Visa is a credit card brand, which is operated and managed by the Visa International Service Association in San Francisco, California, USA. VISA International is a non-stock and non-profit international bank card organization, which consists of more than 26,5438+0,000 members from global financial institutions. VISA card was issued in 1976, and its predecessor was American bank card issued by Bank of America.
VISA's new logo is international, and Bank of America has other names before Visa. Bank of America's "blue-white-gold" pattern is also used on these cards. In Britain, it is called Barclays Card, which is issued by Barclays Bank. In Canada, a banking consortium including Toronto Dominion Bank, Imperial Commercial Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Nova Scotia issued a bank card named Chargex. In France, it is called Carte Bleue.
VISA is one of the most famous payment brands in the world. VISA cooperates with VISA merchants, ATMs and member financial institutions around the world to make this dream come true.
Visa card entity VISA global electronic payment network-VISA Net-is the most extensive, powerful and advanced consumer payment processing system in the world, constantly fulfilling the promise of making your VISA cartoon line universal. At present, more than 20 million merchants around the world accept VISA cards, and there are more than 840,000 ATMs around the world. Therefore, VISA's global network allows you to use your VISA card conveniently no matter where you are.
VISA International itself does not issue cards directly. In the Asia-Pacific region, VISA International has more than 700 member financial institutions and issues various VISA payment instruments, including credit cards, debit cards, corporate cards, business cards and purchasing cards. In Chinese mainland, almost all commercial banks issue Visa cards. Today, Bank of JPMorgan Chase is the world's largest Visa card issuing bank. These products can make you feel safe, convenient and reliable when you consume.
VISA has set up representative offices in Beijing and Shanghai 1993 and 1996 respectively. VISA has 17 Chinese-funded member financial institutions and 5 foreign-funded member banks in China, including UnionPay. By the end of March 2005, VISA had issued about 5.4 million VISA cards in Chinese mainland, which were used by 65,438+07,000 ATMs, and the transaction volume of VISA in Chinese mainland reached 3.2 billion US dollars.
More than 24 million merchant trading points in the world can accept Visa cards, and 6,543.8+00,000 ATMs can withdraw cash services, which is infinitely convenient. There are more than 6,543.8 billion Visa cards in circulation around the world, which proves that Visa is the most popular payment brand.