Visa

In short: Visa is a worldwide payment network for credit and debit cards.

In more detail: Visa itself does not issue cards. Banks and payment providers issue them; Visa operates the network that forwards and settles payments.

In Depth

History

Developed from BankAmericard (1958), named Visa since 1976.

Card types

Credit card, debit card, prepaid. Contactless via NFC. Competitor: Mastercard. See payment terminal, Stripe.

See also: Mastercard, Maestro, NFC, Payment Terminal