Visa

Visa has been in business since 1958, according to its annual report, and is a Delaware company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Its principal executive offices are in San Francisco: in June 2024 it opened a Market Support Center at Mission Rock that serves as its global headquarters, after more than 60 years in the Bay Area.

It is a global digital payments company. Its VisaNet network processes transactions for credit, debit and prepaid products, and it also sells Visa Direct for money movement, Visa Commercial Solutions for businesses and value-added services in issuing, acceptance, risk and security, and advisory. Recent acquisitions named in the 10-K include Pismo, Featurespace and Tink, and the company is building agentic commerce and stablecoin offerings.

Visa reported approximately 34,100 employees as of 30 September 2025, in 86 countries and territories, with more than 60% outside the U.S. (fiscal 2025 Form 10-K). It runs four global data centers in the U.S., the United Kingdom and Singapore. Its own press releases name technology centres in Foster City, Austin, Bangalore and Singapore.