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Stifel Financial is a diversified financial-services provider focused on wealth management, investment banking, and lending. Founded in 1890 as a Saint Louis-based full-service brokerage firm, Stifel has been been transformed during the past three decades by CEO Ronald Kruszewski through a handful of acquisitions, turning it into a globally competitive wealth manager, investment bank, and retail and institutional brokerage. The firm generated $5.5 billion in revenue in 2025, with roughly two-thirds derived from wealth management and one-third derived from trading and investment banking.

Visa is the largest payment processor in the world. In fiscal 2025, it processed almost $17 trillion in total volume. Visa operates in over 200 countries and processes transactions in over 160 currencies. Its systems are capable of processing over 65,000 transactions per second.