Accept Visa Online

Convenient for customers, profitable for you

The popularity of online shopping continues to rise. And as consumers become more comfortable with using payment cards to make purchases on the Internet, merchants enjoy an exciting opportunity to expand their businesses.

Give your customers the convenience of paying online with Visa. To get started today, contact a Visa acquirer. (An acquirer is a merchant bank).

Benefits of accepting Visa online

When you accept Visa for payment on your Web site, you’ll enjoy:

• Visa brand strength: U.S. Visa cardholders alone conduct more than $1 trillion in annual volume.¹ As many of these customers use their cards online, your business can experience incredible growth.
• Complete security: Shopping online or off, your customers can feel totally confident knowing that their online Visa payments are safe and secure.
• Higher transaction rate: By providing secure and convenient shopping on your Web site, you encourage repeat visits and additional cardholder transactions.

Customers stay secure with Visa

Visa continues to set industry standards in providing secure online payment solutions.

• Fraud prevention: Visa offers effective tools and resources to prevent fraud and decrease chargebacks in the card-not-present environment, including online. CyberSource Advanced Fraud Screen enhanced by Visa can help you detect fraud, maximize sales, and deliver a more positive online shopping experience. Learn more about Card-Not-Present Fraud Detection.
• Safe e-commerce: Understanding Internet technology, such as SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), and industry best practices helps merchants ensure secure shopping with every transaction. Learn more about Online Transaction Safety.
• Visa security programs: Find out how these Visa programs will help you keep your customers’ payments and information secure online:
  
  • Cardholder Information Security Program
    This program defines a standard of due care and enforcement for securing Visa cardholder data. CISP compliance is required of all entities that store, process, or transmit Visa cardholder data. Learn more about CISP.
  • Verified by Visa
    A password-protection program that improves the security of payment transactions in the e-commerce environment over open networks. It is designed to increase both cardholder and merchant confidence in Internet purchases, as well as to reduce disputes and fraudulent activity related to the use of Visa payment cards. Learn more about Verified by Visa.
  • Zero Liability
    Visa’s cardholder protection program that protects consumers in the event of unauthorized use of their Visa card. Your customers can shop confidently online knowing that Visa has them covered. Should any unauthorized use of their Visa card occur, they pay nothing.²

Using the Visa logo

When you accept Visa at your Web site, be sure to display the Visa logo to demonstrate your promise to deliver a secure and convenient online shopping experience.

Learn more about Visa Online Logo Use.