
Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, banks and governments in more than 200 countries and territories, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. Visa establishes common standards and specifications to facilitate commerce and provide member financial institutions with global payment platform development, 24/7 operation of the payment processing system, and management of the Visa brand. Most of the online casinos have been assigned an "online gaming" merchant code by Visa. This electronic code is attached to every credit card transaction the company makes. Most American banks and financial institutions automatically reject all transactions with this code, so US players are generally unable to use Visa to make deposits. However, most European players can use credit cards to make deposits.