Potential Debit Network Sale Could Unlock Value; Another Leadership Change Adds to Uncertainty

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Potential Debit Network Sale Could Unlock Value; Another Leadership Change Adds to Uncertainty

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July 8, 2026 02:22 PM GMT

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLCMFiserv Inc. | North America James E Faucette

Equity Analyst

Potential Debit Network Sale James.Faucette@morganstanley.comMeryl R Thomas, CFA +1 212 296-5771

Research Associate

Meryl.Thomas@morganstanley.com +1 212 761-0774

Could Unlock Value; Another Michael N Infante

Michael.Infante@morganstanley.com +1 212 761-4631

Leadership Change Adds to Shefali Tamaskar

Shefali.Tamaskar@morganstanley.com +1 212 761-4948

Uncertainty

Fiserv Inc. (FISV.O, FISV US)

What happened: WSJ reported that US banks are exploring an acquisition of FISV’s Payments and Processing | United States of America

debit networks (STAR and Accel) to circumvent debit interchange limits imposed by Stock Rating Equal-weight

Industry View Attractive

the Durbin Amendment. The article, citing “people familiar with the matter”, reports Price target $65.00

Shr price, close (Jul 6, 2026) $51.78

that banks including JPM, BAC, WFC, and PNC have engaged with FISV over a

Mkt cap, curr (mm) $26,770

potential deal, but that at least “several of the banks” have indicated that they are 52-Week Range $175.92-47.04

unlikely to pursue an acquisition. Fiserv and other parties mentioned did not provide

a comment to the WSJ and we have no knowledge of any potential transaction.

JPMorgan (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo (WFC) & PNC Financial

Services (PNC) are covered by Manan Gosalia; Capital One Financial (COF) is covered

by Jeffrey Adelson.

Separately, Dhivya Suryadevara’s resignation likely to be viewed as

incrementally negative as investors assess execution risk in Financial Solutions,

leadership continuity, and durability of strategic reset.