Just one second: What happens when we pay?

VisaNet, one of the world's most secure and reliable networks, processes 160 billion transactions a year. Here, follow a single transaction as it travels the world in less than a second

As you click, tap, dip, and swipe your way to pay, a lot happens in the time it takes to process a transaction. Watch as VisaNet, Visa's digital payments network, connects the world via our global data centers so that a business traveler can pay for a gift swiftly and securely. Using technologies like EMV chip and tokenization, VisaNet works to help keep fraud at historic lows and ensure shoppers' and shop owners' peace of mind.