Visa Debit

[Cavallino]

Received a letter from HSBC stating that they will migrate from Maestro/Switch to Visa Debit very soon.

I was under the impression that Maestro/Switch was the more popular form of "debit" transaction, but according to the HSBC customer services person I spoke to, she mentioned that the Visa debit is just as accepted, if not, even more widely accepted than Maestro/Switch.

I have heard of Visa debit but never considered it to be as popular. Is it true that all shops that do card transactions support Visa debit?

TIA

 

[Cavallino]

Well I would say that too, but I always assumed the term VISA is synonimised with the credt card transaction (as opposed to debit transaction).

So when some says they accept Visa would that be both debit and credit Visa?