Governance
We take corporate governance extremely
seriously and recognise that, as a Europe-wide payments business,
we are under close scrutiny by a wide range of stakeholders and
interested parties.
We are a membership organisation. We are not a publicly listed
company. These two facts mean that, in some respects, it is
necessary that our governance principles differ from those of a
more conventional company.
We therefore have a unique system of corporate governance which
has been developed and refined over many years. This enables us to
guide the development of European payments, invest in the
progressive enhancement of the industry infrastructure and,
ultimately, bring the optimum mix of benefits to each party in
every Visa transaction. Stakeholder consultation and collaboration
is formally built into the way we work.
Our governance at a glance
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