Visa has expanded its global Agentic Ready programme to clients in Asia Pacific and Latin America.
The initiative, which helps issuers prepare for AI-agent-initiated payments, was first launched with banks and issuing partners across Europe, including the UK.
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The company is positioning the programme around the growth of AI agents that can move beyond answering questions to taking actions. These actions can include searching, deciding, and paying on behalf of consumers and businesses.
Visa described Agentic Ready as a global programme intended to help issuing banks and payment partners prepare for AI agent‑initiated commerce.
The payment group said participants can use the programme to test and validate payment processes and operational readiness before agent-led transactions scale further.
Under the programme, participants can test agent‑initiated payments in controlled, real‑world environments using live cards and real merchants.
Partners can also validate core payment flows. These include card enrolment, tokenisation, authentication, and transaction authorization.
Visa added that the programme is designed to help participants assess trust, security, and control mechanisms when AI agents take actions on behalf of users. It also aims to help identify operational and readiness gaps.
The Agentic Ready initiative builds on Visa Intelligent Commerce, which focuses on enabling secure, AI‑driven commerce experiences at scale.
Visa Growth Products & Partnerships SVP Rubail Birwadker said: “Across markets, we’re seeing growing interest in how AI agents could reshape commerce.
“Visa Agentic Ready provides banks and issuing partners with a structured path to testing agent-initiated payments, learning what works, and ensuring global readiness as these experiences reach scale.”
Agentic Ready is already live with more than 20 partners in the UK and Europe. The company will roll out the programme to more than 85 partners across Asia Pacific and Latin America, with plans to further expand to additional markets later this year.
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