# Visa

> Visa, a trusted leader in digital payments.

Visa facilitates electronic payments between consumers, merchants, and financial institutions across digital networks using card-based payment systems and blockchain technologies.

Visa helps financial institutions and businesses move money globally by providing payment processing infrastructure and network services. Users can make purchases with Visa-branded cards, access digital payment platforms, and utilize blockchain-based settlement systems. Visa operates VisaNet, connecting financial institutions across multiple countries to enable secure payment transactions. The company has expanded into stablecoin settlement and tokenization platforms to modernize cross-border payments.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Payments
- Status: Active
- Founded: 1958-09-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/visa

## Products

- [Visa Tokenized Asset Platform](https://thegrid.id/profiles/visa): VTAP provides API infrastructure for banks to mint, burn, and transfer fiat-backed tokens on blockchain networks through smart contract integration. The platform offers sandbox testing environments and supports multi-chain token issuance with minimal technical integration requirements. (Developer Tooling, Early access)
- [Visa Onchain Analytics Dashboard](https://thegrid.id/profiles/visa): Provides real-time stablecoin analytics across multiple blockchain networks by tracking transaction volumes, supply metrics, and active wallet addresses. The platform filters bot activity from organic transaction data to deliver accurate market intelligence for fiat-backed stablecoins. (Data Terminal, Live)
- [Visa Card Network](https://thegrid.id/profiles/visa): Provides infrastructure for financial institutions and fintech companies to issue Visa-branded payment cards through partner integrations. The platform handles authorization, settlement, and merchant acceptance across the Visa network, enabling cards to function at merchant locations globally. Partners can configure various funding sources and account types while leveraging Visa's processing rails. Recent integrations support stablecoin-funded cards through partnerships with Bridge, Baanx, and Rain. (Card issuance, Live, Main Product)

## Links

- [Main](https://www.visa.com)
- [Privacy policy](https://usa.visa.com/legal/privacy-policy.html)
- [Documentation](https://developer.visa.com)
- [Blog](https://corporate.visa.com/en/sites/visa-perspectives.html)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/visa)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/visa)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/visanews)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/visa)

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