We have to know that we enable not just financial institutions to serve
their customers with excellence and confidence, but its merchants, and its a broader swath of billers, and its more than six million merchants who use who will be using our technology the day after we close.
So its an exciting time, but were big, and were bold. We announced last year that we were elevating our
brand and putting it on the Fiserv Forum, right?
And it was a symbol that we were going to move from being a little bit
more in the background to being a little bit more front and center. And I think we can argue that this step in the world of FinTech and payments puts us right dead center of how the networks of the world will operate. And, again, thats an
exciting time for us at Fiserv.
Now, keep in mind that we took this step not because we had to but because we wanted to.
We know that were in the midst of a transformation, the digitization of everything we do, and that we are facing every minute of every day the implications of rising expectations on their clients and customers.
And its a time to be bold. Its a time that requires us to be excellent in everything we do, to lead different, to
partner different, and to deliver to deliver quality in every single interaction.
We had a senior leadership
meeting last week, and one of the things that we talked about is how how proud we were that that we went from a mission in vision, which some people have said, I saw a Tweet that said it was so passe mission in
vision it was so passe, and we adopted a purpose and an aspiration. And our aspiration is to move money and information in a way that moves the world.
And were serious about that aspiration, and thats one of the reasons why we did this today because we wanted to be
everywhere where people move money and information in a way that moves the world.
In 2019 well celebrate our 35th
anniversary. We are recognized for the last five years in a row as the worlds most admired company. As I mentioned, were part of the Fortune 500. And actually in many in many camps people view Fiserv as a true American success
story, but its important for us to know that thats in the past.
Tomorrow is a new horizon for Fiserv. We
cant have it been what we used to do, or what we were, or what was. That was then, and this is now. Weve taken that transformational leap, and weve done it before. We did it in 2007 when we brought Fiserv and CheckFree together and
created a at the time a payments and FinTech powerhouse.
Today weve taken a step to be the best FinTech on
the planet. Lets all make sure we bask in that for just a minute, right, and that we feel good about what weve done and where were going to go.
And we feel great when we see the when were surrounded by the beauty of orange. And that beauty is now going to
permeate globally. Were now just not a U.S.-based company. Weve got many more associates and many more clients all around the world.
And so the stakes are higher, the rewards are bigger, and theres never been a better part better time to be part
of Fiserv. So let me say thank you.
This is, I think, an amazing way to start a new year. 2019 were going to
remember for a long time. Im going to thank you for everything youve done. Im going to thank you for everything youre going to do.
Lets go out. Lets talk to our clients. Lets talk to our associates, our friends and our families and let
them know how proud we are to be part of the best. Thanks everyone, and have a great day.