Thread: Visa is the first credit card in Iraq

That's cool. You know I was really against the war but my friend has family that still lives in Iraq and they are telling him it is better than Saddam. I thought all the bad stuff said in the media about him was sensationalized and he wasn't that bad but it sounds like he really was everything they say. More than once he had signed orders to prep his army to wipe out Israel. First time was during the first war there but we stopped him in time. Second time was in 2003 but he had to use all his forces to defend instead.

Sorry to go OT there but back to what you were saying about Visa in Iraq that's awesome and I think we will see explosive growth in other countries too in the near future. Even if people don't want to use credit, debit cards are easier and safer.

ps - That ad is hilarious. Like most foreign ads it's so primitive looking or maybe its we are used to and expect over elaborate ads here in America.

how about the other middle easter countries... iran, saudi arabia, syria and so on. how about they are people there using credit cards or not? if you said they were banned in iraq i would think they wouldnt be allowed in iran or syria either.

alright then i looked up syria credit cards and this is what i found from 2007

Visa International joined forces with Bank Audi Syria in an unprecedented iniative to launch the first international credit card in Syria. The new Visa Gold card will be in U.S. dollars.

it was a press release and it also said that this is the first international card but there were local credit cards before that that weren't done with any major issuer.

it's kind of disappointing to hear i don't think we should be doing business with evil countries like syria

I hear a lot of good things going on in that neck of the woods now that Saddam is gone. Everyone else says scale back the war I say we shoot some cruise missiles over to these countries that hate us and smoke em out once and for all.

Today is 9/11. May they rest in peace.

Shoot some cruise missiles and smoke 'em on out, huh? You're starting to sound like W. Bush

This got me thinking, how about South America and Africa? What is the credit card usage like in the countries there? I would imagine Africa is almost zilch and South America is close to that except for the major cities in Brazil, Argentina, etc.

For real though I would like to know about Africa..... they can't be common at all over there?

Originally Posted by 010101

how about the other middle easter countries... iran, saudi arabia, syria and so on. how about they are people there using credit cards or not? if you said they were banned in iraq i would think they wouldnt be allowed in iran or syria either.

Iran as well as Saudi Arabia has quite some wealth going on, if you like it or not. So you can be sure that there are enough people having CC's. They may or may not be issued by a local bank or any other big bank outside of the asian continent.

Originally Posted by AnthonyBarone

I hear a lot of good things going on in that neck of the woods now that Saddam is gone. Everyone else says scale back the war I say we shoot some cruise missiles over to these countries that hate us and smoke em out once and for all.

Originally Posted by Cucumber

This got me thinking, how about South America and Africa? What is the credit card usage like in the countries there? I would imagine Africa is almost zilch and South America is close to that except for the major cities in Brazil, Argentina, etc.

For real though I would like to know about Africa..... they can't be common at all over there?

You can get CC's in Africa as well. Since Africa is a continent it may not offer CC's in every Country but they are offering it in quite a few. Also concerning to all the Fraud news we get from Nigeria I shall presume that they have quite some credit card usage going on in at least some of the African Countries.

Wow, I have heard it all now.