Card Briefs: Visa President Joins BroadVision Board

Carl Pascarella, president and chief executive officer of Visa U.S.A., has joined the board of the Internet software company BroadVision Inc.

BroadVision of Los Altos, Calif., is best known for its One-to-One systems for target marketing and commerce over the Net, and has done development work with Visa.

"The Internet is forcing companies around the globe to rethink their business strategies and make aggressive technology investments to stay competitive," said Mr. Pascarella. He said BroadVision's applications in Internet commerce, financial services, and knowledge management "are leading the next wave in mission-critical information systems."

Mr. Pascarella became Visa U.S.A. president in 1993, the same year BroadVision was founded. Before that he headed Visa's Asia-Pacific region and was vice president of Crocker National Bank in San Francisco.

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