...in middle school or high school, and nearly $620 for a college-age kid, according to a nationwide survey by Visa International. Experts say that money will be better spent if parents use the opportunity to begin teaching their children basic...

...them, or they're worried it will be wrong," Beard said. John Kresge, head of consumer market development for Visa International, said the Visa gift card was aimed at consumers "who want to move away from a certificate or card good only in...

...without thinking about it, no matter how small the purchase." The persistence of her customers was no accident. Visa International, MasterCard Inc. and other card companies are working hard to make sure that no purchase is too small for plastic...

...technical issue. It was a communications issue and required everyone working together to reassure the public.'' Visa International finished reviewing 50 million lines of computer code last December and spent the year thinking of ways to overcome...

...specific. In late 1996, a laptop containing 314,000 credit card account numbers was stolen from the offices of Visa International in San Mateo, Calif. The company had to scramble to protect its customers, at a cost to the company of $6 million...

...and last June was elected a director. He is chairman of the board of Visa U.S.A, Inc., on the board of Visa International, The Clearing House, the San Francisco Committee on Jobs, the Bay Area chapter of Junior Achievement and the...