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Visa

Visa Inc. is a retail electronic payments network. The Company facilitates global commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses and government entities. Its primary customers are financial institutions, for which it provides processing services and payment product platforms, including platforms for consumer credit, debit, prepaid and commercial payments. The Company has three business operations: transaction processing services, product platforms and payments network management. In October 2007, the Company completed the series of transactions, in which Visa U.S.A., Visa International, Visa Canada and Inovant became direct or indirect subsidiaries of Visa Inc. Visa Europe did not become a subsidiary of Visa Inc., but rather remained owned and governed by its European member financial institutions and entered into a set of contractual arrangements with the Company in connection with the reorganization.

2008-07-16