1958
Year founded
20,500 Number of employees worldwide ( 2020 ) insight into what ’ s important to clients , consumers and merchants in each of those locations .
Visa ’ s sustainability ambitions go far beyond supporting SMEs and promoting ecommerce .
“ Visa as a company is committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 , which is 10 years faster than the Paris Agreement ,” says Livingston .
“ The way that we ' re doing that is the way that all companies do – through offsets and changing behaviour of our employees and our suppliers . But at Visa we can also provide sustainable products and solutions that our clients ’ banks can offer consumers to help them manage their carbon footprint . This has incredible power over the long term .”
The future of digital payments The payments ecosystem witnessed an acceleration in digital transformation during the pandemic , and it is important for Visa to maintain some of the benefits for the future – from contactless payments