Originally Posted by sdsearch

I'm not sure that Visa is disappearing, it's just that banks that used to have both are leaning toward just one or the other. Visa is most certainly not disappearing at the giant Chase (it's MC that's harder to find over there), nor have I seen it disappearing at BofA, but if you don't have cards from those banks, then, yes, at some other major bank families it's opposite with the move being toward MC.

Ie, each bank seems to have a preferred relationship with one or the other.