Visa USA Inc., the nation’s largest consumer payment system, announced Thursday that it will reconfigure its board to include a majority of independent directors.
The change comes after MasterCard Inc., the No. 2 payment system, said in August that it plans to put a majority of independent directors on its board as part of converting to a public company through an initial public offering of stock early next year.
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