Visa already had electronic links with the suppliers Holland needed.

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Visa is the largest global electronic payment solutions company in the world and has the largest network of credit and debit cards in circulation.

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Visa is the largest global electronic payment solutions company in the world and makes money by providing information and resources to complete transactions between the customer, merchant and their respective banks.

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Visa India has launched a version of electronic bill payment for mobile phones.

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Our visa program for visitors could also use an electronic prod, since applications can take months to process.

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Trish Wexler, a spokeswoman for the Electronic Payments Coalition, a trade group that lobbied against the Durbin amendment on behalf of Visa, MasterCard and numerous banks, said Thursday she couldn't confirm the specifics of the McCrohan report, but said changes to merchant fees should be expected as a result of the new rules.

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There are roughly 70 million smart cards with electronic purse applications being used throughout Europe now, said Jon Prideaux, executive vice president for new products at Visa International in Europe.

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Banksys, which had been developing and marketing Proton electronic purse technology, is spinning-off the technology arm of its company and bringing in American Express, Visa and ERG to form the new company.

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Getting big banks to come on board and consumers to turn the service into a mainstay sums up the broader challenge faced by Saunders and Visa: find ways to make the best payment options work around the world and dominate the future of electronic payments, or leave the dominating to rivals.

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