Visa is a global payments technology company that facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout the world, most commonly through Visa-branded credit cards, debit cards, and prepaid cards.
Visa, BILL and Billtrust have launched a live pilot in which authenticated AI agents pay approved supplier invoices end to end through supplier portals.
Visa released part of its cyber defense system as open source software after AI testing exposed vulnerabilities. The company is preparing for autonomous cyberattacks and future quantum computing threats.
Ant International, Visa and Mastercard are developing a shared framework for identifying, certifying and monitoring AI agents that make purchases for users.
Rain has launched the Agentic Payments Alliance with more than 25 founding members, including Visa, Mastercard, Fiserv, Circle, Solana, and Remitly.
The Agentic AI Foundation added 57 members over the past quarter, bringing total membership to 247 organizations worldwide. New Gold members include Alibaba Group, Visa, and Wells Fargo.
Nuvei has completed a live in-agent payment proof of concept with Visa and partners across Europe, marking a step toward merchant-led agentic payments. The test allowed a merchant’s AI agent to initiate and complete a purchase using Visa’s network without redirecting to an external payment flow.
Wirex has joined the Visa Agentic Ready programme as an issuer to test and validate AI-initiated payment systems in the UK, focusing on secure and scalable digital transactions.
Crossmint has introduced an agentic card payments API built on Visa Intelligent Commerce and Basis Theory, enabling secure card-based transactions for AI agents using tokenized credentials and PCI-compliant infrastructure.
Plot has raised $10 million in new funding to expand its social video intelligence platform used by enterprise marketing teams at major brands, bringing its total funding to $14 million.
Replit announced a partnership and investment from Visa to integrate Visa Intelligent Commerce into its AI software creation platform, enabling developers to build secure payment-enabled applications. The collaboration includes enterprise access updates and a new partner program with firms like Accenture and Slalom.
Visa announced that it has successfully completed hundreds of secure AI-initiated transactions with global partners and expects millions of consumers to use AI agents for purchases by late 2026.
Visa has announced the general availability of its Visa Commercial Solutions (VCS) Hub, an AI-powered platform designed to enhance commercial payments for issuers and fintechs.
Visa has launched Visa Intelligent Commerce, enabling AI agents to handle shopping tasks, and partnered with Stripe's Bridge for stablecoin-linked cards.
Sam Altman's World Network is in talks with Visa to integrate stablecoin payment capabilities into its digital wallet, potentially transforming it into a multifunctional financial tool.
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