In Badminton, a Smash is a hard overhead shot. In the Visa Challenge it’s what you do to your competitors.
By signing up for the Visa Challenge you can expect lots of benefits.
First and foremost, it's a great way to learn about the complexities of today’s payments business. It can increase your understanding of strategic and management issues. You can also see how the timely introduction of innovative new payment solutions can affect your overall performance.
You will learn how to activate and drive card usage, how to motivate changes in customer behaviour in order to drive profitability, how to assess and manage risk, and how to anticipate and manage the impact of the wider market and competitive environment.
What is more, you can gain a better appreciation of the interplay between Visa Debit and Visa Credit and the roles they can play within the overall consumer banking proposition.
It's also a great team-building exercise. Each Visa Europe Member can enter teams free of charge, so you can compete against each other, as well as every other team in the competition.
And, of course, it's a lot of fun – with the chance to win a number of prizes, including a trip to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.