Talk:Visa Inc.
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VISA and Mastercards ongoing issue regarding adult games.
I've looked at the MasterCard article and seen that there's been a section added about the recent controversy with adult games and the banning of them from steam and itch.io, I'm not sure if this article should be updated as well, but I believe that the quality of the article will suffer if there's no discussion about its inclusion. Yuminago (talk) 20:10, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
- The articles for Collective Shout, Stripe, PayPal, Steam, Itch.io, and Video game controversies may also be relevant.
- Source dump: . मल्ल (talk) 21:26, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
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There is incorrect information on this page. VISA came from McLean County Bank in Bloomington, IL.
Visa passport to bank windfall (1976) By Kathy McKinney – The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) December 16, 1976 McLean County Bank had an idea that turned out to be worth more than $8 million. The bank in 1972 began a program called VISA — Vacation Inspired Savings Account. The name was patented in 1974 at a cost of $300. In early 1976, BankAmericard decided it wanted to change its name to VISA. The McLean County Bank patent was the only thing in the whole . . . 162.211.34.187 (talk) 14:34, 28 October 2025 (UTC)
- You've misunderstood the story told in that column (which can be seen at ). The Visa card didn't originate with that bank. The credit card people came to an agreement with that bank to use the same name that it was using for it's own, unrelated, program. Largoplazo (talk) 15:18, 28 October 2025 (UTC)