EX-32.1 16 dex321.htm CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Visa Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Joseph W. Saunders, Chief Executive Officer of the Company do hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

 

  the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

  the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: November 21, 2008

 

/S/    JOSEPH W. SAUNDERS         

  Joseph W. Saunders
 

Chief Executive Officer and

Chairman of the Board of Directors