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Currency of Progress

Explore Visa

  • Innovation

    Read about Visa’s global strategy to enable consumers to transact wherever and whenever they choose, using a card, a computer or a mobile device. Read more...

  • Visa Viewpoints Blog

    Our Visa Viewpoints blog is a forum for us to share Visa's perspective on the latest news, issues and trends affecting our business and the payments industry overall.Read more...

  • Security

    Visa employs multiple layers of security to protect cardholder data.Read more...

What is Visa?

About Visa

Visa is a global payments technology company that enables consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments to use digital currency instead of cash and checks.

Many people believe Visa issues cards, extends credit and sets rates and fees. We don’t. We give more people in more places access to electronic payments.

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History of Visa