VISA is a credit card. It is a kind of international credit card, and the payment intermediary is an international visa organization (like China UnionPay). Because the only payment provider for the Olympic Games is VISA, you can only pay for tickets and shopping in Olympic venues through VISA credit card.

International credit card (RMB is paid by UnionPay and USD is paid by VISA or MASTER, so it is also called dual-currency card), and another international payment organization is MASTER.

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Visa card can not be used in China, but can only be used on POS machines with Visa logo abroad. It is more cost-effective to use visa card abroad. UnionPay card supports domestic and overseas POS machines with UnionPay logo to swipe cards.

The card number of UnionPay credit card starts with 62, and the card number of VISA credit card starts with 4. The UnionPay credit card has the UnionPay logo on it, and the VISA card face is the VISA logo.

As for the use, there is basically no difference in China, but if it is a VISA card with a single currency, such as the Great Wall International Card of China Bank, it is still more troublesome to use it in China. VISA's coverage abroad is much larger than that of UnionPay, and its accreditation procedures are also very high, but UnionPay can also be used in many countries now.

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