Visa (NYSE:V) (NYSE: V) is a global payments technology company that facilitates electronic payments between consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments. Through its VisaNet network, the company authorizes, clears and settles transactions made with Visa-branded credit, debit and prepaid cards, while generally not issuing cards, extending credit or setting cardholder account terms.
Visa provides payment products and services for consumer, commercial and government payments, as well as digital commerce and money movement. Its offerings include Visa credit, debit and prepaid programs, Visa Direct for account-to-account transfers, tokenization services, fraud prevention and authentication tools, and other technology and analytics solutions designed to support secure transactions.
The company serves customers across countries and regions worldwide through relationships with banks, financial institutions, merchants, governments and other payment providers. Visa traces its history to Bank of America’s BankAmericard program, launched in 1958, and adopted the Visa name in 1976. The company became publicly traded in 2008. Visa is led by Chief Executive Officer Ryan McInerney.