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Visa is getting capabilities and infrastructure ready to participate in China's mobile payment market

Visa Inc has applied for a bank card clearing license in China as a wholly owned foreign enterprise, said Alfred F. Kelly, Jr., CEO of the leading global payments technology company.

This choice is different from its major competitor Mastercard Inc, which is resuming a push into the country by forming a joint venture with China's online clearing house NetsUnion Clearing Corp.