Visa Tops One Million

More than one million Visa international payment cards have now been issued in Russia, according to Visa's president, Edmund Yelsen, speaking at a Visa Int. regional directors' meeting. "Russia is one of the most important countries of the world for us,"

<BR>More than one million Visa international payment cards have now been issued in Russia, according to Visa's president, Edmund Yelsen, speaking at a Visa Int. regional directors' meeting. "Russia is one of the most important countries of the world for us," said President Yensen, "It is important because of it's potential. <BR>Four years ago there were less than 30,000 Visa cards, and now there are more than a million. In the next few years we want to bring that figure up to 25 million." Visa representatives noted that in comparison to other countries in Eastern Europe, it has shown 'very good work' in preventing fraud.