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|Founded=1958-09-18
|Founded=1958-09-18
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|Website=https://www.visa.com
|Website=https://www.visa.com
|Industry=Financial services
|Industry=Financial services
|Description=Visa is an American payment card service that serves customers in many nations worldwide, founded by Bank of America in 1958.
|Description=Visa is an American payment card service that serves customers in many nations worldwide, founded by Bank of America in 1958.
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{{Wplink|Visa Inc.|'''Visa'''}} is an American payment card service that serves customers in many nations worldwide, founded by Bank of America in 1958 as BankAmericard. Bank of America gave up control in 1970 to a cooperative, and it was renamed Visa in 1976. The company facilitates electronic funds transfers as a payment processor.
{{Wplink|Visa Inc.|'''Visa'''}} is an American payment card service that serves customers in many nations worldwide, founded by Bank of America in 1958 as BankAmericard. Bank of America gave up control in 1970 to a cooperative, and it was renamed Visa in 1976. The company facilitates electronic funds transfers as a payment processor.
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===Example incident one (''date'')===
===Example incident one (''date'')===
{{Main| Valve allows ISPs and payment processors to censor content on Steam}}
{{Main| Valve allows ISPs and payment processors to censor content on Steam}}
Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
At an unknown date in 2025, [[Valve]] updated its Rules and Guidelines for developers on [[Steam]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Steamworks Documentation - Onboarding |url=https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/gettingstarted/onboarding |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250719092925/https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/gettingstarted/onboarding |archive-date=Jul 19, 2025 |access-date=Jul 19, 2025 |website=Steamworks Documentation}}</ref> These rules granted [[wikt:Internet_service_provider|internet service providers]] (ISPs) and banks/transaction providers the power to delist games from their platform.<ref>{{Cite news |last=techopse |date=Jul 18, 2025 |title=Valve Submits to VISA and MasterCard's Moral Crusade, Escalating Censorship of "Problematic" Games on Steam |url=https://www.techopse.com/valve-submits-to-visa-and-mastercards-moral-crusade-escalating-censorship-of-problematic-games-on-steam/ |access-date=Jul 19, 2025 |work=Techopse}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Bonk |first=Lawrence |date=Jul 16, 2025 |title=Steam now bans games that violate the 'rules and standards' of payment processors and banks |url=https://www.engadget.com/gaming/steam-now-bans-games-that-violate-the-rules-and-standards-of-payment-processors-and-banks-164222173.html |access-date=Jul 19, 2025 |work=Engadget}}</ref> Consumers have shown considerable criticism despite the nature of the content removed from the platform due to the vagueness of these rules leaving a window open for expanded censorship.
===Example incident two (''date'')===
===Example incident two (''date'')===
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