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tehwebguy on Oct 8, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Final – A credit card built for the 21st century

Probably not, my guess is that this will actually be a Visa card.

Most Visa and MC cards are branded as such but are actually backed by some other institution, like Bank of America or Chase.

mcherm on Oct 8, 2014 [–]

Actually, ALL Visa and MasterCard cards are backed by some other institution. MasterCard and Visa are (well, were: it's more complicated lately) associations of banks.

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