{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Faces Online","provider_url":"https:\/\/faces-online.nl\/en\/","author_name":"Chairman","author_url":"https:\/\/faces-online.nl\/en\/author\/chairman\/","title":"The vital payment duopoly: Visa & Mastercard - Faces Online","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7K8GCxEsfx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faces-online.nl\/en\/the-vital-payment-duopoly-visa-mastercard\/\">The vital payment duopoly: Visa &#038; Mastercard<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/faces-online.nl\/en\/the-vital-payment-duopoly-visa-mastercard\/embed\/#?secret=7K8GCxEsfx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The vital payment duopoly: Visa &#038; Mastercard&#8221; &#8212; Faces Online\" data-secret=\"7K8GCxEsfx\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/faces-online.nl\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/faces-online.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Afbeelding-voorpagina.webp","thumbnail_width":1254,"thumbnail_height":836,"description":"They are two companies you don't often think about, but they are essential to your daily life. Every time you take your bank card out of your pocket, you will see the logo of one of these two companies on it. But what exactly do these companies do and how did they come to be? That will be explained in this article.Visa & Mastercard created the payment network that the whole world runs on. Together, they have an annual payment volume that exceeds $20 trillion, and each year they process more than 300 billion transactions. Both figures are increasing by 10 per cent every year. So, to understand this better, these companies process about 10,000 transactions per second."}