Global Presence
In Every Corner of the World
Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, banks and governments in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Visa Inc.’s headquarters are in San Francisco, and we have approximately 5,500 employees around the world. We operate three data centers on two continents.
The company has four operating regions: Asia-Pacific; Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa; Latin America and Caribbean; and North America. Visa Europe is a separate membership entity that is an exclusive licensee of Visa Inc.’s trademarks and technology in the European region.
Today, our network spans:1
• 16,200 financial institution customers
• 29 million merchant outlets2
• 1.5 million ATMs2
• 200 countries and territories
• 1.7 billion Visa cards
Driving Global Commerce
Visa has built one of the world’s most advanced processing networks, capable of handling more than 10,000 transactions per second reliably, conveniently and securely. In the four quarters ended June 30, 2009, our global network processed:
• 59 billion total transactions3
• $4.3 trillion total volume4
• $2.7 trillion payments volume
1As of the four quarters ended June 30, 2009.
2As reported by client financial institutions and therefore may be subject to change; includes merchant outlets and ATMs in the Visa Europe territory.
3 Includes payments and cash transactions.
4As reported by client financial institutions and therefore may be subject to change.
