Late night matches contributing to an almost 15% year-on-year rise in spending in cities across the UK during group stages of FIFA World Cup 2026™
Hospitality and grocery spending see the biggest rises, with Leeds, London and Sheffield seeing the highest increase in Visa cardholder spending overall
London, 3rd July 2026 – Visa, the Official Payment Technology Partner of FIFA World Cup
New platform brings together cyber and payments intelligence to help institutions detect threats earlier and reduce downstream fraud risk
Paris, 2 July 2026 – Visa (NYSE: V) today announced the launch of the Visa Threat Intelligence Platform (VTIP), a new solution that helps financial institutions detect and respond to cyber threats that can lead to fraud and financial loss, leveraging the same
AI agents are now completing purchases with participating merchants, enabled by Visa’s infrastructure for trusted and secure transactions.
Paris, 2 July 2026 - At the Visa Payments Forum (VPF) in Paris, where Visa convenes 2,000 payment industry leaders to explore the future of payments, Visa (NYSE: V) today announced the execution of live agentic commerce transactions across Europe, w
Paris, 1 July 2026 – Visa (NYSE: V), a world leader in digital payments, today unveiled a refreshed Visa Infiniteproposition at the Visa Payments Forum (VPF) in Paris, which brings together over 2,000 industry leaders to examine trends and innovations shaping the future of payments.
The announcement marks a significant evolution of the Visa Infinite platform from a fixed premium tier to an ada
Research commissioned by Visa finds interest in next-generation payment technologies is rising, whilst security continues to drive payment choices with 88% of SMBs ranking fraud protection as critical when choosing payment partners. Fraud is a day-to-day reality: 40% of consumers say they've been affected either directly or through someone they know while 32% of merc
Revolut enables Click to Pay for eligible Visa cardholders, turning “tap-like” simplicity into a reality for online commerce at scale, and accelerating the shift to tokenised, digitally native payments Revolut will also make Click to Pay available for merchants in the UK and Europe, making it possible for them to offer a seamless checkout option to all eligible cardholders
London, 16 June 202
By Antony Cahill, Regional President, Chief Executive Officer, Visa Europe
Payments are a fundamental foundation of Europe’s economy. A trusted and efficient payments ecosystem provides buyers and sellers with the confidence that money will move securely and reliably, whatever the circumstances. Payments matter because, when they work well, they enable commerce to take place seamlessly, every
Visa takes important steps to support Europe’s ambition for a resilient, secure, innovative and locally anchored payments ecosystem New data centre based in the Eurozone will power Visa transactions across Europe, enhancing European payments infrastructure New Frankfurt HQ and European Innovation Centre to open as part of significant investment in Germany Increased investment in Poland with immin
Visa, Zilch and Thredd collaborate to help issuers deliver a simpler, more flexible card experience for users.
LONDON – 12th May 2026 – Visa, a world leader in digital payments, Zilch and Thredd today announced the introduction of Visa Flexible Credential (VFC) on Zilch cards in the UK, enabling more flexible ways to pay through a single, familiar card experience.
Demand for flexible paymen
Visa and TikTok launch the UK's first 'Creator Card' for TikTok LIVE creators
Creators can access and spend TikTok LIVE earnings faster and manage their finances more easily, with features designed to improve cash flow
It comes as new Visa research shows 49% of UK content creators have experienced late payments, while 94% want to separate their personal and business finances
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Part of the Visa Intelligent Commerce portfolio, Intelligent Commerce Connect will enable more ways for agents to pay and merchants to accept agentic transactions in a single integrationCurrently in pilot with select partners including AWS, Diddo, Highnote, Mesh, Payabli, Sumvin, and rolling out to more partners this year
London, 9 April 2026 – Visa has unveiled Intelligent Commerce Connect, a
Legacy payment authorisation systems can limit acquirers’ ability to support emerging payment methods and new forms of commerce Visa Intelligent Authorisation enables modern payment processing through a single API, helping eliminate the need for costly infrastructure rebuilds Visa is partnering with Comercia Global Payments, Elavon, Fiserv, UNICRE and Worldline to help
