Is there any connection between the term visa being used in immigration and the credit card company?
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Visa – the company – was originally launched as Bank of America’s “BankAmericard” credit program back in the late 50s.
Incredibly rough TL;DR but this is eli5:
Dee Hock ended up as the founder of Visa sort of on accident, one of the results of the rapid adhoc licensee/franchise expansion that Bank of America (et al) were experiencing at the time.
Stuff was getting to be a mess.
Hock picked “Visa” as the new name, ostensibly because it was recognizable between multiple languages and pushed a sort of “universal acceptance” vibe
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