Visa announces global expansion of Agentic Ready program

Visa (V) announced the expansion of its global Agentic Ready program to clients in Asia Pacific and Latin America. First launched with banks and issuing partners across Europe, including the UK, Agentic Ready is designed to support the payments ecosystem as it prepares for the emergence of agent-led commerce. Visa Agentic Ready is a global program designed to help issuing banks and payment partners prepare for AI agent-initiated commerce. The program enables participants to: Test agent-initiated payments in controlled, real-world environments using live cards and real merchants; Validate core payment flows, including card enrollment, tokenization, authentication, and transaction authorization; Assess trust, security, and control mechanisms as AI agents take action on behalf of consumers and businesses; Identify operational and readiness gaps before agent-led transactions scale broadly; Collaborate with Visa and selected merchants to understand how agent-initiated transactions behave in practice; Prepare for global deployment as agent-driven commerce expands across markets.