Bond Isaacson Joins Visa U.S.A. as Executive Vice President of Member and Merchant Relations

Bond R. Isaacson

has joined Visa U.S.A. as executive vice president of Member and Merchant Relations. Based in Charlotte, N.C., Isaacson will oversee the leading bankcard association’s financial-institution and merchant programs nationwide.
Bond Isaacson, 41, will report to Carl F. Pascarella, president and chief executive officer of Visa U.S.A.
“Bond Isaacson has an outstanding record in leading strategic business partner relationships, which are essential to delivering superior products and services,” said Pascarella. “Bond Isaacson’s addition to Visa U.S.A.’s leadership team ensures that we will continue to deliver value-added solutions to our member banks and merchants in this rapidly changing and increasingly competitive marketplace. We must remain responsive to our customers and continuously look for innovative ways to help grow their profits and build their businesses.”
Prior to joining Visa, Bond Isaacson enjoyed a 19-year career at IBM, where Bond Isaacson gained substantial experience in finance, marketing and sales. Most recently, as a financial services marketing executive, Bond Isaacson directed IBM’s sales and IT-implementation efforts for the retail and global-finance business units of Bank of America. Bond Isaacson also worked with the bank-holding company (formerly NationsBanc) to negotiate the formation of the Integrion Financial Network, a leading home-banking and electronic-commerce joint venture among 18 banks based in the United States and Canada.
Bond Isaacson earned a bachelor of arts degree in Economics from Wheaton College and participated in a range of corporate-education programs throughout his career at IBM.
As the World’s Best Way to Pay, Visa is the leading card brand and the largest consumer payment system worldwide, providing payment solutions for consumers, industry and government. It plays a pivotal role in advancing new payment products and technologies to benefit its 21,000 member financial institutions, their cardholders, and the global economy. Visa is the only payment system to facilitate $1 trillion worth of purchases of goods and services in a fiscal year. Visa’s more than 630 million cards are accepted at over 15 million worldwide locations, including more than 450,000 ATMs in the Visa/PLUS Global ATM Network. Visa’s Internet address is www.visa.com.

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