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Payment network · Card scheme · Global
Visa
Global card payment network connecting issuing and acquiring banks with merchants in more than 200 countries and territories. Originated as Bank of America's BankAmericard program in 1958 and was renamed Visa in 1976.
- Type
- Card scheme
- Operator
- Visa Inc.
- Region
- Global
- Currency
- Multi
- Launched
- 1958
- Settlement model
- deferred net
- Website
- www.visa.com
Approximate reference data from public sources · seed-0.1 · 2026-08-28 · not real-time, not advice. See data & methodology.
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