Visa launches ‘agentic ready’ programme to support AI-driven payments

Visa Launches AI-Driven Commerce – Cornèrcard Among First Partners

Visa is rolling out its «Agentic Ready» programme in Europe and, together with banks and merchants, is testing AI-initiated payments under real-world conditions for the first time. Swiss card issuer Cornèrcard is among those participating in this next stage of digital payments.

Visa Launches ‘Agentic Ready’ Programme to Advance Agentic Commerce in Europe

Visa, a global leader in digital payments, today announced the launch of Visa Agentic Ready, a new global programme, designed to support the payments ecosystem as it prepares for a new era of agentic commerce. Launching first in Europe, including the UK, this builds on Visa Intelligent Commerce - Visa’s strategic framework for enabling trusted, AI-driven commerce experiences at scale. In its first phase, Visa Agentic Ready focuses on issuer read…

Visa launches ‘agentic ready’ programme to support AI-driven payments

Visa has launched a new programme aimed at preparing banks and merchants for the rise of AI-driven transactions, as agentic commerce moves closer to real-world deployment. The initiative, Visa Agentic Ready, is rolling out first across Europe, including the UK, and will focus initially on helping issuing banks test how AI agents can initiate and complete payments on behalf of consumers. The programme builds on Visa’s wider Intelligent Commerce s…