New Visa Chief of a main directorate in the United Kingdom

26 of December of 2006 Madrid

Jose San Juan, who was top person in charge Europe Visa in Spain and Portugal, has been appointed new Chief of a main directorate Europe Visa in the United Kingdom. One is an executive with ample experience in the industry of payment cards and that has managed during last the six years important areas of business Europe the Visa in the north, and center of the continent. Previously, 4B occupied several executive positions in System, time during which also was member of the committees European and international of advisers of marketing and Visa card products.

“Jose Saint-Juan is the ideal candidate to be Chief of a main directorate Europe Visa in the United Kingdom�?, has indicated to Peter Ayliffe, president and adviser delegated of Europe Visa. “The United Kingdom, the greatest Visa market in Europe, is a very innovating and very competitive market. The experience and the knowledge that Jose has of this industry, along with his dynamic style, are the perfect mixture to assure that we continue extending our leadership in the British market�?.

During the last month Europe Visa it has announced the launching of cards without contact, beginning by the city of London in 2007 and in collaboration with several banks British leaders. Also, one finishes announcing an agreement for the card emission without contact with Barclays and the Partnership of Transports of London. This agreement is an historical advance made the objective secure the celebration of Olympic Games without cash in 2012.

“The payments in the United Kingdom cross a little while nails as far as opportunities�?, points Jose San Juan. “We have a business of developed and very competitive good credit cards. The debit is growing to a fast rate, the commerce online is becoming more and more a habitual mode of payment and we are on the verge of already seeing in the street the first cards without contact, that are going to revolutionize the form to pay our daily expenses. The key of the success for Visa in the United Kingdom will be to offer all these products and services making sure that they add value of competitive form to our financial organizations member and to the holders of its cards�?.

Jose San Juan replaces Colin Grannell, who has assumed the position of Vice-president Ejecutivo de Alianzas de Marketing concentrating in the sponsorships and the agreements of collaboration Europe Visa, especially in the sponsorship of the Olympic Games of London 2012.

On Visa

In Europe he has more than 315 million cards Visa of credit, debit and of companies. In the 12 months until June end of 2006 those cards they were used to realize distant purchases and of cash by a total volume of more than 1.19 trillions of Euros.

Visa is an association formed by members, an organization directed by its 4,500 European financial organizations member, which allows him to quickly take care of the specific needs of the European financial organizations and their clients - titular and commerce, besides fulfilling with the aim of the European Commission to create a true inner market of payments. Europe visa is Visa co-owner the International, the organization who guarantees the global interoperability of her products as well as the management of the mark Visa.

In October of 2006, Visa announced the reconstruction of its organization at world-wide level excluding Europe to create a new company quoted in stock market that will be called Inc. Visa. Like part of this reconstruction, Europe Visa will maintain its structure of association and will operate exclusively with a license in Europe.

Visa is one of the payment marks leaders in the world and counts on a level of matchless acceptance that includes approximately 24 million acceptance points which they include more of a million automatic tellers.

For more information it visits www.visaeurope.com/es