Visa Fact Sheet A global payments technology company at a glance
Visa Fact Sheet
A global payments technology company at a glance
Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere and see access as foundational to the future of money movement.
Moving money globally
4.2B
cards worldwide¹
~15,000
financial institutions²
269.8B
$14.5T
total transactions³ total volume³
Our purpose is to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
100M+
merchant locations⁴
Delivering value
- Provides merchants with assured payments and larger customer reach
- Provides acquirers with low cost and low risk acceptance tools
- Gives consumers secure and convenient ways to pay and be paid
- Provides fintechs, neobanks, digital wallets and enablers with scalable payment infrastructure
- Helps issuers continue to provide innovative and secure solutions for their customers
- Works with governments to help get benefits to people faster and with less disruption