Visa eCommerce
Visa has been making eCommerce safe, reliable and as convenient as possible since the advent of online shopping.
Innovation in Online Payments
More consumers choose Visa credit, debit or prepaid products to make online purchases than any other payment method. As the leading payment choice for eCommerce, Visa is trusted by consumers when it comes to paying for goods and services online. Innovations like Verified by Visa extend Visa’s trust and convenience across the entire online shopping process.
Power to the Shopper
Consumers seek convenience, security and value when shopping online. They want online shopping to be smart and hassle-free. As such, Visa is developing solutions that will reshape the consumer buying experience online to address consumer pain points.
- CyberSource — Acquired by Visa in 2010, CyberSource is a full-service payment management platform for over 400,000 eCommerce merchants that has already expanded Visa’s online payment, fraud, and security management capabilities. The acquisition (which included CyberSource’s wholly-owned subsidiary Authorize.Net—a leader in small business eCommerce) accelerated Visa’s growth in the eCommerce category and enhanced the value of Visa’s network, product and service offerings to financial institutions, merchants, partners and consumers. Learn more about CyberSource.
- PlaySpan – Acquired by Visa in 2011, PlaySpan brings the power of Visa’s network to the purchase of digital goods and services online from within games and social networks. PlaySpan allows publishers and developers to monetize their content by enabling consumers to make safe and convenient online purchases – from game credits to digital goods – using more than 85 global payment methods in 180 countries. Play Span has relationships with 700 of the top application developers on Google Android and social networks such as Facebook, as well as publishers of the top 300 online games and digital media including Warner Bros., Nickelodeon, Microsoft, Disney and Adobe.
- Verified by Visa — A simple-to-use service that confirms the cardholder’s identity with an extra password for online transactions. This additional layer of security helps prevent unauthorized online use before it happens.
- payclick by Visa — Presents Australian consumers with a new way to pay online that is ideal for downloadable content such as music, games and movies. Enables consumers to pay online without sharing personal details or financial information with sellers.
