10 — 
Reclassification adjustments(1)(1)(1)(3)
Income tax effect0 0 
Defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans:Defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans:Defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans:
Net unrealized actuarial gain (loss) and prior service credit (cost)Net unrealized actuarial gain (loss) and prior service credit (cost)0 (3)Net unrealized actuarial gain (loss) and prior service credit (cost)(2)(2)(1)(3)
Income tax effectIncome tax effect0 2 (1)Income tax effect  
Reclassification adjustmentsReclassification adjustments7 13 15 Reclassification adjustments1 2 
Income tax effectIncome tax effect(2)(2)(3)(3)Income tax effect —  (1)
Derivative instruments:Derivative instruments:Derivative instruments:
Net unrealized gain (loss)Net unrealized gain (loss)(95)(106)(112)(247)Net unrealized gain (loss)77 280 191 (17)
Income tax effectIncome tax effect22 23 28 54 Income tax effect(13)(57)(35)
Reclassification adjustmentsReclassification adjustments14 (43)1 (58)Reclassification adjustments(33)(39)(13)
Income tax effectIncome tax effect(2)3 13 Income tax effect4 — 4 
Foreign currency translation adjustmentsForeign currency translation adjustments287 277 322 621 Foreign currency translation adjustments(335)(1,011)(923)35 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxOther comprehensive income (loss), net of tax229 165 247 396 Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax(333)(782)(841)18 
Comprehensive incomeComprehensive income$2,804 $2,538 $8,974 $9,125 Comprehensive income$3,314 $2,244 $6,765 $6,170 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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VISA INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2021Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Preferred StockCommon StockPreferred StockRight to Recover for Covered LossesAdditional
Paid-In Capital
Accumulated
Income
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
 Income (Loss), Net
Total
Equity
Preferred StockCommon StockPreferred StockRight to Recover for Covered LossesAdditional
Paid-In Capital
Accumulated
Income
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
 Income (Loss), Net
Total
Equity
Series ASeries BSeries CClass AClass BClass C Series ASeries BSeries CClass AClass BClass C
(in millions, except per share data) (in millions, except per share data)
Balance as of March 31, 2021(1)1,694 245 11 $3,347 $(41)$18,505 $15,513 $372 $37,696 
Balance as of December 31, 2021Balance as of December 31, 2021— (1)1,661 245 10 $2,995 $(111)$18,776 $14,606 $(72)$36,194 
Net incomeNet income2,575 2,575 Net income3,647 3,647 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxOther comprehensive income (loss), net of tax229 229 Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax(333)(333)
Comprehensive incomeComprehensive income2,804 Comprehensive income3,314 
VE territory covered losses incurredVE territory covered losses incurred(21)(21)VE territory covered losses incurred(9)(9)
Recovery through conversion rate adjustment(40)38 (2)
Conversion of series A preferred stock upon sales into public marketConversion of series A preferred stock upon sales into public market(1)(175)175 Conversion of series A preferred stock upon sales into public market— (1)— (1)(8)— 
Conversion of class C common stock upon sales into public marketConversion of class C common stock upon sales into public market(1)— Conversion of class C common stock upon sales into public market— (1)— (1)— 
Share-based compensation, net of forfeituresShare-based compensation, net of forfeitures190 190 
Vesting of restricted stock and performance-based sharesVesting of restricted stock and performance-based shares(1)— Vesting of restricted stock and performance-based shares— (1)— 
Share-based compensation, net of forfeitures159 159 
Restricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxesRestricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxes(1)(2)(2)Restricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxes— (1)(3)(3)
Cash proceeds from issuance of class A common stock under employee equity plansCash proceeds from issuance of class A common stock under employee equity plans(1)54 54 Cash proceeds from issuance of class A common stock under employee equity plans54 54 
Cash dividends declared and paid, at a quarterly amount of $0.32 per class A common stock(698)(698)
Cash dividends declared and paid, at a quarterly amount of $0.375 per class A common stockCash dividends declared and paid, at a quarterly amount of $0.375 per class A common stock(802)(802)
Repurchase of class A common stockRepurchase of class A common stock(10)(104)(2,096)(2,200)Repurchase of class A common stock(15)(149)(2,800)(2,949)
Balance as of June 30, 20210 (1)2 3 1,689 245 10 $3,132 $(24)$18,787 $15,294 $601 $37,790 
Balance as of March 31, 2022Balance as of March 31, 2022 (1)2 3 1,648 245 10 $2,987 $(120)$18,876 $14,651 $(405)$35,989 
(1)Increase, decrease or balance is less than one million shares.


See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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VISA INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY—(Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2021Six Months Ended March 31, 2022
Preferred StockCommon StockPreferred StockRight to Recover for Covered LossesAdditional
Paid-In Capital
Accumulated
Income
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
 Income (Loss), Net
Total
Equity
Preferred StockCommon StockPreferred StockRight to Recover for Covered LossesAdditional
Paid-In Capital
Accumulated
Income
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
 Income (Loss), Net
Total
Equity
Series
A
Series BSeries CClass AClass BClass C Series
A
Series BSeries CClass AClass BClass C
(in millions, except per share data) (in millions, except per share data)
Balance as of September 30, 2020(1)1,683 245 11 $5,086 $(39)$16,721 $14,088 $354 $36,210 
Balance as of September 30, 2021Balance as of September 30, 2021— (1)1,677 245 10 $3,080 $(133)$18,855 $15,351 $436 $37,589 
Net incomeNet income8,727 8,727 Net income7,606 7,606 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxOther comprehensive income (loss), net of tax247 247 Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax(841)(841)
Comprehensive incomeComprehensive income8,974 Comprehensive income6,765 
Adoption of new accounting standards
VE territory covered losses incurredVE territory covered losses incurred(38)(38)VE territory covered losses incurred(16)(16)
Recovery through conversion rate adjustmentRecovery through conversion rate adjustment(55)53 (2)Recovery through conversion rate adjustment(29)29 — 
Conversion of series A preferred stock upon sales into public marketConversion of series A preferred stock upon sales into public market(1)28 (1,899)1,899 Conversion of series A preferred stock upon sales into public market— (1)(64)64 — 
Conversion of class C common stock upon sales into public marketConversion of class C common stock upon sales into public market(1)— Conversion of class C common stock upon sales into public market— (1)— (1)— 
Share-based compensation, net of forfeituresShare-based compensation, net of forfeitures318 318 
Vesting of restricted stock and performance-based sharesVesting of restricted stock and performance-based shares— Vesting of restricted stock and performance-based shares— 
Share-based compensation, net of forfeitures434 434 
Restricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxesRestricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxes(1)(142)(142)Restricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxes— (1)(116)(116)
Cash proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee equity plans162 162 
Cash dividends declared and paid, at a quarterly amount of $0.32 per class A common stock(2,102)(2,102)
Cash proceeds from issuance of class A common stock under employee equity plansCash proceeds from issuance of class A common stock under employee equity plans113 113 
Cash dividends declared and paid, at a quarterly amount of $0.375 per class A common stockCash dividends declared and paid, at a quarterly amount of $0.375 per class A common stock(1,611)(1,611)
Repurchase of class A common stockRepurchase of class A common stock(27)(287)(5,422)(5,709)Repurchase of class A common stock(34)(358)(6,695)(7,053)
Balance as of June 30, 20210 (1)2 3 1,689 245 10 $3,132 $(24)$18,787 $15,294 $601 $37,790 
Balance as of March 31, 2022Balance as of March 31, 2022 (1)2 3 1,648 245 10 $2,987 $(120)$18,876 $14,651 $(405)$35,989 
(1)Increase, decrease or balance is less than one million shares.
See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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VISA INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY—(Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
Preferred StockCommon StockPreferred StockRight to Recover for Covered LossesAdditional
Paid-In Capital
Accumulated
Income
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
 Income (Loss), Net
Total
Equity
Preferred StockCommon StockPreferred StockRight to Recover for Covered LossesAdditional
Paid-In Capital
Accumulated
Income
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
 Income (Loss), Net
Total
Equity
Series BSeries CClass AClass BClass C Series
A
Series BSeries CClass AClass BClass C
(in millions, except per share data) (in millions, except per share data)
Balance as of March 31, 20201,693 245 11 $5,462 $(184)$16,385 $13,366 $(444)$34,585 
Balance as of December 31, 2020Balance as of December 31, 2020— (1)1,696 245 11 $3,683 $(34)$18,063 $14,813 $1,154 $37,679 
Net incomeNet income2,373 2,373 Net income3,026 3,026 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxOther comprehensive income (loss), net of tax165 165 Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax(782)(782)
Comprehensive incomeComprehensive income2,538 Comprehensive income2,244 
VE territory covered losses incurredVE territory covered losses incurred(9)(9)VE territory covered losses incurred(7)(7)
Recovery through conversion rate adjustment(164)169 
Conversion of series A preferred stock upon sales into public marketConversion of series A preferred stock upon sales into public market— (1)(336)336 — 
Conversion of class C common stock upon sales into public marketConversion of class C common stock upon sales into public market— (1)— (1)— 
Share-based compensation, net of forfeituresShare-based compensation, net of forfeitures153 153 
Vesting of restricted stock and performance-based sharesVesting of restricted stock and performance-based shares(1)— Vesting of restricted stock and performance-based shares— (1)— 
Share-based compensation, net of forfeitures107 107 
Restricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxesRestricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxes(1)(3)(3)Restricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxes— (1)(6)(6)
Cash proceeds from issuance of class A common stock under employee equity plansCash proceeds from issuance of class A common stock under employee equity plans(1)33 33 Cash proceeds from issuance of class A common stock under employee equity plans47 47 
Cash dividends declared and paid, at a quarterly amount of $0.30 per class A common stock(663)(663)
Cash dividends declared and paid, at a quarterly amount of $0.32 per class A common stockCash dividends declared and paid, at a quarterly amount of $0.32 per class A common stock(701)(701)
Repurchase of class A common stockRepurchase of class A common stock(6)(65)(1,004)(1,069)Repurchase of class A common stock(8)(88)(1,625)(1,713)
Balance as of June 30, 20201,687 245 11 $5,298 $(24)$16,457 $14,072 $(279)$35,524 
Balance as of March 31, 2021Balance as of March 31, 2021— (1)1,694 245 11 $3,347 $(41)$18,505 $15,513 $372 $37,696 
(1)Increase, decrease or decreasebalance is less than one million shares.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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VISA INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY—(Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2020Six Months Ended March 31, 2021
Preferred StockCommon StockPreferred StockRight to Recover for Covered LossesAdditional
Paid-In Capital
Accumulated
Income
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
 Income (Loss), Net
Total
Equity
Preferred StockCommon StockPreferred StockRight to Recover for Covered LossesAdditional
Paid-In Capital
Accumulated
Income
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
 Income (Loss), Net
Total
Equity
Series BSeries CClass AClass BClass C Series
A
Series BSeries CClass AClass BClass C
(in millions, except per share data) (in millions, except per share data)
Balance as of September 30, 20191,718 245 11 $5,462 $(171)$16,541 $13,502 $(650)$34,684 
Balance as of September 30, 2020Balance as of September 30, 2020— (1)1,683 245 11 $5,086 $(39)$16,721 $14,088 $354 $36,210 
Net incomeNet income8,729 8,729 Net income6,152 6,152 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxOther comprehensive income (loss), net of tax396 396 Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax18 18 
Comprehensive incomeComprehensive income9,125 Comprehensive income6,170 
Adoption of new accounting standardsAdoption of new accounting standards25 (25)Adoption of new accounting standards
VE territory covered losses incurredVE territory covered losses incurred(22)(22)VE territory covered losses incurred(17)(17)
Recovery through conversion rate adjustmentRecovery through conversion rate adjustment(164)169 Recovery through conversion rate adjustment(15)15 — 
Conversion of series A preferred stock upon sales into public marketConversion of series A preferred stock upon sales into public market— (1)25 (1,724)1,724 — 
Conversion of class C common stock upon sales into public marketConversion of class C common stock upon sales into public market(1)— Conversion of class C common stock upon sales into public market— (1)— (1)— 
Share-based compensation, net of forfeituresShare-based compensation, net of forfeitures

275 275 
Vesting of restricted stock and performance-based sharesVesting of restricted stock and performance-based shares— Vesting of restricted stock and performance-based shares— 
Share-based compensation, net of forfeitures

322 322 
Restricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxesRestricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxes(1)(158)(158)Restricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxes(1)(140)(140)
Cash proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee equity plans142 142 
Cash dividends declared and paid, at a quarterly amount of $0.30 per class A common stock(2,002)(2,002)
Cash proceeds from issuance of class A common stock under employee equity plansCash proceeds from issuance of class A common stock under employee equity plans108 108 
Cash dividends declared and paid, at a quarterly amount of $0.32 per class A common stockCash dividends declared and paid, at a quarterly amount of $0.32 per class A common stock(1,404)(1,404)
Repurchase of class A common stockRepurchase of class A common stock(37)(390)(6,182)(6,572)Repurchase of class A common stock(17)(183)(3,326)(3,509)
Balance as of June 30, 20201,687 245 11 $5,298 $(24)$16,457 $14,072 $(279)$35,524 
Balance as of March 31, 2021Balance as of March 31, 2021— (1)1,694 245 11 $3,347 $(41)$18,505 $15,513 $372 $37,696 
(1)Increase, decrease or decreasebalance is less than one million shares.


See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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VISA INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20212020 20222021
(in millions) (in millions)
Operating ActivitiesOperating ActivitiesOperating Activities
Net incomeNet income$8,727 $8,729 Net income$7,606 $6,152 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Client incentivesClient incentives5,980 4,966 Client incentives4,865 3,850 
Share-based compensationShare-based compensation434 322 Share-based compensation318 275 
Depreciation and amortization of property, equipment, technology and intangible assetsDepreciation and amortization of property, equipment, technology and intangible assets602 571 Depreciation and amortization of property, equipment, technology and intangible assets405 398 
Deferred income taxesDeferred income taxes981 (116)Deferred income taxes21 (27)
VE territory covered losses incurredVE territory covered losses incurred(38)(22)VE territory covered losses incurred(16)(17)
(Gains) losses on equity investments, net(Gains) losses on equity investments, net(611)(62)(Gains) losses on equity investments, net(104)(172)
OtherOther(82)(87)Other(61)(48)
Change in operating assets and liabilities:Change in operating assets and liabilities:Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Settlement receivableSettlement receivable(351)966 Settlement receivable3 (127)
Accounts receivableAccounts receivable(220)108 Accounts receivable(173)(165)
Client incentivesClient incentives(5,202)(6,261)Client incentives(4,503)(3,262)
Other assetsOther assets(164)(464)Other assets(291)(116)
Accounts payableAccounts payable1 Accounts payable(75)(41)
Settlement payableSettlement payable574 (1,324)Settlement payable111 210 
Accrued and other liabilitiesAccrued and other liabilities639 1,058 Accrued and other liabilities(173)(39)
Accrued litigationAccrued litigation(14)(47)Accrued litigation(212)(29)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activitiesNet cash provided by (used in) operating activities11,256 8,344 Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities7,721 6,842 
Investing ActivitiesInvesting ActivitiesInvesting Activities
Purchases of property, equipment and technologyPurchases of property, equipment and technology(497)(568)Purchases of property, equipment and technology(440)(318)
Investment securities:Investment securities:Investment securities:
PurchasesPurchases(3,223)(549)Purchases(1,948)(2,015)
Proceeds from maturities and salesProceeds from maturities and sales5,286 3,675 Proceeds from maturities and sales1,975 3,871 
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired(75)(77)
Acquisitions, net of cash and restricted cash acquiredAcquisitions, net of cash and restricted cash acquired(1,945)(75)
Purchases of / contributions to other investmentsPurchases of / contributions to other investments(50)(254)Purchases of / contributions to other investments(55)(30)
Other investing activitiesOther investing activities105 81 Other investing activities81 41 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activitiesNet cash provided by (used in) investing activities1,546 2,308 Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities(2,332)1,474 
Financing ActivitiesFinancing ActivitiesFinancing Activities
Repurchase of class A common stockRepurchase of class A common stock(5,709)(6,572)Repurchase of class A common stock(7,053)(3,509)
Repayments of debtRepayments of debt(3,000)Repayments of debt (3,000)
Dividends paidDividends paid(2,102)(2,002)Dividends paid(1,611)(1,404)
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes0 3,985 
Proceeds from issuance of commercial paperProceeds from issuance of commercial paper300 — 
Cash proceeds from issuance of class A common stock under employee equity plansCash proceeds from issuance of class A common stock under employee equity plans162 142 Cash proceeds from issuance of class A common stock under employee equity plans113 108 
Restricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxesRestricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxes(142)(158)Restricted stock and performance-based shares settled in cash for taxes(116)(140)
Other financing activities0 (118)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activitiesNet cash provided by (used in) financing activities(10,791)(4,723)Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities(8,367)(7,945)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalentsEffect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents92 173 Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents(305)16 
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalentsIncrease (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents2,103 6,102 Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents(3,283)387 
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents at beginning of periodCash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents at beginning of period19,171 10,832 Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents at beginning of period19,799 19,171 
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents at end of periodCash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents at end of period$21,274 $16,934 Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents at end of period$16,516 $19,558 
Supplemental DisclosureSupplemental DisclosureSupplemental Disclosure
Cash paid for income taxes, netCash paid for income taxes, net$2,134 $1,793 Cash paid for income taxes, net$2,107 $1,505 
Interest payments on debtInterest payments on debt$583 $503 Interest payments on debt$304 $340 
Accruals related to purchases of property, equipment and technologyAccruals related to purchases of property, equipment and technology$52 $34 Accruals related to purchases of property, equipment and technology$27 $17 


See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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VISA INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Organization. Visa Inc. (“Visa” or the “Company”) is a global payments technology company that enables innovative, securefacilitates global commerce and reliable electronic paymentsmoney movement across more than 200 countries and territories. Visa and its wholly-owned consolidated subsidiaries including Visa U.S.A. Inc. (“Visa U.S.A.”), Visa International Service Association (“Visa International”), Visa Worldwide Pte. Limited, Visa Europe Limited (“Visa Europe”), Visa Canada Corporation (“Visa Canada”), Visa Technology & Operations LLC and CyberSource Corporation, operate one of the world’s largest electronic payments network — VisaNet — which facilitatesprovides transaction processing services (primarily authorization, clearing and settlement of payment transactionssettlement). The Company offers products and enablessolutions that facilitate secure, reliable and efficient money movement for all participants in the Company to provide its financial institution and seller clients a wide range of products, platforms and value added services.ecosystem. Visa is not a financial institution and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for account holders of Visa products. In most cases, account holder and merchant relationships belong to, and are managed by, Visa’s financial institution clients.
Consolidation and basis of presentation. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Visa and its consolidated entities and are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The Company consolidates its majority-owned and controlled entities, including variable interest entities (“VIEs”) for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. The Company’s investments in VIEs have not been material to its unaudited consolidated financial statements as of and for the periods presented. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.
During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, economic sanctions were imposed on Russia, impacting Visa and its clients. The extent and severity of the sanctions impacted the Company’s operations and a reduction in Ruble liquidity impacted the Company’s ability to manage operational impact and related foreign currency risk. In March 2022, the Company announced it was suspending its operations in Russia. In addition, the Company deconsolidated its Russian subsidiary, resulting in a pre-tax loss of $35 million, which is included in general and administrative expense on the consolidated statements of operations.
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements are presented in accordance with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) requirements for Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and, consequently, do not include all of the annual disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. Reference should be made to the Visa Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 20202021 for additional disclosures, including a summary of the Company’s significant accounting policies.
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year.
Use of estimates. The preparation of the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited consolidated financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates may change as new events occur and additional information is obtained, and will be recognized in the unaudited consolidated financial statements in the period in which such changes occur. Future actual results could differ materially from these estimates. Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) has continued to create significant uncertainty in the global economy. There have been no comparable recent events that provide guidance as to the effect COVID-19 as a global pandemic may have, and, as a result, the ultimate impact of COVID-19 and the extent to which COVID-19 continues to impact the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and difficult to predict.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016,December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Board Update (“ASU”) 2016-13,2019-12, which requiressimplifies the measurementaccounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in the existing guidance and recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets and certainmaking other instruments held at amortized cost.minor improvements. The Company adopted the standardthis guidance effective October 1, 2020 using the modified retrospective transition method with comparative periods continuing to be reported using the previous applicable guidance.2021. The adoption did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
In accordance withJanuary 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13,2020-01, which clarifies that an entity should consider observable transactions that require it to either apply or discontinue the Company uses a forward-looking expected credit loss modelequity method of accounting for financial instruments measured at amortized cost. For available-for-sale debt securities, when credit loss indicators exist and a discounted cash flow approach results in a credit loss, the credit loss will be recorded through an allowance ratherpurposes of applying
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)—(Continued)
than through an other-than-temporary impairment. In addition to recording the fair value of its settlement indemnification liability, under the new standard, the Company estimates expected credit losses and recognizes an allowance for those credit losses related to its settlement indemnification obligations.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, which simplifies the accounting for goodwill impairments by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. Under the amendments in ASU 2017-04, an entity should perform its annual, or interim, goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying amount, which is Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test. An impairment charge should be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. The Company adopted the standard effective October 1, 2020. The adoption had no impact on the consolidated financial statements.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, which modifies the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by removing, modifying or adding certain disclosures.measurement alternative. The Company adopted this standardguidance effective October 1, 2020.2021. The adoption did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
Note 2—Acquisitions
Terminated AcquisitionCurrencycloud
On January 12,December 20, 2021, Visa and Plaid Inc. mutually terminated their merger agreement announced on January 13, 2020. See Note 13—Legal Matters.
Pending Acquisitions
On June 24, 2021, Visa entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tink AB (“Tink”) for €1.8 billion, inclusive of cash and retention incentives. Tink is a European open banking platform that enables financial institutions, fintechs and merchants to build tailored financial management tools, products and services for European consumers and businesses based on their financial data. This acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory reviews and approvals.
On July 22, 2021, Visa entered into a definitive agreement to acquireacquired The Currency Cloud Group Limited (“Currencycloud”), a UK-based global platform that enables banks and fintechs to provide innovative foreign exchange solutions for cross-border payments.payments, for a total purchase consideration of $893 million (which includes the fair value of Visa’s previously held equity interest in Currencycloud). The Company allocated $150 million of the purchase consideration to technology, intangible assets, other net assets acquired and deferred tax liabilities and the remaining $743 million to goodwill.
Tink
On March 10, 2022, Visa acquired 100% of the share capital of Tink AB (“Tink”) for $1.9 billion in cash. Tink is a European open banking platform that enables financial institutions, fintechs and merchants to build financial products and services and move money. The acquisition values Currencycloud at £700 million, inclusiveis expected to help accelerate the adoption of cashopen banking around the world by providing a secure, reliable platform for innovation.
Total purchase consideration has been allocated to the assets acquired and retention incentives. The financial consideration will be reduced by the outstanding equity of Currencycloud that Visa already owns. This acquisitionliabilities assumed and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory reviewsrevision. If additional information becomes available, the Company may further revise the purchase price allocation as soon as practicable, but no later than one year from the acquisition date; however, at this time, material changes are not expected.
The following table summarizes the purchase price allocation for Tink:
Purchase Price AllocationWeighted-Average Useful Life
 (in millions)(in years)
Technology$245 4
Customer relationships90 6
Deferred tax liabilities(71)
Other net assets acquired (liabilities assumed)22 
Goodwill1,577 
Total$1,863 5
Goodwill is primarily attributable to synergies expected to be achieved from the acquisition and approvals.the assembled workforce. None of the goodwill recognized is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.
The Company did not include Tink's financial results in the Company's consolidated statements of operations from the acquisition date, March 10, 2022, through March 31, 2022, as the impact is not material to the Company’s financial results.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)—(Continued)
Note 3—Revenues
The nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of the Company’s revenues and cash flows and how they are affected by economic factors are most appropriately depicted through the Company’s revenue categories and geographical markets. The following tables disaggregate the Company’s net revenues by revenue category and by geography for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:geography:
Three Months Ended
June 30,
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20212020202120202022202120222021
(in millions)(in millions)
Service revenuesService revenues$2,828 $2,409 $8,350 $7,587 Service revenues$3,521 $2,845 $6,714 $5,522 
Data processing revenuesData processing revenues3,327 2,525 9,356 8,100 Data processing revenues3,480 2,996 7,094 6,029 
International transaction revenuesInternational transaction revenues1,696 1,102 4,635 4,953 International transaction revenues2,208 1,488 4,382 2,939 
Other revenuesOther revenues409 314 1,185 1,071 Other revenues474 392 923 776 
Client incentivesClient incentives(2,130)(1,513)(5,980)(4,966)Client incentives(2,494)(1,992)(4,865)(3,850)
Net revenuesNet revenues$6,130 $4,837 $17,546 $16,745 Net revenues$7,189 $5,729 $14,248 $11,416 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)—(Continued)
Three Months Ended
June 30,
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
2021202020212020
(in millions)
U.S.$2,806 $2,380 $8,156 $7,747 
International3,324 2,457 9,390 8,998 
Net revenues$6,130 $4,837 $17,546 $16,745 
At June 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, deferred revenue included in accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets was $696 million and $533 million, respectively.
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
2022202120222021
(in millions)
U.S.$3,079 $2,683 $6,257 $5,350 
International4,110 3,046 7,991 6,066 
Net revenues$7,189 $5,729 $14,248 $11,416 
Note 4—Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents
The Company reconciles cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents reported in the consolidated balance sheets that aggregate to the beginning and ending balances shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows as follows:
June 30,
2021
September 30,
2020
March 31,
2022
September 30,
2021
(in millions)(in millions)
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$18,034 $16,289 Cash and cash equivalents$12,299 $16,487 
Restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents:Restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents:Restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents:
U.S. litigation escrowU.S. litigation escrow894 901 U.S. litigation escrow882 894 
Customer collateralCustomer collateral2,221 1,850 Customer collateral2,309 2,260 
Prepaid expenses and other current assetsPrepaid expenses and other current assets125 131 Prepaid expenses and other current assets1,026 158 
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalentsCash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents$21,274 $19,171 Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents$16,516 $19,799 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets include restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents related to funds held by the Company, primarily from Currencycloud, on behalf of clients in segregated bank accounts that cannot be withdrawn or used for general operating activities. These amounts are fully offset by corresponding liabilities recorded in accrued liabilities on the Company’s unaudited consolidated balance sheets.
Note 5—U.S. and Europe Retrospective Responsibility Plans
U.S. Retrospective Responsibility Plan
Under the terms of the U.S. retrospective responsibility plan, the Company maintains an escrow account from which settlements of, or judgments in, certain litigation referred to as the “U.S. covered litigation” are paid. The escrow funds are held in money market investments along with interest income earned, less applicable taxes, and are classified as restricted cash equivalents on the consolidated balance sheets. The accrual related to the U.S. covered litigation could be either higher or lower than the U.S. litigation escrow account balance. See Note 13—Legal Matters.
The following table sets forth the changes in the restricted cash equivalents—U.S. litigation escrow account:
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
20212020
 (in millions)
Balance at beginning of period$901 $1,205 
Return of takedown payment to the litigation escrow account0 467 
Payments to opt-out merchants(1) and interest earned on escrow funds
(7)(524)
Balance at end of period$894 $1,148 
(1)These payments are associated with the Interchange Multidistrict Litigation. See Note 13—Legal Matters.
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VISA INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)—(Continued)
The following table presents the changes in the restricted cash equivalents—U.S. litigation escrow account:
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20222021
 (in millions)
Balance at beginning of period$894 $901 
Deposits into the litigation escrow account250 — 
Payments to opt-out merchants(1) and interest earned on escrow funds
(262)(7)
Balance at end of period$882 $894 
(1)These payments are associated with the interchange multidistrict litigation. See Note 13—Legal Matters.
Europe Retrospective Responsibility Plan
Visa Inc., Visa International and Visa Europe are parties to certain existing and potential litigation relating to the setting of multilateral interchange fee rates in the Visa Europe territory (the “VE territory covered litigation”). Under the terms of the Europe retrospective responsibility plan, the Company is entitled to recover certain losses resulting from VE territory covered litigation (the “VE territory covered losses”) through a periodic adjustment to the class A common stock conversion rates applicable to the UK&Iseries B and EuropeC preferred stock. VE territory covered losses are recorded in “right to recover for covered losses” within stockholders’ equity before the corresponding adjustment to the applicable conversion rate is effected. Adjustments to the conversion rate may be executed once in any six-month period unless a single, individual loss greater than €20 million is incurred, in which case, the six-month limitation does not apply. When the adjustment to the conversion rate is made, the amount previously recorded in “right to recover for covered losses” as contra-equity is then recorded against the book value of the preferred stock within stockholders’ equity. During the three and nine months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recovered $40 million and $55 million, respectively, of VE territory covered losses through adjustments to the class A common stock conversion rates applicable to the UK&I and Europe preferred stock.
The following table sets forthpresents the activities related to VE territory covered losses in preferred stock and “right to recover for covered losses” within stockholders’ equity during the nine months ended June 30, 2021:equity:
Preferred StockRight to Recover for Covered LossesPreferred StockRight to Recover for Covered Losses
UK&IEuropeSeries BSeries C
(in millions)(in millions)
Balance as of September 30, 2020$1,106 $1,543 $(39)
Balance as of September 30, 2021Balance as of September 30, 2021$1,071 $1,523 $(133)
VE territory covered losses incurred(1)
VE territory covered losses incurred(1)
(38)
VE territory covered losses incurred(1)
— — (16)
Recovery through conversion rate adjustment(2)
Recovery through conversion rate adjustment(2)
(35)(20)53 
Recovery through conversion rate adjustment(2)
(26)(3)29 
Balance as of June 30, 2021$1,071 $1,523 $(24)
Balance as of March 31, 2022Balance as of March 31, 2022$1,045 $1,520 $(120)
Preferred StockRight to Recover for Covered Losses
Series BSeries C
(in millions)
Balance as of September 30, 2020$1,106 $1,543 $(39)
VE territory covered losses incurred(1)
— — (17)
Recovery through conversion rate adjustment(9)(6)15 
Balance as of March 31, 2021$1,097 $1,537 $(41)
(1)VE territory covered losses incurred reflect settlements with merchants and additional legal costs. See Note 13—Legal Matters.
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VISA INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)—(Continued)
The following table sets forthpresents the as-converted value of the preferred stock available to recover VE territory covered losses compared to the book value of preferred stock recorded in stockholders’ equity within the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020:sheets:
June 30, 2021September 30, 2020March 31, 2022September 30, 2021
As-converted Value of Preferred Stock(1),(2)
Book Value of Preferred Stock(1)
As-converted Value of Preferred Stock(1),(3)
Book Value of Preferred Stock(1)
As-converted Value of Preferred Stock(1),(2)
Book Value of Preferred Stock(1)
As-converted Value of Preferred Stock(1),(3)
Book Value of Preferred Stock(1)
(in millions)(in millions)
UK&I preferred stock$3,666 $1,071 $3,168 $1,106 
Europe preferred stock5,044 1,523 4,331 1,543 
Series B preferred stockSeries B preferred stock$3,450 $1,045 $3,493 $1,071 
Series C preferred stockSeries C preferred stock4,781 1,520 4,806 1,523 
TotalTotal8,710 2,594 7,499 2,649 Total8,231 2,565 8,299 2,594 
Less: right to recover for covered lossesLess: right to recover for covered losses(24)(24)(39)(39)Less: right to recover for covered losses(120)(120)(133)(133)
Total recovery for covered losses availableTotal recovery for covered losses available$8,686 $2,570 $7,460 $2,610 Total recovery for covered losses available$8,111 $2,445 $8,166 $2,461 
(1)Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. As-converted and book values are based on unrounded numbers.
(2)As of JuneMarch 31, 2022, the as-converted value of preferred stock is calculated as the product of: (a) 2 million and 3 million shares of the series B and C preferred stock outstanding, respectively; (b) 6.271 and 6.829, the class A common stock conversion rate applicable to the series B and C preferred stock outstanding, respectively; and (c) $221.77, Visa’s class A common stock closing stock price.
(3)As of September 30, 2021, the as-converted value of preferred stock is calculated as the product of: (a) 2 million and 3 million shares of the UK&Iseries B and EuropeC preferred stock outstanding, respectively; (b) 6.321 and 6.834, the class A common stock conversion rate applicable to the UK&Iseries B and Europe preferred stock, respectively; and (c) $233.82, Visa’s class A common stock closing stock price.
(3)As of September 30, 2020, the as-converted value of preferred stock is calculated as the product of: (a) 2 million and 3 million shares of the UK&I and EuropeC preferred stock outstanding, respectively; (b) 6.387 and 6.861, the class A common stock conversion rate applicable to the UK&I and Europe preferred stock respectively; and (c) $199.97,$222.75, Visa’s class A common stock closing stock price.
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Note 6—Fair Value Measurements and Investments
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Fair Value Measurements
Using Inputs Considered as
Fair Value Measurements
Using Inputs Considered as
Level 1Level 2 Level 1Level 2
June 30,
2021
September 30,
2020
June 30,
2021
September 30,
2020
March 31,
2022
September 30,
2021
March 31,
2022
September 30,
2021
(in millions) (in millions)
AssetsAssetsAssets
Cash equivalents and restricted cash equivalents:Cash equivalents and restricted cash equivalents:Cash equivalents and restricted cash equivalents:
Money market fundsMoney market funds$14,830 $12,522 $0 $Money market funds$9,448 $11,779 $ $— 
U.S. government-sponsored debt securitiesU.S. government-sponsored debt securities0 600 1,469 U.S. government-sponsored debt securities — 418 100 
U.S. Treasury securitiesU.S. Treasury securities750 650 0 U.S. Treasury securities200 2,400  — 
Investment securities:Investment securities:Investment securities:
Marketable equity securitiesMarketable equity securities550 148 0 Marketable equity securities363 490  — 
U.S. government-sponsored debt securitiesU.S. government-sponsored debt securities0 486 2,582 U.S. government-sponsored debt securities — 110 245 
U.S. Treasury securitiesU.S. Treasury securities1,271 1,253 0 U.S. Treasury securities3,043 2,985  — 
Other current and non-current assets:Other current and non-current assets:Other current and non-current assets:
Money market fundsMoney market funds3 0 Money market funds4  — 
Derivative instrumentsDerivative instruments0 389 512 Derivative instruments — 465 410 
TotalTotal$17,404 $14,573 $1,475 $4,563 Total$13,058 $17,658 $993 $755 
LiabilitiesLiabilitiesLiabilities
Accrued compensation and benefits:Accrued compensation and benefits:Accrued compensation and benefits:
Deferred compensation liabilityDeferred compensation liability$168 $135 $0 $Deferred compensation liability$179 $167 $ $— 
Accrued and other liabilities:Accrued and other liabilities:Accrued and other liabilities:
Derivative instrumentsDerivative instruments0 216 181 Derivative instruments — 226 109 
TotalTotal$168 $135 $216 $181 Total$179 $167 $226 $109 
Level 1 assets.assets and liabilities. Money market funds, marketable equity securities and U.S. Treasury securities are classified as Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy, as fair value is based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.assets. The Company’s deferred compensation liability is measured at fair value based on marketable equity securities held under the deferred compensation plan.
Level 2 assets and liabilities. The fair value of U.S. government-sponsored debt securities, as provided by third-party pricing vendors, is based on quoted prices in active markets for similar, not identical, assets. Derivative instruments are valued using inputs that are observable in the market or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data.
U.S. government-sponsored debt securities and U.S. Treasury securities. As of June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2020, the Company held $1.82021, gross unrealized gains and losses were not material. As of March 31, 2022, $1.5 billion and $3.8 billion of these available-for-sale investment securities, respectively. All of the Company’s long-term available-for-sale investmentdebt securities are due within one year and $2.3 billion is due between one to five years.
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Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Non-recurring Basis
Non-marketable equity securities. The Company’s non-marketable equity securities are investments in privately held companies without readily determinable market values. These investments are classified as Level 3 due to the absence of quoted market prices, the inherent lack of liquidity and the fact that inputs used to measure fair value are unobservable and require management’s judgment.
The following table summarizes the total carrying value of the Company’s non-marketable equity securities held as of June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 including cumulative unrealized gains and losses:
June 30,March 31,
20212022
(in millions)
Initial cost basis$857908 
Adjustments:
Upward adjustments446806 
Downward adjustments (including impairment)(13)(66)
Carrying amount, end of period$1,2901,648 
During the three and nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, unrealizedUnrealized gains and losses included in the carrying value of the Company’s non-marketable equity securities still held as of June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021 and 2020 were as follows:
Three Months Ended
June 30,
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20212020202120202022202120222021
(in millions)(in millions)
Upward adjustmentsUpward adjustments$180 $56 $323 $65 Upward adjustments$2 $129 $226 $143 
Downward adjustments (including impairment)Downward adjustments (including impairment)$0 $(6)$(2)$(6)Downward adjustments (including impairment)$(53)$— $(53)$(2)
TheFor the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized net unrealized losses of $156 million, and net unrealized gains of $147 million, respectively, on marketable and non-marketable equity securities still held as of quarter endend. For the six months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized net unrealized gains of $434$16 million and $68$176 million, for the three months ended June 30, 2021respectively, on marketable and 2020, respectively, and $610 million and $59 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.non-marketable equity securities still held as of quarter end.
Non-financial assets and liabilities. Long-livedCertain non-financial assets such as goodwill, indefinite-lived intangible assets, finite-lived intangible assets and property, equipment and technology are considered non-financial assets. The Company does not have any non-financial liabilities measuredonly recognized at fair value on a non-recurring basis. Finite-lived intangible assets primarily consist of customer relationships and trade names, all of which were obtained through acquisitions.
If the Company were requiredif they are deemed to perform a quantitative assessment for impairment testing of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, the fair values would generally be estimated using an income approach. As the assumptions employed to measure these assets on a non-recurring basis are based on management’s judgment using internal and external data, these fair value determinations are classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.impaired. The Company completedperformed its annual impairment review of its indefinite-lived intangible assets and goodwill as of February 1, 2021,2022, and concluded that there was 0 impairment. No recent events or changes in circumstances indicateno impairment as of that date. As of March 31, 2022, there were no impairment existed at June 30, 2021.indicators.
Other Fair Value Disclosures
Debt. Debt instruments are measured at amortized cost on the Company’s unaudited consolidated balance sheets. The fair value of the debt instruments, as provided by third-party pricing vendors, is based on quoted prices in active markets for similar, not identical, assets. If measured at fair value in the financial statements, these instruments would be classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. As of JuneMarch 31, 2022, the carrying value and estimated fair value of debt was $20.7 billion and $20.8 billion, respectively. As of September 30, 2021, the carrying value and estimated fair value of debt was $21.0 billion and $22.9$22.5 billion, respectively. As of September 30, 2020, the carrying value and estimated fair value of debt was $24.1 billion and $26.6 billion, respectively.
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Other financial instruments not measured at fair value. The following financial instruments are not measured at fairAt March 31, 2022, the carrying value on the Company’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2021, but disclosure of their fair values is required: settlement receivable and payable, commercial paper and customer collateral. The estimatedcollateral approximates fair value of such instruments at June 30, 2021 approximates their carrying value due to their generally short maturities. If measured at fair value in the financial statements, these financial instruments would be classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
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Note 7—Debt
The Company had outstanding debt as follows:
June 30,
2021
September 30,
2020
Effective Interest Rate(1)
March 31,
2022
September 30,
2021
Effective Interest Rate(1)
(in millions, except percentages)(in millions, except percentages)
2.20% Senior Notes due December 2020$0 $3,000 2.30 %
Commercial paperCommercial paper$300 $— 0.35 %
2.15% Senior Notes due September 20222.15% Senior Notes due September 20221,000 1,000 2.30 %2.15% Senior Notes due September 20221,000 1,000 2.30 %
2.80% Senior Notes due December 20222.80% Senior Notes due December 20222,250 2,250 2.89 %2.80% Senior Notes due December 20222,250 2,250 2.89 %
3.15% Senior Notes due December 20253.15% Senior Notes due December 20254,000 4,000 3.26 %3.15% Senior Notes due December 20254,000 4,000 3.26 %
1.90% Senior Notes due April 20271.90% Senior Notes due April 20271,500 1,500 2.02 %1.90% Senior Notes due April 20271,500 1,500 2.02 %
0.75% Senior Notes due August 20270.75% Senior Notes due August 2027500 500 0.84 %0.75% Senior Notes due August 2027500 500 0.84 %
2.75% Senior Notes due September 20272.75% Senior Notes due September 2027750 750 2.91 %2.75% Senior Notes due September 2027750 750 2.91 %
2.05% Senior Notes due April 20302.05% Senior Notes due April 20301,500 1,500 2.13 %2.05% Senior Notes due April 20301,500 1,500 2.13 %
1.10% Senior Notes due February 20311.10% Senior Notes due February 20311,000 1,000 1.20 %1.10% Senior Notes due February 20311,000 1,000 1.20 %
4.15% Senior Notes due December 20354.15% Senior Notes due December 20351,500 1,500 4.23 %4.15% Senior Notes due December 20351,500 1,500 4.23 %
2.70% Senior Notes due April 20402.70% Senior Notes due April 20401,000 1,000 2.80 %2.70% Senior Notes due April 20401,000 1,000 2.80 %
4.30% Senior Notes due December 20454.30% Senior Notes due December 20453,500 3,500 4.37 %4.30% Senior Notes due December 20453,500 3,500 4.37 %
3.65% Senior Notes due September 20473.65% Senior Notes due September 2047750 750 3.73 %3.65% Senior Notes due September 2047750 750 3.73 %
2.00% Senior Notes due August 20502.00% Senior Notes due August 20501,750 1,750 2.09 %2.00% Senior Notes due August 20501,750 1,750 2.09 %
Total debtTotal debt21,000 24,000 Total debt21,300 21,000 
Unamortized discounts and debt issuance costsUnamortized discounts and debt issuance costs(165)(178)Unamortized discounts and debt issuance costs(154)(161)
Hedge accounting fair value adjustments(2)
Hedge accounting fair value adjustments(2)
161 248 
Hedge accounting fair value adjustments(2)
(119)138 
Total carrying value of debtTotal carrying value of debt$20,996 $24,070 Total carrying value of debt$21,027 $20,977 
Reported as:Reported as:Reported as:
Current maturities of debtCurrent maturities of debt$0 $2,999 Current maturities of debt$3,548 $999 
Long-term debtLong-term debt20,996 21,071 Long-term debt17,479 19,978 
Total carrying value of debtTotal carrying value of debt$20,996 $24,070 Total carrying value of debt$21,027 $20,977 
(1)Effective interest rates disclosed do not reflect hedge accounting adjustments.
(2)Represents the change in fair value of interest rate swap agreements entered into on a portion of the outstanding senior notes.
Senior NotesCommercial Paper Program
DuringVisa maintains a commercial paper program to support its working capital requirements and for other general corporate purposes. Under the nine months ended June 30, 2021,program, the Company repaidis authorized to issue up to $3.0 billion in outstanding notes, with maturities up to 397 days from the date of principal upon maturityissuance. The commercial paper outstanding as of its senior notes due December 14, 2020.March 31, 2022 was fully repaid in April 2022. Subsequent to March 31, 2022, the Company issued $650 million of commercial paper that was also fully repaid in April 2022.
Note 8—Settlement Guarantee Management
The Company indemnifies its clients for settlement losses suffered due to failure of any other client to fund its settlement obligations in accordance with the Visa operating rules. This indemnification creates settlement risk for the Company due to the difference in timing between the date of a payment transaction and the date of subsequent settlement.
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Historically, the Company has experienced minimal losses as a result of its settlement risk guarantee. However, the Company’s future obligations, which could be material under its guarantees, are not determinable as they are dependent upon future events.
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The Company’s settlement exposure is limited to the amount of unsettled Visa payment transactions at any point in time, which vary significantly day to day. During the ninesix months ended June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, the Company’s maximum daily settlement exposure was $104.1$112.7 billion and the average daily settlement exposure was $63.9$71.3 billion.
The Company maintains and regularly reviews global settlement risk policies and procedures to manage settlement exposure, which may require clients to post collateral if certain credit standards are not met. At June 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, theThe Company held the following collateral to manage settlement exposure:
June 30,
2021
September 30,
2020
March 31,
2022
September 30,
2021
(in millions) (in millions)
Restricted cash and restricted cash equivalentsRestricted cash and restricted cash equivalents$2,221 $1,850 Restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents$2,309 $2,260 
Pledged securities at market valuePledged securities at market value253 228 Pledged securities at market value270 254 
Letters of creditLetters of credit1,402 1,306 Letters of credit1,604 1,518 
GuaranteesGuarantees729 717 Guarantees793 758 
TotalTotal$4,605 $4,101 Total$4,976 $4,790 
Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity
As-converted class A common stock. The number of shares of each series and class, and the number of shares of class A common stock on an as-converted basis were as follows:
June 30, 2021September 30, 2020March 31, 2022September 30, 2021
Shares
Outstanding
Conversion Rate Into 
Class A
Common Stock
As-converted Class A
Common
Stock(1)
Shares
Outstanding
Conversion Rate Into
Class A
Common Stock
As-converted Class A
Common
Stock(1)
Shares
Outstanding
Conversion Rate Into 
Class A
Common Stock
As-converted Class A
Common
Stock(1)
Shares
Outstanding
Conversion Rate Into
Class A
Common Stock
As-converted Class A
Common
Stock(1)
(in millions, except conversion rates)(in millions, except conversion rate)
Series A preferred stockSeries A preferred stock0 (2)100.0000 8 (2)100.0000 35 Series A preferred stock (2)100.0000 6 — (2)100.0000 
UK&I preferred stock2 6.3210 16 6.3870 16 
Europe preferred stock3 6.8340 22 6.8610 22 
Series B preferred stockSeries B preferred stock2 6.2710 16 6.3210 16 
Series C preferred stockSeries C preferred stock3 6.8290 22 6.8340 22 
Class A common stock(3)
Class A common stock(3)
1,689 1,689 1,683 — 1,683 
Class A common stock(3)
1,648 1,648 1,677 — 1,677 
Class B common stockClass B common stock245 1.6228 (4)398 245 1.6228 (4)398 Class B common stock245 1.6181 (4)397 245 1.6228 (4)398 
Class C common stockClass C common stock10 4.0000 41 11 4.0000 43 Class C common stock10 4.0000 40 10 4.0000 41 
TotalTotal2,174 2,197 Total2,129 2,161 
(1)Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. As-converted class A common stock is calculated based on unrounded numbers.
(2)The number of shares outstanding was less than one million.
(3)Class A common stock shares outstanding reflect repurchases that settled on or before June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 and September 30, 2020,2021, respectively.
(4)The class B to class A common stock conversion rate is presented on a rounded basis. Conversion calculations for dividend payments are based on a conversion rate rounded to the tenth decimal.
Reduction in as-converted shares. Under the terms of the U.S. retrospective responsibility plan, when the Company funds the U.S. litigation escrow account, the value of the Company’s class B common stock is subject to dilution through a downward adjustment to the conversion rate of the shares of class B common stock to shares of class A common stock. Under the terms of the Europe retrospective responsibility plan, the Company is entitled to recover VE territory covered losses through periodic adjustments to the class A common stock conversion rates applicable to the UK&Iseries B and EuropeC preferred stock. The deposit and recovery hashave the same economic effect on earnings per share as repurchasing the Company’s class A common stock, because it reduces the UK&Iclass B common stock and Europethe series B and C preferred stock conversion rates and consequently, reduces the as-converted class A common stock share count. See Note 5—U.S. and Europe Retrospective Responsibility Plans.
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The following table presents the reduction in the number of as-converted UK&Iclass B common stock after deposit into the U.S. litigation escrow account for the six months ended March 31, 2022. There was no comparable adjustment recorded for class B common stock for the six months ended March 31, 2021.
Six Months Ended
March 31, 2022
(in millions, except per share data)
Reduction in equivalent number of class A common stock1
Effective price per share(1)
$217.61
Deposits under the U.S. retrospective responsibility plan$250
(1)Effective price per share is calculated using the volume-weighted average price of the Company’s class A common stock over a pricing period in accordance with the Company’s current certificate of incorporation.
The following table presents the reduction in the number of as-converted series B and EuropeC preferred stock after the Company recovered VE territory covered losses through conversion rate adjustments in the nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:adjustments:
Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2021
Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2020
Six Months Ended
March 31, 2022
Six Months Ended
March 31, 2021
UK&IEuropeUK&IEuropeSeries BSeries CSeries BSeries C
(in millions, except per share data)(in millions, except per share data)
Reduction in equivalent number of as-converted shares of class A common stock0 (1)0 (1)(1)
Reduction in equivalent number of class A common stockReduction in equivalent number of class A common stock (1) (1)— (1)— (1)
Effective price per share(2)
Effective price per share(2)
$220.84 $220.71 $180.00 $180.00 
Effective price per share(2)
$201.68 $201.68 $209.89 $209.89 
Recovery through conversion rate adjustmentRecovery through conversion rate adjustment$35 $20 $72 $92 Recovery through conversion rate adjustment$26 $3 $$
(1)The reduction in equivalent number of shares of class A common stock was less than one million shares.
(2)Effective price per share for the quarter is calculated using the volume-weighted average price of the Company’s class A common stock over a pricing period in accordance with the Company’s current certificates of designations for its series B and C convertible participating preferred stock. Effective price per share for each fiscal year is calculated using the weighted-average effective prices of the respective adjustments made during the year.
Common stock repurchases. The following table presents share repurchases in the open market for the following periods:market:
Three Months Ended
June 30,
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20212020202120202022202120222021
(in millions, except per share data)(in millions, except per share data)
Shares repurchased in the open market(1)
Shares repurchased in the open market(1)
10 27 37 
Shares repurchased in the open market(1)
15 34 17 
Average repurchase price per share(2)
Average repurchase price per share(2)
$227.11 $177.86 $213.02 $179.91 
Average repurchase price per share(2)
$210.18 $208.65 $210.26 $205.05 
Total cost(2)
Total cost(2)
$2,200 $1,069 $5,709 $6,572 
Total cost(2)
$2,949 $1,713 $7,053 $3,509 
(1)Shares repurchased in the open market reflect repurchases that settled during the three and ninesix months ended June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021, and 2020, respectively. All shares repurchased in the open market have been retired and constitute authorized but unissued shares.
(2)Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. Average repurchase price per share and total cost isare calculated based on unrounded numbers.
In January 2020,December 2021, the Company’s board of directors authorized a $9.5 billion share repurchase program and in January 2021, authorized an additional $8.0$12.0 billion share repurchase program (the “January“December 2021 Program”). Previously, in January 2021, the Company’s board of directors authorized an $8.0 billion share repurchase program. These authorizations have no expiration date. As of June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, the Company’s repurchase program had remaining authorized funds of $7.8$9.8 billion. All share repurchase programs authorized prior to the JanuaryDecember 2021 Program have been completed.
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Dividends. The Company declared and paid dividends of $802 million and $701 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $1.6 billion and $1.4 billion during the six months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. On July 23, 2021,April 22, 2022, the Company’s board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.32$0.375 per share of class A common stock (determined in the case of class B and C common stock and series A, UK&IB and EuropeC preferred stock on an as-converted basis), which will be paid on SeptemberJune 1, 2021,2022, to all holders of record as of AugustMay 13, 2021. The Company declared and paid dividends of $698 million and $663 million during the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $2.1 billion and $2.0 billion during the nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.2022.
Note 10—Earnings Per Share
Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to each class of shares by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding and participating securities during the period. Participating securities include the Company’s series A, B and C preferred stock and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents. Net income is allocated to each class of common stock and participating securities based on its proportional ownership on an as-converted basis. The weighted-average number of shares outstanding of each class of common stock reflects changes in ownership over the periods presented. See Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity.
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Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding, participating securities and, if dilutive, potential class A common stock equivalent shares outstanding during the period. Dilutive class A common stock equivalents may consist of: (1) shares of class A common stock issuable upon the conversion of series A, UK&IB and EuropeC preferred stock and class B and C common stock based on the conversion rates in effect through the period, and (2) incremental shares of class A common stock calculated by applying the treasury stock method to the assumed exercise of employee stock options, the assumed purchase of stock under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the assumed vesting of unearned performance shares.
The following table presents earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2021:March 31, 2022:
Basic Earnings Per ShareDiluted Earnings Per Share Basic Earnings Per ShareDiluted Earnings Per Share
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
 
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
 
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
(in millions, except per share data)(in millions, except per share data)
Class A common stockClass A common stock$1,996 1,691 $1.18 $2,575 2,184 (3)$1.18 Class A common stock$2,819 1,654 $1.70 $3,647 2,142 (3)$1.70 
Class B common stockClass B common stock470 245 $1.92 $470 245 $1.91 Class B common stock677 245 $2.76 $676 245 $2.75 
Class C common stockClass C common stock49 10 $4.72 $49 10 $4.72 Class C common stock69 10 $6.82 $69 10 $6.81 
Participating securities(4)
Participating securities(4)
60 Not presentedNot presented$60 Not presentedNot presented
Participating securities(4)
82 Not presentedNot presented$81 Not presentedNot presented
Net incomeNet income$2,575 Net income$3,647 
The following table presents earnings per share for the ninesix months ended June 30, 2021:March 31, 2022:
 Basic Earnings Per ShareDiluted Earnings Per Share
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
 
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
(in millions, except per share data)
Class A common stock$6,748 1,693 $3.99 $8,727 2,192 (3)$3.98 
Class B common stock1,588 245 $6.47 $1,586 245 $6.46 
Class C common stock169 11 $15.94 $169 11 $15.92 
Participating securities(4)
222 Not presentedNot presented$221 Not presentedNot presented
Net income$8,727 
The following table presents earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2020:
Basic Earnings Per ShareDiluted Earnings Per Share Basic Earnings Per ShareDiluted Earnings Per Share
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
 
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
 
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
(in millions, except per share data)(in millions, except per share data)
Class A common stockClass A common stock$1,814 1,690 $1.07 $2,373 2,214 (3)$1.07 Class A common stock$5,884 1,662 $3.54 $7,606 2,150 (3)$3.54 
Class B common stockClass B common stock428 245 $1.74 $427 245 $1.74 Class B common stock1,409 245 $5.74 $1,407 245 $5.73 
Class C common stockClass C common stock46 11 $4.29 $47 11 $4.29 Class C common stock143 10 $14.16 $143 10 $14.15 
Participating securities(4)
Participating securities(4)
85 Not presentedNot presented$85 Not presentedNot presented
Participating securities(4)
170 Not presentedNot presented$169 Not presentedNot presented
Net incomeNet income$2,373 Net income$7,606 
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The following table presents earnings per share for the ninethree months ended June 30, 2020:March 31, 2021:
Basic Earnings Per ShareDiluted Earnings Per Share Basic Earnings Per ShareDiluted Earnings Per Share
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
 
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
 
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
(in millions, except per share data)(in millions, except per share data)
Class A common stockClass A common stock$6,679 1,702 $3.92 $8,729 2,227 (3)$3.92 Class A common stock$2,342 1,695 $1.38 $3,026 2,193 (3)$1.38 
Class B common stockClass B common stock1,564 245 $6.37 $1,561 245 $6.36 Class B common stock550 245 $2.24 $550 245 $2.24 
Class C common stockClass C common stock172 11 $15.70 $172 11 $15.68 Class C common stock59 11 $5.52 $59 11 $5.52 
Participating securities(4)
Participating securities(4)
314 Not presentedNot presented$314 Not presentedNot presented
Participating securities(4)
75 Not presentedNot presented$74 Not presentedNot presented
Net incomeNet income$8,729 Net income$3,026 
The following table presents earnings per share for the six months ended March 31, 2021:
 Basic Earnings Per ShareDiluted Earnings Per Share
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
Income
Allocation
(A)(1)
Weighted-
Average
Shares
Outstanding (B)
 
Earnings per
Share =
(A)/(B)(2)
(in millions, except per share data)
Class A common stock$4,752 1,695 $2.80 $6,152 2,196 (3)$2.80 
Class B common stock1,117 245 $4.55 $1,116 245 $4.54 
Class C common stock120 11 $11.22 $120 11 $11.20 
Participating securities163 Not presentedNot presented$163 Not presentedNot presented
Net income$6,152 
(1)Net income is allocated based on proportional ownership on an as-converted basis. The weighted-average number of shares of as-converted class B common stock used in the income allocation was 397 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 398 million for the six month ended March 31, 2022 and three and ninesix months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.March 31, 2021. The weighted-average number of shares of as-converted class C common stock used in the income allocation was 4240 million for the three and ninesix months ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 and 43 million and 44 million for the three and ninesix months ended June 30, 2020, respectively.March 31, 2021. The weighted-average number of shares of preferred stock included within participating securities was 9 million and 146 million of as-converted series A preferred stock for the three and ninesix months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, 16March 31, 2022 and 12 million and 3217 million of as-converted UK&Iseries A preferred stock for the three and ninesix months ended June 30,March 31, 2021, and 2020, respectively, and 22 million and 4416 million of as-converted Europeseries B preferred stock for the three and ninesix months ended June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021, and 2020, respectively.22 million of as-converted series C preferred stock for the three and six months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.
(2)Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. EarningsBasic and diluted earnings per share is calculated based on unrounded numbers.
(3)Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding are calculated on an as-converted basis and include incremental common stock equivalents, as calculated under the treasury stock method. The computation includes common stock equivalents of 3 millionare not material for the three and ninesix months ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 and 2020 because their effect would have been dilutive. The computation excludes common stock equivalents of less than 1 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 1 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2020, because their effect would have been anti-dilutive.
(4)Participating securities include preferred stock outstanding and unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents, such as the Company’s series A preferred stock, UK&I and Europe preferred stock and restricted stock units. Participating securities’ income is allocated based on the weighted-average number of shares of as-converted stock.2021.
Note 11—Share-based Compensation
The Company granted the following equity awards to employees and non-employee directors under the 2007 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan, or the EIP, during the ninesix months ended June 30, 2021:March 31, 2022:
GrantedWeighted-Average Grant Date Fair ValueWeighted-Average Exercise PriceGrantedWeighted-Average Grant Date Fair ValueWeighted-Average Exercise Price
Non-qualified stock optionsNon-qualified stock options1,022,430 $39.51 $207.57 Non-qualified stock options961,570 $43.16 $200.86 
Restricted stock unitsRestricted stock units2,395,264 $208.05 Restricted stock units2,922,004 $202.56 
Performance-based shares(1)
Performance-based shares(1)
432,714 $229.81 
Performance-based shares(1)
440,722 $186.50 
(1)Represents the maximum number of performance-based shares which could be earned.
Related to the EIP, the Company recorded share-based compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures, of $153$181 million and $102$148 million for the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021, and 2020, respectively, and $417$302 million and $306$264 million for the ninesix months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
On January 26, 2021, the EIP was amended to extend the termination date from JanuaryMarch 31, 2022 to January 26, 2031 and reduce the number of shares authorized for grant from 236 million to 198 million. Additionally, shares available for grant may be either unissued or previously issued shares subsequently acquired by the Company, except that shares withheld for taxes, or shares used to pay the exercise or purchase price of an award, shall not again be available for future grant.2021, respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)—(Continued)
Note 12—Income Taxes
TheFor the three and six months ended March 31, 2022, the effective income tax rates were 41%20% and 26%19%, respectively, and for the three and ninesix months ended June 30,March 31, 2021, respectively, and 19% for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2020. The effective income tax rates for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2021 differ fromwere 17%. The difference in the effective tax rates for the same periods in the prior yearis primarily due to the following:
during the three months ended June 30, 2021, a $1.0 billion non-recurring, non-cash tax expense related to the remeasurement of UK deferred tax liabilities, as discussed below;
during the three months ended June 30, 2021, a $51$66 million tax benefit as a result of a tax position taken on certain expenses; and
during the nine months ended June 30, 2021, $147 million of tax benefits recognized during the three and six months ended March 31, 2021, respectively, as a result of the conclusion of audits by taxing authorities.
On June 10, 2021, the UK enacted legislation that will increase the tax rate from 19% to 25%, effective April 1, 2023. As a result, the Company recorded a non-recurring, non-cash tax expense related to the remeasurement of its net UK deferred tax liabilities, primarily related to intangibles recorded upon the acquisition of Visa Europe in fiscal 2016.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, the Company’s gross and net unrecognized tax benefits increased by $80$65 million and $39$143 million, respectively. During the nine months ended June 30, 2021, theThe Company’s gross and net unrecognized tax benefits decreasedthat, if recognized, would favorably impact the effective tax rate, increased by $37$17 million and $137$46 million, respectively. The change in unrecognized tax benefits is primarily related to various tax positions across several jurisdictions. Additionally, for the nine month period, the decrease in unrecognized tax benefits is primarily due to the recognition of previously unrecognized tax benefits as a result of the conclusion of audits by taxing authorities, partially offset by increases in gross timing differences. During the three and nine months ended June 30, 2021, there were 0 significant changes in accrued interest related to uncertain tax positions. During the three and nine months ended June 30, 2020, the Company’s accrued interest related to uncertain tax positions increased by $18 million and $56 million, respectively.
The Company’s tax filings are subject to examination by U.S. federal, state and foreign taxing authorities. The timing and outcome of the final resolutions of the various ongoing income tax examinations are highly uncertain. It is not reasonably possible to estimate the increase or decrease in unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months.
In September 2020, the Company accepted a settlement offer related to the examination of Canadian tax returns dating back to fiscal 2003, which was subject to approval by the Tax Court of Canada. On January 21, 2021, the Tax Court of Canada approved the settlement agreement related to the examination. The Company’s income tax provision was adjusted to reflect the estimated impact of the settlement in fiscal 2020.
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “ARP Act”) was enacted in the U.S. on March 11, 2021. The ARP Act is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial results.
Note 13—Legal Matters
The Company is party to various legal and regulatory proceedings. Some of these proceedings involve complex claims that are subject to substantial uncertainties and unascertainable damages. Accordingly, except as disclosed, the Company has not established reserves or ranges of possible loss related to these proceedings, as at this time in the proceedings, the matters do not relate to a probable loss and/or the amount or range of losses are not reasonably estimable. Although the Company believes that it has strong defenses for the litigation and regulatory proceedings described below, it could, in the future, incur judgments or fines or enter into settlements of claims that could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows. From time to time, the Company may engage in settlement discussions or mediations with respect to one or more of its outstanding litigation matters, either on its own behalf or collectively with other parties.
The litigation accrual is an estimate and is based on management’s understanding of the Company’sits litigation profile, the specifics of each case, advice of counsel to the extent appropriate and management’s best estimate of incurred loss as of the balance sheet date.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)—(Continued)
The following table summarizes the activity related to accrued litigation:
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20212020 20222021
(in millions) (in millions)
Balance at beginning of periodBalance at beginning of period$914 $1,203 Balance at beginning of period$983 $914 
Provision for uncovered legal mattersProvision for uncovered legal matters5 Provision for uncovered legal matters1 
Provision for covered legal mattersProvision for covered legal matters23 14 Provision for covered legal matters150 
Reestablishment of prior accrual related to interchange multidistrict litigation0 467 
Payments for legal mattersPayments for legal matters(42)(535)Payments for legal matters(365)(40)
Balance at end of periodBalance at end of period$900 $1,156 Balance at end of period$769 $886 
Accrual Summary—U.S. Covered Litigation
Visa Inc., Visa U.S.A. and Visa International are parties to certain legal proceedings that are covered by the U.S. retrospective responsibility plan, which the Company refers to as the U.S. covered litigation. An accrual for the U.S. covered litigation and a charge to the litigation provision are recorded when a loss is deemed to be probable and reasonably estimable. In making this determination, the Company evaluates available information, including but not limited to actions taken by the Company’s litigation committee. The total accrual related to the U.S. covered litigation could be either higher or lower than the escrow account balance. See further discussion below under U.S. Covered Litigation and Note 5—U.S. and Europe Retrospective Responsibility Plans.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)—(Continued)
The following table summarizes the accrual activity related to U.S. covered litigation:
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20212020 20222021
(in millions) (in millions)
Balance at beginning of periodBalance at beginning of period$888 $1,198 Balance at beginning of period$881 $888 
Provision for interchange multidistrict litigationProvision for interchange multidistrict litigation145 — 
Reestablishment of prior accrual related to interchange multidistrict litigation0 467 
Payments for U.S. covered litigationPayments for U.S. covered litigation(7)(529)Payments for U.S. covered litigation(262)(7)
Balance at end of periodBalance at end of period$881 $1,136 Balance at end of period$764 $881 
During the six months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recorded an additional accrual of $145 million and deposited $250 million into the U.S. litigation escrow account to address claims of certain merchants who opted out of the Amended Settlement Agreement. During the six months ended March 31, 2022, the Company paid $262 million for U.S. covered litigation. The U.S. covered litigation accrual balance is consistent with the Company’s estimate of its share of the lower end of a probable and reasonably estimable loss with respect to U.S. covered litigation. While this estimate is consistent with the Company’s view of the current status of the litigation, the probable and reasonably estimable loss or range of such loss could materially vary based on developments in the litigation. The Company will continue to consider and reevaluate this estimate in light of the substantial uncertainties with respect to the litigation. The Company is unable to estimate a potential loss or range of loss, if any, at trial if negotiated resolutions cannot be reached.
Accrual Summary—VE Territory Covered Litigation
Visa Inc., Visa International and Visa Europe are parties to certain legal proceedings that are covered by the Europe retrospective responsibility plan. Unlike the U.S. retrospective responsibility plan, the Europe retrospective responsibility plan does not have an escrow account that is used to fund settlements or judgments. The Company is entitled to recover VE territory covered losses through periodic adjustments to the conversion rates applicable to the UK&I preferred stockseries B and EuropeC preferred stock. An accrual for the VE territory covered losses and a reduction to stockholders’ equity will be recorded when the loss is deemed to be probable and reasonably estimable. See further discussion below under VE Territory Covered Litigation and Note 5—U.S. and Europe Retrospective Responsibility Plans.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)—(Continued)
The following table summarizes the accrual activity related to VE territory covered litigation:
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20212020 20222021
(in millions)(in millions)
Balance at beginning of periodBalance at beginning of period$21 $Balance at beginning of period$102 $21 
Provision for VE territory covered litigationProvision for VE territory covered litigation23 14 Provision for VE territory covered litigation5 
Payments for VE territory covered litigationPayments for VE territory covered litigation(29)(5)Payments for VE territory covered litigation(102)(28)
Balance at end of periodBalance at end of period$15 $14 Balance at end of period$5 $
U.S. Covered Litigation
Interchange Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) – Putative Class Actions

On December 18, 2020, the plaintiffs purporting to act on behalf of the putative Injunctive Relief Class moved for class certification.

On April 28, 2021, a complaint was filed by Hayley Lanning and others, and on June 16, 2021, a complaint was filed by Camp Grounds Coffee and others, each against Visa and Mastercard on behalf of a purported class of merchants located in 25 states and the District of Columbia who have taken payment using the Square card acceptance service. The complaints allege violations of the antitrust laws of those jurisdictions and seek recovery for plaintiffs as indirect purchasers. To the extent that those plaintiffs’ claims are not released by the Amended Settlement Agreement, Visa believes they are covered by the U.S. Retrospective Responsibility Plan.
Interchange Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) - Individual Merchant Actions
Visa has reached settlements with a number of merchants representing approximately 40%50% of the Visa-branded payment card sales volume of merchants who opted out of the Amended Settlement Agreement with the Damages Class plaintiffs.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)—(Continued)
VE Territory Covered Litigation
Europe Merchant Litigation
Since July 2013, in excess of 700850 Merchants (the capitalized term “Merchant,” when used in this section, means a merchant together with subsidiary/affiliate companies that are party to the same claim) have commenced proceedings against Visa Europe, Visa Inc. and other Visa subsidiaries in the UK, Belgium, Poland and PolandIsrael primarily relating to interchange rates in Europe and in some cases relating to fees charged by Visa and certain Visa rules. As of the filing date, Visa Europe, Visa Inc. and other Visa subsidiaries havehas settled the claims asserted by over 100150 Merchants, leaving more than 550650 Merchants with outstanding claims. In addition, over 30 additional Merchants have threatened to commence similar proceedings. Standstill agreements have been entered into with respect to some of those threatened Merchant claims, several of which have been settled.

With regardOn November 26, 2021, with respect to the claim asserted by onecertain pending Merchant trial beforeclaims, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) found that UK and certain other domestic and intra-European Economic Area consumer interchange fees before the introduction of the Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR) were a restriction of competition, but that the question of whether those fees, along with inter-European Economic Area fees, are a restriction of competition after the introduction of the IFR would need to determinebe resolved at trial. Whether any interchange fees are exempt from the lawful amount,finding of restriction under applicable law and the assessment of damages, if any, will also need to be considered at trial. On February 1, 2022, the plaintiff may be entitled to recover is set for June 2022. Other plaintiffs, whose claims were effectively stayed pending the SupremeUK Court of Appeal granted claimants permission to appeal the United Kingdom's judgment, are moving their claims forward, mostly before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal.
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CAT’s ruling and an appeal hearing is scheduled for July 2022.
Other Litigation
Canadian Merchant Litigation

All defendants have settled with the plaintiffs. The appeals by Wal-Mart Canada and/or Home Depot of Canada Inc. of the decisions approving the Visa and Mastercard settlements have been rejected in all five provinces. Wal-Mart Canada and Home Depot of Canada Inc. sought leave to appeal the British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario and Saskatchewan Courts of Appeal decisions to the Supreme Court of Canada, and those applications were denied. Wal-Mart Canada and Home Depot of Canada Inc. chose not to appeal the Alberta Court of Appeal decision to the Supreme Court of Canada, and the Visa and Mastercard settlements are now final.
EMV Chip Liability ShiftPulse Network
On January 19, 2021,April 5, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the SecondFifth Circuit denied defendants’ request to appealreversed, in part, the district court’s summary judgment decision granting plaintiffs’ motion for class certification.
Australian Competitionin Visa's favor, finding that Pulse has standing to pursue certain of its claims, and Consumer Commission
On March 9, 2021, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission accepted an undertaking by Visa to resolve the investigation. The investigation is now closed.
Euronet Litigation
In the claim by Euronet 360 Finance Limited, Euronet Polska Spolka z.o.o. and Euronet Services spol. s.r.o., trial has been scheduled for a date on or after October 2, 2023.
Plaid Inc. Acquisition
On January 12, 2021,remanded the case filed byto the U.S. Department of Justice against Visa and Plaid was dismissed.district court for further proceedings.
German ATM Litigation
InBetween December 20202021 and January 2021, 6 savings banks and cooperative banks filedMarch 2022, Visa was served with claims in Germany brought by German savings banks against Visa Europe challengingand Visa Inc. The banks claim that Visa’s ATM rules prohibiting the charging of access fees on domestic cash withdrawals with a credit card as anti-competitive. No damages are currently sought. On December 24, 2020, 275 German savings banks initiated conciliation proceedings against Visa Europe, Visa Europe Services, LLC.,anti-competitive and Visa Europe Services, Inc. asserting claims related to the same rules. Visa declined participation in these proceedings on March 22, 2021. On April 30, 2021, Visa filed defenses challenging the jurisdiction of the German courts to hear claims brought by certain banks.
U.S. Department of Justice Civil Investigative Demand (2021)
On March 26, 2021, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (the “Division”) issued a Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) to Visathey are seeking documents and information regarding a potential violation of Section 1 or 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1, 2. The CID focuses on U.S. debit and competition with other payment methods and networks. Visa is cooperating with the Division in connection with the CID. On June 11, 2021, the Division issued a further CID seeking additional documents and information on the same subjects.damages.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Litigation
On July 9,December 6, 2021, a class actionan amended complaint making similar allegations regarding the setting of foreign exchange rates was filed against Visa in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by several individuals on behalf of a nationwide class, and/or California, Washington, Massachusetts or IllinoisNew Jersey subclasses, of cardholders who made a transaction in a foreign currency. The amended complaint alleges that Visa sets foreign exchange rates in violation of Visa’s rules and bank cardholder agreements, and asserts claims for unjust enrichment and restitution as well as violations of the California Unfair Competition Law, the Washington Consumer Protection Act, the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act, and the IllinoisNew Jersey Consumer Fraud Act. Plaintiffs seek an injunction, damages, disgorgement, and attorneys’ fees among other relief.On January 19, 2022, Visa filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint.

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ITEM 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This management’s discussion and analysis provides a review of the results of operations, financial condition and the liquidity and capital resources of Visa Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Visa,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”) on a historical basis and outlines the factors that have affected recent earnings, as well as those factors that may affect future earnings. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Item 1—Financial Statements of this report.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that relate to, among other things, the impact on our future financial position, results of operations and cash flows as a result of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia; the ongoing effects of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”)COVID-19 pandemic, the measures taken in response, as well as the speedreopening of borders and strengthresumption of an economic recovery;international travel; prospects, developments, strategies and growth of our business; anticipated expansion of our products in certain countries; industry developments; anticipated timing and benefits of our acquisitions; expectations regarding litigation matters, investigations and proceedings; timing and amount of stock repurchases; sufficiency of sources of liquidity and funding; effectiveness of our risk management programs; and expectations regarding the impact of recent accounting pronouncements on our consolidated financial statements. Forward-looking statements generally are identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “projects,” “could,” “should,” “will,” “continue” and other similar expressions. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made, are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond our control and are difficult to predict. We describe risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, any of these forward-looking statements in our SEC filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended September 30, 20202021, and our subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K. Except as required by law, we do not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Overview
Visa is a global payments technology company that enables innovative, securefacilitates global commerce and reliable electronic paymentsmoney movement across more than 200 countries and territories. We facilitate digital payments acrossterritories among a global network of consumers, merchants, financial institutions businesses, strategic partners and government entities through innovative technologies. OurWe provide transaction processing services (primarily authorization, clearing and settlement) to our financial institutions and merchants through VisaNet, our advanced transaction processing network, VisaNet, enables authorization, clearingnetwork. We offer products and settlement of payment transactionssolutions that facilitate secure, reliable and allows us to provide our financial institution and merchant clients a wide range of products, platforms and value added services.efficient money movement for all participants in the ecosystem.
Financial overview. OurA summary of our as-reported U.S. GAAP and non-GAAP net income and diluted earnings per share areoperating results is as follows:
Three Months Ended
June 30,
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20212020
%
Change(1)
20212020
%
Change(1)
20222021
%
Change(1)
20222021
%
Change(1)
(in millions, except percentages and per share data)(in millions, except percentages and per share data)
Net income, as reported$2,575 $2,373 %$8,727 $8,729 — %
Diluted earnings per share, as reported$1.18 $1.07 10 %$3.98 $3.92 %
Net revenuesNet revenues$7,189 $5,729 25 %$14,248 $11,416 25 %
Operating expensesOperating expenses$2,387 $2,148 11 %$4,670 $3,991 17 %
Net incomeNet income$3,647 $3,026 21 %$7,606 $6,152 24 %
Diluted earnings per shareDiluted earnings per share$1.70 $1.38 23 %$3.54 $2.80 26 %
Non-GAAP operating expenses(2)
Non-GAAP operating expenses(2)
$2,287 $1,978 16 %$4,402 $3,806 16 %
Non-GAAP net income(2)
Non-GAAP net income(2)
$3,256 $2,347 39 %$9,412 $8,717 %
Non-GAAP net income(2)
$3,836 $3,031 27 %$7,737 $6,156 26 %
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share(2)
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share(2)
$1.49 $1.06 41 %$4.29 $3.91 10 %
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share(2)
$1.79 $1.38 30 %$3.60 $2.80 28 %
(1)Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. Percentage changes are calculated based on unrounded numbers.
(2)For a full reconciliation of our GAAP to non-GAAP financial results, see tables in Non-GAAP financial results below.
Coronavirus. Russia & Ukraine.COVID-19 continues During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, economic sanctions were imposed on Russia by the U.S., European Union, United Kingdom and other jurisdictions and authorities, impacting Visa and its clients. We announced in March 2022 that we were suspending our operations in Russia. As a result, we are no longer generating revenue from domestic and cross-border activities related to Russia. Since 2015, domestic transactions have an impact globally. Whilebeen processed by Russia’s state-owned payments operator, National Payment Card System. With respect to cross-border activities, all transactions initiated with Visa cards issued by financial institutions outside Russia no longer work within Russia, and all transactions on cards issued in Russia no longer work outside the country. Furthermore, we have been actively monitoringdeconsolidated our Russian subsidiary, as required under U.S. GAAP. For the worldwide spreadfirst half of fiscal 2022 and full year fiscal 2021, total net revenues from Russia, including revenues driven by domestic as well as cross-border activities, were approximately 4% of our consolidated net revenues.
With respect to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, our priority is ensuring the safety and security of our colleagues and their families who are directly impacted. We are in close contact with those in the region and are providing ongoing support to our colleagues.
COVID-19. As the effects of the evolving COVID-19 the extent to which COVID-19 continues to impactpandemic continue, our business remains difficult to predict. Our priority remains the safety of our employees, clients and the communities in which we live and operate. We are taking a measuredphased approach in bringingto reopening our employees back in the office, with most of our employees currently working remotely. We continue to remain in close and regular contactoffices, with our U.S. employees clients, partners and with governments globallyreturning to help them navigate these challenging times.offices in April 2022 in a new hybrid model of flexible work.
During the quarter, the year-over-year growth in payments volume, processed transactions,The ongoing effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and cross-border volume all improved at various paces globally. The impact that COVID-19 continues to have on our business remainsare difficult to predict due to numerous uncertainties including the transmissibility, severity, duration and resurgence of the outbreak, new variants of the virus, the effectiveness of social distancing measures or actions that are voluntarily adopted by the public or required by governments or public health authorities, the availability and rollout of effective treatments or vaccines, the timing of an economic recovery, and the impact to our employees and our operations, the business of our clients, supplier and business partners, and other factors identified in Part I,II, Item 1A “Risk Factors” in our thisAnnual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30 2020, filed with the SEC on November 19, 2020.10-Q. We will continue to evaluate the nature and extent of the impact to our business.
Highlights for the first nine monthshalf of fiscal 2021.2022. For the three and ninesix months ended June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, net revenues were $6.1 billion and $17.5 billion, respectively, and increased 27% and 5%25% over both the prior-year comparable periods, respectively. The three-month year-over-year changes were primarily due to the growth in nominal payments volume, processed transactions and nominal cross-border volume, as the business laps the initial impacts of COVID-19 starting in March 2020 and various markets relaxed restrictions, partially offset by higher client incentives. The nine-month year-over-year changesNet revenues were primarily due to the growthalso positively impacted by our suspension of operations in nominal payments volume and processed transactions, partially offset by higher client incentives and lower nominal cross-border volume.Russia. See Results of OperationsNet Revenues below for further discussion. During the three and ninesix months ended June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, exchange rate movements, which are partially mitigated by our hedging program, positively impacted our net revenues by approximately one percentage point and one half of a percentage point, respectively.
For the three months ended June 30, 2021, GAAP operating expenses were $2.1 billion andincreased12% over the prior-year comparable period, primarily driven by higher personnel expenses and higher marketing expenses, partially offset by lower general and administrative expenses. For the nine months ended June 30, 2021, GAAP operating expenses were $6.1 billion and increased 4% over the prior-year comparable period, primarily driven by higher personnel expenses, partially offset by lower general and administrative expenses.
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movements and our hedging program negatively impacted our net revenues growth by approximately one percentage point.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, non-GAAPMarch 31, 2022, GAAP operating expenses were $2.0 billionincreased 11% and increased 12%17% over the prior-year comparable period, primarily due to higher personnel expenses and higher marketing expenses, partially offset by lower general and administrative expenses. For the nine months ended June 30, 2021, non-GAAP operating expenses were $5.9 billion and increased 2% over the prior-year comparable period,periods, respectively, primarily driven by higher personnel expense reflecting our strategy to invest in future growth and expenses partially offsetincurred as a result of steps taken to support our employees in Russia and Ukraine, and higher marketing expense as we lapped planned delays in spending in the prior year. For the six months ended March 31, 2022, GAAP operating expenses also included higher litigation provision. During the three and six months ended March 31, 2022, exchange rate movements positively impacted our operating expense growth by lowerapproximately three percentage points and two percentage points, respectively.
For the three and six months ended March 31, 2022, non-GAAP operating expenses increased 16% over both the prior-year comparable periods, primarily due to higher marketing expense as we lapped planned delays in spending in the prior year, higher personnel expense reflecting our strategy to invest in future growth and higher general and administrative expenses.expense related to the suspension of our operations in Russia and higher usage of travel related card benefits.
Acquisitions. On December 20, 2021, we acquired The Currency Cloud Group Limited (“Currencycloud”), a UK-based global platform that enables banks and fintechs to provide innovative foreign exchange solutions for cross-border payments, for a total purchase consideration of $893 million (which includes the fair value of our previously held equity interest in Currencycloud).
On March 10, 2022, we acquired 100% of the share capital of Tink AB (“Tink”) for $1.9 billion in cash. Tink is a European open banking platform that enables financial institutions, fintechs and merchants to build financial products and services and move money. See Note 2—Acquisitions to our unaudited consolidated financial statements.
Interchange multidistrict litigation. During the six months ended March 31, 2022, we recorded an additional accrual of $145 million to address claims associated with the interchange multidistrict litigation. We also deposited $250 million into the U.S. litigation escrow account. See Note 5—U.S. and Europe Retrospective Responsibility Plans and Note 13—Legal Matters to our unaudited consolidated financial statements.
Common stock repurchases. In December 2021, our board of directors authorized a $12.0 billion share repurchase program. During the six months ended March 31, 2022, we repurchased 34 million shares of our class A common stock in the open market for $7.1 billion. As of March 31, 2022, our repurchase program had remaining authorized funds of $9.8 billion. See Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity to our unaudited consolidated financial statements.
Non-GAAP financial results. We use non-GAAP financial measures of our performance which exclude certain items which we believe are not representative of our continuing operations, as they may be non-recurring or have no cash impact, and may distort our longer-term operating trends. We consider non-GAAP measures useful to investors because they provide greater transparency into management’s view and assessment of our ongoing operating performance.
Gains and losses on equity investments. Gains and losses on equity investments include periodic non-cash fair value adjustments and gains and losses upon sale of an investment. These long-term investments are strategic in nature and are primarily private company investments. Gains and losses and the related tax impacts associated with these investments are tied to the performance of the companies that we invest in and therefore do not correlate to the underlying performance of our business.
Amortization of acquired intangible assets. Amortization of acquired intangible assets consists of amortization of intangible assets such as developed technology, customer relationships and brands acquired in connection with business combinations executed beginning in fiscal 2019. Amortization charges for our acquired intangible assets are non-cash and are significantly affected by the timing, frequency and size of our acquisitions, rather than our core operations. As such, we have excluded this amount and the related tax impact to facilitate an evaluation of our current operating performance and comparison to our past operating performance.
Acquisition-related costs. Acquisition-related costs consist primarily of one-time transaction and integration costs associated with our business combinations. These costs include professional fees, technology integration fees, restructuring activities and other direct costs related to the purchase and integration of
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acquired entities. ItThese costs also includesinclude retention equity and deferred equity compensation when they are agreed upon as part of the purchase price of the transaction but are required to be recognized as expense post-combination. We have excluded these amounts and the related tax impacts as the expenses are recognized for a limited duration and do not reflect the underlying performance of our business.
Litigation provision. During the six months ended March 31, 2022, we recorded an additional accrual to address claims associated with the interchange multidistrict litigation of $145 million, and related tax benefit of $32 million determined by applying applicable tax rates. Under the U.S. retrospective responsibility plan, we recover the monetary liabilities related to the U.S. covered litigation through a downward adjustment to the conversion rate of our class B common stock to shares of class A common stock. See Note 5—U.S. and Europe Retrospective Responsibility Plans and Note 13—Legal Matters to our unaudited consolidated financial statements.
Remeasurement of deferred tax balances. Russia-Ukraine charges.During the three and ninesix months ended June 30, 2021, in connection with the UK enacted legislation on June 10, 2021 that will increase the tax rate from 19% to 25%, effective April 1, 2023,March 31, 2022, we remeasured our net deferred tax liabilities, resulting in the recognition ofrecorded a non-recurring, non-cash income taxloss within general and administrative expense of $1.0 billion.$35 million from the deconsolidation of our Russian subsidiary. See Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to our unaudited consolidated financial statements. We also incurred charges of $25 million in personnel expense as a result of steps taken to support our employees in Russia and Ukraine. We have excluded these amounts and the related tax benefit of $4 million, determined by applying applicable tax rates, as they are one-time charges and do not reflect the underlying performance of our business.
Indirect taxes. taxes. During the ninethree and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021, we recognized a one-time charge within general and administrative expense of $152 million, before tax. Net of theand related income tax benefit of $40 million determined by applying applicable tax rates, non-GAAP net income increased by $112 million.rates. This charge is to record our estimate of probable additional indirect taxes, related to prior periods, for which we could be liable as a result of certain changes in applicable law. This one-time charge is not representative of our ongoing operations.
Non-GAAP operating expense,expenses, non-operating income (expense), income tax provision, effective income tax rate, net income and diluted earnings per share should not be relied upon as substitutes for, or considered in isolation from, measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The following tables reconcile our as-reported financial measures, calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, to our respective non-GAAP financial measures for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.measures:
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2021
Operating ExpensesNon-operating Income (Expense)Income Tax Provision
Effective Income Tax Rate(1)
Net
Income
Diluted Earnings Per Share(1)
(in millions, except percentages and per share data)
As reported$2,066 $325 $1,814 41.3 %$2,575 $1.18 
(Gains) losses on equity investments, net— (439)(99)(340)(0.16)
Amortization of acquired intangible assets(13)— 10 — 
Acquisition-related costs(5)— — 
Remeasurement of deferred tax balances— — (1,007)1,007 0.46 
Non-GAAP$2,048 $(114)$712 17.9 %$3,256 $1.49 

Nine Months Ended June 30, 2021
Operating ExpensesNon-operating Income (Expense)Income Tax Provision
Effective Income Tax Rate(1)
Net
Income
Diluted Earnings Per Share(1)
(in millions, except percentages and per share data)
As reported$6,057 $276 $3,038 25.8 %$8,727 $3.98 
(Gains) losses on equity investments, net— (611)(138)(473)(0.22)
Amortization of acquired intangible assets(38)— 29 0.01 
Acquisition-related costs(13)— 10 — 
Remeasurement of deferred tax balances— — (1,007)1,007 0.46 
Indirect taxes(152)— 40 112 0.05 
Non-GAAP$5,854 $(335)$1,945 17.1 %$9,412 $4.29 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
Operating ExpensesNon-operating Income (Expense)Income Tax Provision
Effective Income Tax Rate(1)
Net
Income
Diluted Earnings Per Share(1)
(in millions, except percentages and per share data)
As reported$1,838 $(67)$559 19.1 %$2,373 $1.07 
(Gains) losses on equity investments, net— (51)(11)(40)(0.02)
Amortization of acquired intangible assets(13)— 10 — 
Acquisition-related costs(4)— — — 
Non-GAAP$1,821 $(118)$551 19.0 %$2,347 $1.06 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Operating ExpensesNon-operating Income (Expense)Income Tax Provision
Effective Income Tax Rate(1)
Net
Income
Diluted Earnings Per Share(1)
(in millions, except percentages and per share data)
As reported$2,387 $(260)$895 19.7 %$3,647 $1.70 
(Gains) losses on equity investments, net— 127 28 99 0.05 
Amortization of acquired intangible assets(20)— 16 0.01 
Acquisition-related costs(20)— 18 0.01 
Russia-Ukraine charges(60)— 56 0.03 
Non-GAAP$2,287 $(133)$933 19.6 %$3,836 $1.79 
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Nine Months Ended June 30, 2020Six Months Ended March 31, 2022
Operating ExpensesNon-operating Income (Expense)Income Tax Provision
Effective Income Tax Rate(1)
Net
Income
Diluted Earnings Per Share(1)
Operating ExpensesNon-operating Income (Expense)Income Tax Provision
Effective Income Tax Rate(1)
Net
Income
Diluted Earnings Per Share(1)
(in millions, except percentages and per share data)(in millions, except percentages and per share data)
As reportedAs reported$5,806 $(204)$2,006 18.7 %$8,729 $3.92 As reported$4,670 $(139)$1,833 19.4 %$7,606 $3.54 
(Gains) losses on equity investments, net(Gains) losses on equity investments, net— (62)(14)(48)(0.02)(Gains) losses on equity investments, net— (104)(14)(90)(0.04)
Amortization of acquired intangible assetsAmortization of acquired intangible assets(35)— 27 0.01 Amortization of acquired intangible assets(33)— 26 0.01 
Acquisition-related costsAcquisition-related costs(11)— — Acquisition-related costs(30)— 26 0.01 
Litigation provisionLitigation provision(145)— 32 113 0.05 
Russia-Ukraine chargesRussia-Ukraine charges(60)— 56 0.03 
Non-GAAPNon-GAAP$5,760 $(266)$2,002 18.7 %$8,717 $3.91 Non-GAAP$4,402 $(243)$1,866 19.4 %$7,737 $3.60 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
Operating ExpensesNon-operating Income (Expense)Income Tax Provision
Effective Income Tax Rate(1)
Net
Income
Diluted Earnings Per Share(1)
(in millions, except percentages and per share data)
As reported$2,148 $47 $602 16.6 %$3,026 $1.38 
(Gains) losses on equity investments, net— (156)(35)(121)(0.05)
Amortization of acquired intangible assets(13)— 10 — 
Acquisition-related costs(5)— — 
Indirect taxes(152)— 40 112 0.05 
Non-GAAP$1,978 $(109)$611 16.8 %$3,031 $1.38 

Six Months Ended March 31, 2021
Operating ExpensesNon-operating Income (Expense)Income Tax Provision
Effective Income Tax Rate(1)
Net
Income
Diluted Earnings Per Share(1)
(in millions, except percentages and per share data)
As reported$3,991 $(49)$1,224 16.6 %$6,152 $2.80 
(Gains) losses on equity investments, net— (172)(39)(133)(0.06)
Amortization of acquired intangible assets(25)— 19 0.01 
Acquisition-related costs(8)— — 
Indirect taxes(152)— 40 112 0.05 
Non-GAAP$3,806 $(221)$1,233 16.7 %$6,156 $2.80 
(1)Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. Effective income tax rate, diluted earnings per share and their respective totals are calculated based on unrounded numbers.
Pending acquisitions. On June 24, 2021, we entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tink AB (“Tink”) for €1.8 billion, inclusive of cash and retention incentives. Tink is a European open banking platform that enables financial institutions, fintechs and merchants to build tailored financial management tools, products and services for European consumers and businesses based on their financial data. This acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory reviews and approvals.
On July 22, 2021, we entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Currency Cloud Group Limited (“Currencycloud”), a UK-based global platform that enables banks and fintechs to provide innovative foreign exchange solutions for cross-border payments. The acquisition values Currencycloud at £700 million, inclusive of cash and retention incentives. The financial consideration will be reduced by the outstanding equity of Currencycloud that we already own. This acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory reviews and approvals.
Common stock repurchases. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, we repurchased 10 million shares of our class A common stock in the open market for $2.2 billion. As of June 30, 2021, our repurchase program had remaining authorized funds of $7.8 billion. See Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity to our unaudited consolidated financial statements.
Payments volume and processed transactions. Payments volume is the primary driver for our service revenues, and the number of processed transactions is the primary driver for our data processing revenues.
For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021(1),Payments nominalvolume represents the aggregate dollar amount of purchases made with cards and other form factors carrying the Visa, Visa Electron, V PAY and Interlink brands and excludes Europe co-badged volume. Nominal payments volume growth in the U.S. was 18% and 11%, respectively, driven mainly by consumer debit. For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021, nominal international payments volume growth was 10% and 4%, respectively, positively impacted by movementsis denominated in U.S. dollar exchange rates. For the same comparable periods, international payments volume growth on a constant-dollar basis, which excludes the impact ofdollars and is calculated each quarter by applying an established U.S. dollar/foreign currency exchange rate movements, was 6% and 3%, respectively. for each local currency in which our volumes are reported.Processed transactions increased asrepresent transactions using cards and other form factors carrying the business laps the initial impacts of COVID-19 starting in March 2020Visa, Visa Electron, V PAY, Interlink and the increase also reflects the ongoing worldwide shift to electronic payments.PLUS brands processed on Visa’s networks.
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The following table presents nominal payments and cash volume:
U.S.InternationalVisa Inc.U.S.InternationalVisa Inc.
Three Months Ended March 31,(1)
Three Months Ended March 31,(1)
Three Months Ended March 31,(1)
Three Months Ended December 31,(1)
Three Months Ended December 31,(1)
Three Months Ended December 31,(1)
20212020
% Change(2)
20212020
% Change(2)
20212020
% Change(2)
20212020
% Change(2)
20212020
% Change(2)
20212020
% Change(2)
(in billions, except percentages)(in billions, except percentages)
Nominal payments volumeNominal payments volumeNominal payments volume
Consumer creditConsumer credit$384 $371 %$583 $567 %$967 $938 %Consumer credit$525 $414 27 %$707 $620 14 %$1,232 $1,034 19 %
Consumer debit(3)
Consumer debit(3)
607 451 34 %584 490 19 %1,191 942 26 %
Consumer debit(3)
651 556 17 %733 613 20 %1,384 1,169 18 %
Commercial(4)
Commercial(4)
167 160 %99 91 %265 251 %
Commercial(4)
218 171 28 %128 103 25 %347 273 27 %
Total nominal payments volume(2)
Total nominal payments volume(2)
1,157 983 18 %1,266 1,148 10 %2,423 2,131 14 %
Total nominal payments volume(2)
$1,394 $1,140 22 %$1,568 $1,336 17 %$2,963 $2,476 20 %
Cash volume158 139 14 %463 508 (9)%621 647 (4)%
Total nominal volume(2),(5)
$1,315 $1,122 17 %$1,729 $1,656 %$3,044 $2,778 10 %
Cash volume(5)
Cash volume(5)
153 143 %514 497 %667 640 %
Total nominal volume(2),(6)
Total nominal volume(2),(6)
$1,547 $1,283 21 %$2,083 $1,833 14 %$3,630 $3,116 16 %
U.S.InternationalVisa Inc.U.S.InternationalVisa Inc.
Nine Months Ended March 31,(1)
Nine Months Ended March 31,(1)
Nine Months Ended March 31,(1)
Six Months Ended December 31,(1)
Six Months Ended December 31,(1)
Six Months Ended December 31,(1)
20212020
% Change(2)
20212020
% Change(2)
20212020
% Change(2)
20212020
% Change(2)
20212020
% Change(2)
20212020
% Change(2)
(in billions, except percentages)(in billions, except percentages)
Nominal payments volumeNominal payments volumeNominal payments volume
Consumer creditConsumer credit$1,175 $1,200 (2)%$1,777 $1,874 (5)%$2,952 $3,074 (4)%Consumer credit$1,004 $791 27 %$1,359 $1,194 14 %$2,363 $1,985 19 %
Consumer debit(3)
Consumer debit(3)
1,717 1,356 27 %1,782 1,528 17 %3,500 2,884 21 %
Consumer debit(3)
1,291 1,111 16 %1,424 1,198 19 %2,715 2,309 18 %
Commercial(4)
Commercial(4)
501 502 — %296 299 (1)%797 801 — %
Commercial(4)
423 334 27 %246 197 25 %669 531 26 %
Total nominal payments volume(2)
Total nominal payments volume(2)
3,393 3,057 11 %3,855 3,702 %7,248 6,759 %
Total nominal payments volume(2)
$2,719 $2,237 22 %$3,028 $2,589 17 %$5,747 $4,825 19 %
Cash volume466 431 %1,443 1,649 (12)%1,909 2,081 (8)%
Total nominal volume(2),(5)
$3,859 $3,489 11 %$5,298 $5,351 (1)%$9,158 $8,840 %
Cash volume(5)
Cash volume(5)
332 308 %1,011 979 %1,342 1,287 %
Total nominal volume(2),(6)
Total nominal volume(2),(6)
$3,050 $2,545 20 %$4,039 $3,567 13 %$7,089 $6,112 16 %
The following table presents the change in nominal and constant payments and cash volume growth:volume:
InternationalVisa Inc.InternationalVisa Inc.InternationalVisa Inc.InternationalVisa Inc.
Three Months
Ended March 31,
2021 vs. 2020(1),(2)
Three Months
Ended March 31,
2021 vs. 2020(1),(2)
Nine Months
Ended March 31,
2021 vs. 2020(1),(2)
Nine Months
Ended March 31,
2021 vs. 2020(1),(2)
Three Months
Ended December 31,
2021 vs. 2020(1),(2)
Three Months
Ended December 31,
2021 vs. 2020(1),(2)
Six Months
Ended December 31,
2021 vs. 2020(1),(2)
Six Months
Ended December 31,
2021 vs. 2020(1),(2)
Nominal
Constant(6)
Nominal
Constant(6)
Nominal
Constant(6)
Nominal
Constant(6)
Nominal
Constant(7)
Nominal
Constant(7)
Nominal
Constant(7)
Nominal
Constant(7)
Payments volume growthPayments volume growthPayments volume growth
Consumer credit growthConsumer credit growth%(1)%%%(5)%(6)%(4)%(5)%Consumer credit growth14 %16 %19 %20 %14 %14 %19 %19 %
Consumer debit growth(3)
Consumer debit growth(3)
19 %15 %26 %24 %17 %16 %21 %21 %
Consumer debit growth(3)
20 %20 %18 %19 %19 %17 %18 %17 %
Commercial growth(4)
Commercial growth(4)
%%%%(1)%(2)%— %(1)%
Commercial growth(4)
25 %28 %27 %28 %25 %24 %26 %26 %
Total payments volume growthTotal payments volume growth10 %%14 %11 %%%%%Total payments volume growth17 %19 %20 %20 %17 %16 %19 %19 %
Cash volume growth(5)Cash volume growth(5)(9)%(7)%(4)%(3)%(12)%(9)%(8)%(5)%Cash volume growth(5)%%%%%%%%
Total volume growthTotal volume growth%%10 %%(1)%— %%%Total volume growth14 %15 %16 %18 %13 %13 %16 %16 %
(1)Service revenues in a given quarter are assessed based on nominal payments volume in the prior quarter. Therefore, service revenues reported for the three and ninesix months ended June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021, and 2020, respectively, were based on nominal payments volume reported by our financial institution clients for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. On occasion, previously presented volume information may be updated. Prior-period updates are not material.
(2)Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. Percentage changes and totals are calculated based on unrounded numbers.
(3)Includes consumer prepaid volume and Interlink volume.
(4)Includes large, medium and small business credit and debit, as well as commercial prepaid volume.
(5)Cash volume generally consists of cash access transactions, balance access transactions, balance transfers and convenience checks.
(6)Total nominal volume is the sum of total nominal payments volume and cash volume. Total nominal payments volume is the total monetary value of transactions for goods and services that are purchased on cards and other form factors carrying the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink and V PAY brands. Cash volume generally consists of cash access transactions, balance access transactions, balance transfers and convenience checks. Total nominal volume is provided by our financial institution clients, subject to review by Visa. On occasion, previously presented volume information may be updated. Prior-period updates are not material.
(6)(7)Growth on a constant-dollar basis excludes the impact of foreign currency fluctuations against the U.S. dollar.
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The following table providespresents the number of transactions involving cards and other form factors carrying the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink, V PAY and PLUS cards processed on Visa’s networks during the periods presented:transactions:
Three Months Ended
June 30,
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20212020
%
Change(1)
20212020
%
Change(1)
20222021
%
Change(1)
20222021
%
Change(1)
(in millions, except percentages)(in millions, except percentages)
Visa processed transactionsVisa processed transactions42,561 30,676 39 %119,418 103,391 16 %Visa processed transactions44,807 37,644 19 %92,366 76,857 20 %
(1)Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. Percentage change is calculated based on unrounded numbers. On occasion, previously presented information may be updated. Prior period updates are not material.
Results of Operations
Net Revenues
The following table sets forthpresents our net revenues earned in the U.S. and internationally:
Three Months Ended
June 30,
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20212020$
Change
%
Change(1)
20212020$
Change
%
Change(1)
20222021
%
Change(1)
20222021
%
Change(1)
(in millions, except percentages) (in millions, except percentages)
U.S.U.S.$2,806 $2,380 $426 18 %$8,156 $7,747 $409 %U.S.$3,079 $2,683 15 %$6,257 $5,350 17 %
InternationalInternational3,324 2,457 867 35 %9,390 8,998 392 %International4,110 3,046 35 %7,991 6,066 32 %
Net revenuesNet revenues$6,130 $4,837 $1,293 27 %$17,546 $16,745 $801 %Net revenues$7,189 $5,729 25 %$14,248 $11,416 25 %
(1)Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. Percentage changes are calculated based on unrounded numbers.
DuringNet revenues increased during the three-monththree and six-month comparable periods net revenues increased primarily due to the growth in nominal payments volume, processed transactions and nominal cross-border volume, driven by fewer COVID-19 restrictions, partially offset by higher client incentives. During the nine-month comparable periods, netNet revenues increased primarily due to the growthwere also positively impacted by our suspension of operations in nominal payments volume and processed transactions, partially offset by higher client incentives and lower nominal cross-border volume.Russia. See further discussion below.
Our net revenues are impacted by the overall strengthening or weakening of the U.S. dollar as payments volume and related revenues denominated in local currencies are converted to U.S. dollars. During the three and ninesix months ended June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, exchange rate movements which are partially mitigated byand our hedging program positivelynegatively impacted our net revenues growth by approximately one percentage point and one half of a percentage point, respectively.point.
The following table sets forthpresents the components of our net revenues:
Three Months Ended
June 30,
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20212020$
Change
%
Change(1)
20212020$
Change
%
Change(1)
20222021
%
Change(1)
20222021
%
Change(1)
(in millions, except percentages) (in millions, except percentages)
Service revenuesService revenues$2,828 $2,409 $419 17 %$8,350 $7,587 $763 10 %Service revenues$3,521 $2,845 24 %$6,714 $5,522 22 %
Data processing revenuesData processing revenues3,327 2,525 802 32 %9,356 8,100 1,256 15 %Data processing revenues3,480 2,996 16 %7,094 6,029 18 %
International transaction revenuesInternational transaction revenues1,696 1,102 594 54 %4,635 4,953 (318)(6)%International transaction revenues2,208 1,488 48 %4,382 2,939 49 %
Other revenuesOther revenues409 314 95 31 %1,185 1,071 114 11 %Other revenues474 392 21 %923 776 19 %
Client incentivesClient incentives(2,130)(1,513)(617)41 %(5,980)(4,966)(1,014)20 %Client incentives(2,494)(1,992)25 %(4,865)(3,850)26 %
Net revenuesNet revenues$6,130 $4,837 $1,293 27 %$17,546 $16,745 $801 %Net revenues$7,189 $5,729 25 %$14,248 $11,416 25 %
(1)Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. Percentage changes are calculated based on unrounded numbers.
Service revenues increased primarily due to 14%20% and 7%19% growth in nominal payments volume during the three and nine-monthsix-month comparable periods, respectively. ServiceIn addition, while we normally would have recognized revenues were also impacted by select pricing modifications and business mix.in fiscal third quarter based on fiscal second quarter payments volume, as a result of the suspension of our operations in Russia, this quarter we recognized revenues from our Russian clients based on fiscal second quarter payments volume.
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Data processing revenues increased mainlyprimarily due to overall growth in processed transactions of 39%19% and 16%20% during the three and nine-monthsix-month comparable periods, respectively, as the business laps the initial impacts of COVID-19 starting in March 2020 and various markets relaxed restrictions. For the three-month comparable period, the growth of data processing revenues was negatively impactedpartially offset by an unfavorable business mix.
International transaction revenues increased primarily due to growth in nominal cross-border volumes, excluding transactions within Europe, of 62%42% and 45% during the three-monththree and six-month comparable period, as the business laps the initial impacts of COVID-19 starting in March 2020 and border restrictions were relaxed in various markets. The decrease for the nine-month comparable period is mainly due to a decline in nominal cross-border volumes, excluding transactions within Europe, of 7%.periods, respectively. International transaction revenues were also impacted byincreased due to select pricing modifications and fluctuations in the volatility of a broad range of currencies, andpartially offset by business mix.mix.
Other revenues increased as the business laps the initial impacts of COVID-19 starting in March 2020, driven byprimarily due to higher consulting and data services revenues.marketing revenues and other value added services.
Client incentives increased in correlation with the increaseprimarily due to growth in payments volumesvolume during the three and nine-monthsix-month comparable periods. The amount of client incentives we record in future periods will vary based on changes in performance expectations, actual client performance, amendments to existing contracts or execution of new contracts.
Operating Expenses
The following table sets forthpresents the components of our total operating expenses:
Three Months Ended
June 30,
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20212020$
Change
%
Change(1)
20212020$
Change
%
Change(1)
20222021
%
Change(1)
20222021
%
Change(1)
(in millions, except percentages) (in millions, except percentages)
PersonnelPersonnel$1,098 $941 $157 17 %$3,193 $2,863 $330 12 %Personnel$1,226 $1,114 10 %$2,351 $2,095 12 %
MarketingMarketing268 174 94 54 %679 683 (4)(1)%Marketing314 206 53 %594 411 45 %
Network and processingNetwork and processing186 172 14 %538 536 — %Network and processing190 179 %380 352 %
Professional feesProfessional fees108 95 13 13 %273 304 (31)(10)%Professional fees125 82 53 %225 165 36 %
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization204 197 %602 571 31 %Depreciation and amortization207 201 %405 398 %
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative204 258 (54)(21)%770 840 (70)(8)%General and administrative325 363 (10 %)567 566 — %
Litigation provisionLitigation provision(2)(3)(309)%2 (7)(73)%Litigation provision NM148 NM
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses$2,066 $1,838 $228 12 %$6,057 $5,806 $251 %Total operating expenses$2,387 $2,148 11 %$4,670 $3,991 17 %
NM - Not meaningful
(1)Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. Percentage changes are calculated based on unrounded numbers.
Total operating expenses increased primarily due to the planned delay of our spend as revenue was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the first half of the prior year. Total operating expenses were also impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Personnel expenses increased primarily due to increases inhigher headcount and higher incentive compensation, reflecting our strategy to invest in future growth.growth, and expenses incurred as a result of steps taken to support our employees in Russia and Ukraine.
Marketing expenses increased during the three months ended June 30, 2021 as we lapped reductionsplanned delays in spending in the prior year at the outset of COVID-19 as well as higher spending in client marketing and various campaigns, including the OlympicBeijing 2022 Olympics Winter Games, Tokyo 2020, which were postponed until summer 2021. During the nine months ended June 30, 2021,and client marketing expenses decreased primarily due to the planned delay in spending to the second half of fiscal 2021.
Network and processing expenses increased mainly due to higher continued technology and processing network investments to support growth.
Professional feeswhich were increased primarily due to higher consulting fees as we lapped planned delays in spending in the prior year.
primarily third party fees related to various corporate projects, increasedGeneral and administrative expenses decreased and was approximately flat during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 mainlyMarch 31, 2022, respectively, primarily due to the planned delaya one-time charge of our spending to the second half of fiscal 2021. During the nine months ended June 30, 2021, professional fees decreased reflecting non-recurring expensesindirect taxes in the prior year, partially offset by planned delayincreases in expenses due to the suspension of our spending to the second halfoperations in Russia, deconsolidation of fiscal 2021.our Russian subsidiary and higher usage of travel related card benefits.
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Depreciation and amortization expenses Litigation provisionincreased during the six months ended March 31, 2022 primarily due to an additional depreciation and amortization from our on-going investments, including acquisitions.
General and administrative expenses decreased in the three months ended June 30, 2021, primarily as a result of favorable foreign currency fluctuations and lower indirect taxes, partially offset by increased usage of travel related product benefits. In the nine months ended June 30, 2021, expenses decreased due to lower travel expenses, lower usage of travel related product benefits and favorable foreign currency fluctuations, partially offset by a one-time charge to record our estimate of probable additional indirect taxes,$145 million accrual related to prior periods, for which we could be liable as a result of certain changes in applicable laws.the U.S. covered litigation. See Note 5—U.S. and Europe Retrospective Responsibility Plans and Note 13—Legal Matters to our unaudited consolidated financial statements.
Non-operating Income (Expense)
The following table sets forthpresents the components of our non-operating income (expense):
Three Months Ended
June 30,
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20212020$
Change
%
Change(1)
20212020$
Change
%
Change(1)
20222021
%
Change(1)
20222021
%
Change(1)
(in millions, except percentages) (in millions, except percentages)
Interest expense, netInterest expense, net$(131)$(142)$11 (8)%$(388)$(371)$(17)%Interest expense, net$(134)$(121)10 %$(268)$(257)%
Investment income and otherInvestment income and other456 75 381 499 %664 167 497 296 %Investment income and other(126)168 (174 %)129 208 (38 %)
Total non-operating income (expense)Total non-operating income (expense)$325 $(67)$392 (591)%$276 $(204)$480 (235)%Total non-operating income (expense)$(260)$47 (644 %)$(139)$(49)185 %
(1)Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. Percentage changes are calculated based on unrounded numbers.
Interest expense, net decreased duringincreased in the three and six months ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 primarily as a result of lowerhigher interest expense related to income taxtaxes liabilities. Interest expense, net increased duringThe increase in the nine-month comparable period primarily due to the issuance of debt in fiscal 2020,six months ended March 31, 2022 was partially offset by lower interest expense due to discrete tax benefits.lower outstanding debt and derivative instruments that lowered the cost of borrowing.
Investment income and other increaseddecreased in the three and nine months ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 primarily due to higherlosses on our equity investments. Investment income and other decreased in the six months ended March 31, 2022 primarily due to lower gains on our equity investments, partially offset by lower interest income on our cash and investments.
Effective Income Tax Rate
The following table sets forthpresents our effective income tax rates:
 Three Months Ended
June 30,
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
 2021202020212020
Effective income tax rate41 %19 %26 %19 %
 Three Months Ended
March 31,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
 2022202120222021
Effective income tax rate20 %17 %19 %17 %
The effective income tax rates for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2021 differ fromdifference in the effective tax rates for the same periods in the prior yearis primarily due to the following:

during the three months ended June 30, 2021, a $1.0 billion non-recurring, non-cash tax expense related to the remeasurement of UK deferred tax liabilities, as discussed below;
during the three months ended June 30, 2021, a $51$66 million tax benefit as a result of a tax position taken on certain expenses; and
during the nine months ended June 30, 2021, $147 million of tax benefits recognized during the three and six months ended March 31, 2021, respectively, as a result of the conclusion of audits by taxing authorities.
On June 10, 2021, the UK enacted legislation that will increase the tax rate from 19% to 25%, effective April 1, 2023. As a result, we recorded a non-recurring, non-cash tax expense related to the remeasurement of our net UK deferred tax liabilities, primarily related to intangibles recorded upon the acquisition of Visa Europe in fiscal 2016.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash Flow Data
The following table summarizes our cash flow activity for the periods presented:
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
March 31,
20212020 20222021
(in millions) (in millions)
Total cash provided by (used in):Total cash provided by (used in):Total cash provided by (used in):
Operating activitiesOperating activities$11,256 $8,344 Operating activities$7,721 $6,842 
Investing activitiesInvesting activities1,546 2,308 Investing activities(2,332)1,474 
Financing activitiesFinancing activities(10,791)(4,723)Financing activities(8,367)(7,945)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalentsEffect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents92 173 Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents(305)16 
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalentsIncrease (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents$2,103 $6,102 Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents$(3,283)$387 
Operating activities. Cash provided by operating activities for the ninesix months ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 was higher than the prior-year comparable period primarily due to growth in our underlying business, lowerpartially offset by higher client incentive payments and the timing and impact of COVID-19 on settlement in the prior-year period.payments.
Investing activities. Cash was used in investing activities for the six months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to cash provided by investing activities forduring the nine months ended June 30, 2021 decreasedprior-year comparable period, primarily due to higher cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash and restricted cash acquired, and lower proceeds from sales and maturities, net of purchases of investment securities, partially offset by higher salessecurities. See Note 2—Acquisitions and maturities of investment securities as comparedNote 4—Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents to the prior-year period.our unaudited consolidated financial statements.
Financing activities. Cash used in financing activities for the ninesix months ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 was higher than the prior-year comparable period primarily due to higher share repurchases and higher dividends paid, partially offset by the $3.0 billionabsence of the principal debt payment upon maturity of our senior notesmade in December 2020the prior year and the absence of proceeds received from the issuance of senior notescommercial paper in the prior year, partially offset by lower share repurchases.current year. See Note 7—Debt and Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity to our unaudited consolidated financial statements.
Sources of Liquidity
Our primary sources of liquidity are cash on hand, cash flow from our operations, our investment portfolio and access to various equity and borrowing arrangements. Funds from operations are maintained in cash and cash equivalents and short-term or long-term investment securities based upon our funding requirements, access to liquidity from these holdings and the returns that these holdings provide. Based on our current cash flow budgets and forecasts of our short-term and long-term liquidity needs, we believe that our current and projected sources of liquidity will be sufficient to meet our projected liquidity needs for more than the next 12 months. We will continue to assess our liquidity position and potential sources of supplemental liquidity in view of our operating performance, current economic and capital market conditions and other relevant circumstances.
Commercial paper program. We maintain a commercial paper program to support our working capital requirements and for other general corporate purposes. The carrying amount outstanding at March 31, 2022 of $300 million was fully repaid in April 2022. See Note 7—Debt to our unaudited consolidated financial statements.
Uses of Liquidity
There has been no significant change to our primary uses of liquidity since September 30, 2020,2021, except as discussed below.
Common stock repurchases. During the ninesix months ended June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, we repurchased 27 million sharesof our class A common stock in the open market for $5.7$7.1 billion. As of June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, our repurchase program had remaining authorized funds of $7.8$9.8 billion. See Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity to our unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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Dividends. During the ninesix months ended June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, we declared and paid $2.1$1.6 billion in dividends to holders of our common and preferred stock. On July 23, 2021,April 22, 2022, our board of directors declared a cash dividend in the amount of $0.32$0.375 per share of class A common stock (determined in the case of class B and C common stock and series A, UK&IB and EuropeC convertible participating preferred stock on an as-converted basis), which will be paid on September 1, 2021, to all holders of record as of August 13, 2021.. See Note 9—Stockholders’ Equity to our unaudited consolidated financial statements. We expect to continue paying quarterly dividends in cash, subject to approval by the board of directors. All preferred and class B and C common stock will share ratably on an as-converted basis in such future dividends.
Senior notes.��During the nine months ended June 30, 2021, we repaid $3.0 billion of principal upon maturity of Principal payments on our fixed-rate senior notes of $1.0 billion and $2.3 billion are due in September 2022 and December 14, 2020.2022, respectively, for which we have sufficient liquidity. See Note 7—Debt to our unaudited consolidated financial statements.
Pending Litigation. During December 2021, we deposited $250 million into the U.S. litigation escrow account to address claims associated with the interchange multidistrict litigation. The balance of this account as of March 31, 2022 was $882 million and is reflected as restricted cash in our consolidated balance sheets. See Note 5—U.S. and Europe Retrospective Responsibility Plans and Note 13—Legal Matters to our unaudited consolidated financial statements.
Acquisitions. On June 24,December 20, 2021, we entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tink for €1.8 billion, inclusive of cash and retention incentives. This acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory reviews and approvals.
On July 22, 2021, we entered into a definitive agreement to acquireacquired Currencycloud for a total purchase consideration of $893 million (which includes the fair value of £700 million, inclusiveour previously held equity interest in Currencycloud), and on March 10, 2022, we acquired 100% of cash and retention incentives. Thethe share capital of Tink for $1.9 billion in cash. See Note 2—Acquisitions to our unaudited consolidated financial consideration will be reduced by the outstanding equity of Currencycloud that we already own. This acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory reviews and approvals.statements.
Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In December 2019,March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Board Update (“ASU”) 2019-12, which simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in the existing guidance for income taxes and making other minor improvements. The amendments in the ASU are effective on October 1, 2021. The adoption is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In January 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-01, which clarifies that an entity should consider observable transactions that require it to either apply or discontinue the equity method of accounting for the purposes of applying the fair value measurement alternative. The amendments in the ASU are effective on October 1, 2021. The adoption is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, which provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying U.S. GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. Subsequently, the FASB also issued an amendment to this standard. The amendments in the ASU are effective upon issuance through December 31, 2022. We are evaluating the effect ASU 2020-04 and its subsequent amendment will have on our consolidated financial statements. The adoption is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
ITEM 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
There have been no significant changes to our market risks since September 30, 2020.2021.
ITEM 4.Controls and Procedures
DisclosureEvaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of Visa Inc. at the end of the period covered by this report and, based on such evaluation, have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures of Visa Inc. were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of such date.
Changes in internal control over financial reporting. There have been no changes in theour internal control over financial reporting of Visa Inc. that occurred during theour second quarter of fiscal period covered by this report2022 that hashave materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, ourthe Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
 
ITEM 1.Legal Proceedings.
Refer to Note 13—Legal Matters to the unaudited consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q for a description of the Company’s current material legal proceedings. 
ITEM 1A.Risk Factors.
For a discussion ofThere have been no material updates to the Company’s risk factors, see the information under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2020, filed with the SEC on November 19, 20202021, other than as set forth below.
Business Risks
Global economic, political, market, health and social events or conditions, including the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, may harm our business.
More than half of our net revenues are earned outside the U.S. International cross-border transaction revenues represent a significant part of our revenue and are an important part of our growth strategy. Our revenues are dependent on the volume and number of payment transactions made by consumers, governments, and businesses whose spending patterns may be affected by prevailing economic, political, market, health and social events or conditions. Adverse macroeconomic conditions, including recessions, inflation, high unemployment, currency fluctuations, actual or anticipated large-scale defaults or failures, or a slowdown of global trade could decrease consumer and corporate confidence and reduce consumer, small business, government, and corporate spending which have a direct impact on our revenues. In addition, outbreaks of illnesses, pandemics like COVID-19, or other local or global health issues, political uncertainties, international hostilities, armed conflict, or unrest, climate-related events, including the increasing frequency of extreme weather events, and natural disasters could negatively impact our operations, clients, third-party suppliers, activities in a particular location or globally, and cross-border travel and spend. Geopolitical trends towards nationalism, protectionism, and restrictive visa requirements, as well as continued activity and uncertainty around economic sanctions, tariffs or trade restrictions could limit the expansion of our business in certain regions. In addition, as governments, investors and other stakeholders face additional pressures to accelerate actions to address climate change and other environmental, governance and social topics, governments may implement regulations or investors and other stakeholders may impose new expectations or focus investments in ways that cause significant shifts in disclosure, commerce and consumption behaviors that may have negative impacts on our business. As a result of any of these factors, any decline in cross-border travel and spend could impact the number of cross-border transactions we process and our currency exchange activities, which in turn would reduce our international transaction revenues.
Starting in February 2022, the U.S. imposed sanctions against Russia, and may impose additional material financial and economic sanctions and export controls against certain Russian organizations and/or individuals, with similar actions either implemented or planned by the European Union, United Kingdom and other jurisdictions and authorities. Visa is complying, and will continue to comply, with all applicable global sanctions. We announced in March 2022 that we were suspending our operations in Russia. As a result, we are no longer generating revenue from domestic and cross-border activities related to Russia. For the first half of fiscal 2022 and full year fiscal 2021, total net revenues from Russia, including revenues driven by domestic as well as cross-border activities, were approximately 4% of our consolidated net revenues. All transactions initiated with Visa cards issued by financial institutions outside Russia no longer work within Russia, and all transactions on cards issued in Russia no longer work outside the country. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and any further actions by, or in response to such actions by, Russia or its allies could have lasting impact on Ukraine as well as other regional and global economies, any or all of which could adversely affect our business; including, but not limited to, accelerating efforts in certain countries to mitigate the risk of potential sanctions on their economies by bolstering their own domestic payment capabilities or implementing other nationalistic laws or policies, as well increased cyber-threats from state sponsored or nation-state actors.
A decline in economic, political, market, health and social conditions could impact our clients as well, and their decisions could reduce the number of cards, accounts, and credit lines of their account holders, which ultimately impact our revenues. They may also implement cost-reduction initiatives that reduce or eliminate marketing budgets, and decrease spending on optional or enhanced value added services from us. Any events or conditions
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that impair the functioning of the financial markets, tighten the credit market, or lead to a downgrade of our current credit rating could increase our future borrowing costs and impair our ability to access the capital and credit markets on favorable terms, which could affect our liquidity and capital resources, or significantly increase our cost of capital. If clients default on their settlement obligations, it may also impact our liquidity. Any of these events could adversely affect our volumes and revenue.
The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic remain difficult to predict due to numerous uncertainties, including the transmissibility and severity of new variants of the virus; the uptake and effectiveness of health and safety measures or actions that are voluntarily adopted by the public or required by governments or public health authorities, including the availability of vaccines and treatments; the impact of the reopening of borders and resumption of international travel; and the impact to our employees and our operations, the business of our clients, suppliers and business partners; and other factors such as:
third party disruptions, including potential outages at network providers, call centers and other suppliers;
increased consumer dispute volumes due to travel or event cancellations and the speed or accuracy in processing refunds;
increased cyber and payment fraud risk, as cybercriminals attempt DDoS related attacks, phishing scams and other disruptive actions, given the shift to online banking, ecommerce and other online activity, as well as more employees working remotely as a result of the ongoing pandemic;
challenges to the availability and reliability of our network due to changes to normal operations, including the possibility of one or more clusters of COVID-19 cases occurring at our data centers, affecting our employees, or affecting the systems or employees of our issuers, acquirers or merchants;
additional regulatory requirements, including, for example, government initiatives or requests to reduce or eliminate payments fees or other costs. A number of countries have taken steps to temporarily cap interchange or other fees on electronic payments as part of their COVID-19 economic relief measures. It is possible that some or all of these caps may become permanent over time, or that we see governments introduce additional and/or new pricing caps in future economic relief initiatives. In addition, proponents of interchange and/or MDR regulation may try to position government intervention as necessary to support recovery efforts. In an overall soft global economy, such pricing measures could result in additional financial pressures on our business; and
workforce impacts, such as difficulty recruiting, retaining, training, motivating and developing employees due to evolving health and safety protocols; changing worker expectations and talent marketplace variability regarding flexible work models; restrictions on immigration, travel and employee mobility; and the challenges of maintaining our strong corporate culture, which values communication, collaboration and connections, while some employees continue to work from home.
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ITEM 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIESIssuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The table below sets forthpresents our purchases of common stock during the quarter ended June 30, 2021:March 31, 2022:
PeriodTotal Number 
of Shares
Purchased
Average Purchase Price 
per Share
Total Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced
Plans or Programs(1),(2)
Approximate Dollar Value
of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans or Programs(1),(2)
(in millions, except per share data)
April 1 - 30, 2021$224.40 $9,314 
May 1 - 31, 2021$227.12 $8,380 
June 1 - 30, 2021$232.03 $7,732 
Total10 $227.83 10 
PeriodTotal Number 
of Shares
Purchased
Average Purchase Price 
per Share
Total Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced
Plans or Programs(1)
Approximate Dollar Value
of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans or Programs(1)
(in millions, except per share data)
January 1 - 31, 2022$211.99 $11,570 
February 1 - 28, 2022$222.50 $11,059 
March 1 - 31, 2022$204.65 $9,690 
Total14 $210.19 14 
(1)The figures in the table reflect transactions according to the trade dates. For purposes of our unaudited consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q, the impact of these repurchases is recorded according to the settlement dates.
(2)See Our board of directors from timeNote 9—Stockholders’ Equity to time authorizes the repurchase of shares of our common stock up to a certain monetary limit. In January 2020 and 2021,unaudited consolidated financial statements for further discussion on our board of directors authorized a share repurchase program for $9.5 billion and $8.0 billion, respectively. These authorizations have no expiration date. All share repurchase programs authorized prior to January 2021 have been completed.programs.
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ITEM 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None. 
ITEM 4.Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5.Other Information.
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ITEM 6.Exhibits.
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
VISA INC.
Date:July 29, 2021April 28, 2022By: /s/ Alfred F. Kelly, Jr.
Name: Alfred F. Kelly, Jr.
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date:July 29, 2021April 28, 2022By:/s/ Vasant M. Prabhu
Name:Vasant M. Prabhu
Title:Vice Chairman andChair, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Date:July 29, 2021April 28, 2022By: /s/ James H. Hoffmeister
Name: James H. Hoffmeister
Title: Global Corporate Controller, and
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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