Emue’s shareholders include Visa Europe, Founders and Executive Management
Visa Europe
In Europe, there are over 360 million Visa debit, credit and commercial cards. In the 12 months ending June 2008,
those cards were used to make purchases and cash withdrawals to the value of over €1.3 trillion. 11.4% of consumer
spending at point of sale in Europe is with a Visa card. Visa Europe is owned and operated by its 4,600 European
member banks and was incorporated in July 2004. In October 2007, Visa Europe became independent of the new global Visa
Inc., with an exclusive, irrevocable and perpetual licence in Europe.
As a dedicated European payment system it is able to respond quickly to the specific market needs of European banks
and their customers - cardholders and retailers - and to meet the European Commission’s objective to create a true
internal market for payments.
Visa enjoys unsurpassed acceptance around the world. In addition, Visa/PLUS is one of the world’s largest global ATM
networks, offering cash access in local currency in over 170 countries.