|
|
Visa
Visa cards are the world's most widely used form of "plastic" payment. As of December 2000, more than $1.8 trillion in products and services were purchased using Visa cards, and Visa's worldwide market share, at sixty percent, was greater than that of all other major payment cards combined. There are more than one billion Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink, PLUS, and Visa Cash cards in the market today. Visa-branded cards are accepted at more than twenty million locations in more than 150 countries, making Visa the closest thing there is to a universal currency.
For more information on Visa, explore:
Corporate Profile: Management team, corporate profiles, and facts and figures
History: Visa's history, timelines
Newsroom: Press releases and articles
On this page
The payments leader
Vision
The payment card industry is only a little more than forty years old. Just a few decades ago, shoppers could pay for their purchases solely with cash or checks. Today, payment cards have become an integral part of our lives—whether we use them for credit or debit, for travel or at home, for purchases, or at the ATM. Owning a payment card opens up a whole new world of possibilities. Visa International's more than 21,000 member financial institutions have helped us become the world's leading full-service payment network. In a highly competitive industry, Visa's products and services have emerged as the payment options of choice for consumers in 300 countries and territories.
The way the world pays
Visa operates the world's largest and most sophisticated consumer payments processing system, with enough communications lines to encircle the globe nearly 400 times. The Visa network, known as VisaNet, processes more than 3,700 transactions every second during its peak season, and is capable of handling transactions denominated in 160 different currencies.
A membership association
Jointly owned by more than 21,000 member financial institutions around the globe, Visa's mission is to enhance the competitiveness and profitability of its members. While Visa itself does not offer cards or financial services directly to consumers and merchants, it plays a pivotal role in advancing new payment products and technologies on behalf of its members. Visa member institutions offer the industry's widest range of payment products and services, including:
Credit, debit, and prepaid cards
Corporate, purchasing, and business cards
Travelers Cheques
Visa TravelMoney
Vision
Visa's vision is to continue to be "The World's Best Way to Pay" for consumers and businesses.
The value of the brand
Market research and usage statistics validate that consumers consistently choose Visa over any other major payment brand. And the Visa brand is a trusted seal of approval that members can use as a platform to meet their objectives for increasing consumer confidence, enhancing customer relationships, and ultimately driving usage in new markets.
Found 28 art galleries where you can explore and buy art.
Displaying 1 to 20:
|
|
|
|
|
