There are different brands of credit cards in the market today. One popular brand is the Visa credit card. However, there are also visa cards that are offered as a debit card, this is a different matter altogether. It is the shortened name of the company VISA or Visa International Service Association based in San Francisco, California. It is a joint economic venture of twenty one thousand financial institutions. They are issuing and marketing Visa products.
The launching of the visa card happened in 1976. It was named after BankAmericacard. The Bank of America is the issuer of BankAmericacard which also have other international names. It was before the Visa brand introduction. In fact, Visa cards also incorporated the motif of the BankAmericacard in their designs. The gold and blue logos of Visa cards represent the golden color of California hills and the blue color of the sky.
The alliance of various banks in Canada such as Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Bank of Nova, Royal Bank of Canada, and Toronto-Dominion Bank issued Visa cards in the name of Chargex. French Visa which is currently issued is still using the BankAmericacard logo. It was called Carte...