Company expands technology research and development of new digital
commerce solutions
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced plans to open a new office in Silicon
Valley as part of its continued efforts to accelerate digital commerce
globally. The new 62,000 square foot facility, located in Palo Alto,
will be a combination of office and collaboration spaces for
approximately 300 Visa employees focused on technology research,
business intelligence, data security and merchant solutions.
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Visa opening 62,000 square foot office in Silicon Valley, November 2016. (Photo: Business Wire)
“We continue to expand our research and development capabilities
globally and are investing in facilities that enable our teams to
collaborate in the creation of digital commerce solutions,” said Rajat
Taneja, Executive Vice President of Technology, Visa Inc. “Our new Palo
Alto office allows us to draw on the diversity of the Bay Area talent
pool and build an even stronger connection with the Silicon Valley
community of data scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs.”
The Palo Alto office is one of several new facilities Visa opened in the
last year, including a new technology development center in Bangalore
and innovation centers in Dubai,
Miami, San
Francisco, and Singapore,
where clients and partners work side-by-side with Visa payment experts
to build the next generation of commerce experiences. The company has
also expanded existing technology development operations in Singapore
and Austin.
The new office will broaden Visa’s footprint in the San Francisco Bay
Area, adding to the company’s existing Foster City and San Francisco
locations. Visa has had a presence in Silicon Valley since the early
1970s and currently has more than 3500 employees in the San Francisco
Bay Area.
“Visa’s reputation as the leading team in the payments industry can be
linked to our Bay Area roots and the access we enjoy to the cultural
diversity, creativity and innovative mind-set of this region,” said
Michael Ross, Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Visa Inc.
Visa was recently named to LinkedIn’s “Top Attractors” list. It has been
recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Brands by Fortune, Most
Innovative Companies by Forbes, Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere,
and Best Performing and Most Respected Companies by Barron’s.
About Visa
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) is a global payments technology company that
connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments
in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable
electronic payments. We operate one of the world’s most advanced
processing networks — VisaNet — that is capable of handling more than
65,000 transaction messages a second, with fraud protection for
consumers and assured payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank and does
not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers.
Visa’s innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers
to offer consumers more choices: pay now with debit, pay ahead with
prepaid or pay later with credit products. For more information, visit https://usa.visa.com/, visacorporate.tumblr.com and @VisaNews.
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Source: Visa Inc.