- Plus (interbank network)
:"This article is about the bank network. For the US federal student loan, see
PLUS loan ."Infobox Interbank Network
name = PLUS
area = Worldwide
foundation = 1986
members = Over 20,000
atm = Over 1,000,000PLUS (also known as Visa PLUS) is an
interbank network that covers all VISA credit, debit, and prepaid cards, as well as ATM cards issued by various banks worldwide. Currently, there are one million PLUS-linked ATMs in 170 countries worldwide. [http://visa.via.infonow.net/locator/global/jsp/SearchPage.jsp]PLUS cards can be linked in the following ways: as a standalone network, linked with a local interbank network and/or linked with any Visa product displaying the Visa flag on the front (Visa, Visa Debit,
Visa Delta andVisa Electron ). Currently, there are 144 million proprietary PLUS cards, not including a number of cards which have PLUS as a secondary network.PLUS is widely used as a local interbank network in places such as the
United States andCanada , where networks such as STAR,NYCE and Pulse in the United States andInterac in Canada also compete. In places such asIndia andIndonesia , this is also the case wherein there are many interbank networks. The main competitor of PLUS is Cirrus, which is offered by Visa rivalMasterCard .ee also
*Cirrus
*Interbank network
*ATM usage fees External links
* [http://corporate.visa.com/md/fs/consumer/plus.jsp PLUS Fact Sheet]
* [http://www.visa.com/atms Visa ATM locator]
* [http://www.visaplus-atm.co.uk Visa Plus Review]
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