Company Fact Sheet

Global Headquarters
2099 Gateway Place, Suite 600
San Jose, CA, 95110, USA
Main Phone: 1-408-330-6300
Main Fax: 1-408-330-6390

Business
VeriFone is the global leader in secure electronic payment solutions, providing expertise, solutions and services that add value to the point of sale.

Products & Markets
VeriFone provides merchant-operated, consumer-facing and self-service payment systems for the financial, retail, hospitality, petroleum, government and healthcare industries.  The company’s solutions are utilized by merchants, processors and acquirers in developed and emerging economies worldwide.

Stock Exchange
New York (NYSE) and Tel Aviv (TASE) under the symbol “PAY”

Financial

Revenue        FY06 $576M*        FY07 $910M*  
EPS FY06 $1.07* FY07 $1.41*

(*First Call Consensus Estimates)

Number of employees
Approximately 2,000 worldwide

Sales/Marketing Offices
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

R&D and Manufacturing Facilities
Turkey, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, China, France, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, U.K., United States

Key Events

  • 1981, founded 1981 in Hawaii
  • 1989, ships 1 millionth system
  • 1990, listed as public company on NASDAQ
  • 1997, acquired by Hewlett-Packard Co.
  • 2001, acquired by Gores Technology
  • 2002, recapitalized by GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC
  • 2005, listed as public company on New York Stock Exchange

Acquisitions

  • 2005, GO Software
  • 2006, Payment Systems Business of Trintech
  • 2006, Lipman Electronic Engineering