Has anyone looked at this:
206.132.10.134
It's Visa's E-commerce website. Very Interestingt too! If this doesn't sound like something digitalme could be doing for the end-user - I'm reading the posts wrong!
Can we PLEASE sign this company up for some digitalme?
Peter J Strifas
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What is eVisa?
No industry is undergoing more rapid or profound change than financial services. The Internet ? together with new access devices that facilitate connectivity and customer expectations of new technologies ? is fueling explosive growth of online commerce, and how, when and where people and businesses exchange value and information.
To help Visa U.S.A.'s Member financial institutions prosper in the online economy, Visa is redefining its approach to the Internet and online commerce. As a result, it has formed eVisa, a division of Visa U.S.A., based in California's Silicon Valley, that is singularly focused on the Internet and electronic commerce. eVisa is a global initiative being led by Visa U.S.A.
What Is Visa's Role In the Online World?
Visa U.S.A. is staking its claim as a leader in the burgeoning world of electronic commerce. Visa is already the leading payment method on the Internet with approximately 52 percent of all U.S. consumer online sales volume, and is consistently rated as the superior consumer and business Internet payment method in online buyer surveys. In addition, Visa has forged successful partnerships with leading Internet companies such as Yahoo! and eToys that have expanded its online presence. Despite this success, less than 30 percent of Visa cardholders currently shop online. It is clear there is vast untapped opportunity on the Internet for Visa and its financial institution Members.
eVisa was formed to establish Visa as the currency of the Internet economy by driving mass adoption of online commerce by consumers and businesses. Visa's goal is to be the premier acceptance brand for e-commerce. Through eVisa, Visa U.S.A. will move from being everywhere you want to be in the physical world ? to being everywhere you can imagine on the Internet.
The new venture consolidates Visa's existing wide-ranging electronic commerce efforts, including operations and technology, product and service delivery, alliances and joint-ventures, and brand marketing. eVisa will leverage Visa's brand, processing systems and critical mass to help the Internet reach its full potential as a mass consumption medium.
eVisa will include an advisory board comprised of some of Visa's Member financial institutions, as well as Internet business and technology leaders. Carl Pascarella, Visa U.S.A.'s chief executive officer and Michael Beindorff, the newly appointed head of eVisa, will also serve on the advisory board.
Through its focused effort, Visa expects that eVisa will boost online Visa sales volume eight-fold over the next four years ? from $13 billion in 1999 to a staggering $104 billion in 2003.
Other goals of eVisa include:
Development and introduction of new Internet specific payment products, standards and platforms that maximize our Member banks' abilities to compete in the online environment.
Enablement of consumer, bank, merchant and business participation in electronic commerce through promotions, incentives, and solutions that remove barriers to usage.
Centralization of Visa's electronic commerce alliances and partnerships to better leverage Visa's brand equities.
Development of solutions for e-commerce. |
