They possibly could have, Visa was actually called a network in this advert, something like the Bitcoin/crypto network, but we all know Visa is not actually that, I think this advert portray and presents the erroneous view that Visa effortlessly connects people from all over the world like the Bitcoin network does, you may be correct as this could have emanated out of a 'subtle' feeling of competition between their form of business and decentralized crypto, but then again, it's people who do not really do their research into how things actually work that would believe what was said.