VISA, also translated as Visa and 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 a bank card issued by Bank of America.

Internationally, BankAmerican had other names before it was called Visa, and the "blue and white gold" graphics of BankAmerican were 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.

symbol

The blue and gold in the Visa logo represent the blue sky and golden hills in California where Bank of America is located.

The Visa logo for accepting Visa credit cards can be downloaded from the following website: international.visa/fb/downloads/visalogos/flags.jsp.

issuer

Visa international organization itself does not issue Visa cards, but is issued by the member banks of Visa international organization. In Chinese mainland, almost all commercial banks issue Visa cards. Today, Bank of JPMorgan Chase is the world's largest Visa card issuing bank.

Olympic sponsor

Since the 1988 Winter Olympics, Visa has been used as an electronic payment method for all kinds of income and transactions related to the Olympic Games. Visa's current contract with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that Visa is the only payment card will last until 20 12. ,