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
200+ 14,800
countries and territories financial institutions²
4.1B $14.1T
cards worldwide¹ total volume3
259.3B Our purpose is to uplift everyone,
everywhere by being the best 80M+
total transactions3 way to pay and be paid. merchant locations4
Delivering value
Provides merchants with assured Provides acquirers with low cost and low Helps issuers continue to provide
payments and larger customer reach risk acceptance tools innovative and secure solutions for their
customers
Gives consumers secure and convenient Provides fintechs, neobanks, digital Works with governments to help get
ways to pay and be paid wallets and enablers with scalable benefits to people faster and with less
payment infrastructure disruption
For more information, visit visa.com/ourbusiness
¹ As of September 30, 2022; ² As of December 31, 2022; ³ For the 12 months ended December 31, 2022, includes payments and cash transactions;
4 Data provided to Visa by acquiring institutions and other third parties as of September 30, 2022. Merchant locations reported excludes an additional FY23Q1
estimate of 20 million small businesses that utilize payment facilitators. ©2023 Visa. All rights reserved.