What are the requirements to issue a Visa or MasterCard?

The answer depends on whether you want to issue your own cards yourself, or if you just want your brand on them. Issuing Your Own Cards For Visa and MasterCard, if you wanted to issue the cards yourself, you would need to open a bank. read more

For Visa and MasterCard, if you wanted to issue the cards yourself, you would need to open a bank. This is because Visa and MasterCard both require issuers to be banks. After all, both were initially associations of banks. read more

Visa and Mastercard are payment networks: They process payments between banks and merchants for purchases made with the cards. Both payment networks offer cardholders certain benefits, such as rental car insurance, fraud protection and extended warranties. read more

Then in January 2016, Barclays rebranded its coveted Visa Black Card to the MasterCard “Luxury Card” with new and enhanced features. We’ll take a look at these features and what it takes to get the new MasterCard Luxury Card, as well as show you five elite alternatives without the hefty annual fee. read more