Visa was founded in 1958 in California and now operates the world’s largest retail electronic payments network, providing processing services and payment product platforms to consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries. This includes consumer credit, debit, prepaid and commercial payments, which are offered under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink and PLUS brands. Visa enjoys unsurpassed acceptance around the world, and Visa/PLUS is one of the world’s largest global ATM networks, offering cash access in local currency in more than 170 countries.

As an association owned by more than 20,000 financial institutions members, Visa is committed to the sustained growth of electronic payment systems and as such develops common standards and specifications to facilitate commerce and provide its member financial institutions with global payment platform development.