Our focus here is on how much money Visa makes every minute. Let’s take a look. How Does Visa Make Its Money? Kativ / E+ via Getty Images. Visa revenue totaled more than $32 billion last year.

To persuade the banks to issue more of its debit cards, Visa charged merchants for these transactions and passed the money to the issuing banks. By 1999, Visa was setting fees of $1.35 on a $100 ...