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
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
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
As part of the Covid-19 economic recovery, Visa is making great strides towards its goal to help eight million small businesses across Europe to adapt and take advantage of digital commerce.
As non-essential shops begin to reopen their doors, over half (56%) of small business owners surveyed are concerned they will not be able to bounce back from the impact of COVID-19, according to a new survey released by Visa today.
- Consumer spending: increases by +0.2%, following +0.4% rise in August - Face-to-Face expenditure: up by +1.1%, while eCommerce spend falls by -0.2% - Sector data show that Hotels, Restaurants & Bars and Food & Drink categories continue to see strongest increases in spend
- Consumer spending: rises +0.4%, after -0.9% decline in July - Face-to-Face spend: increases +0.3%, but eCommerce expenditure declines by -0.2% - Hotels, Restaurants & Bars and Food & Drink categories see the biggest increases in expenditure
- Consumer spending: down -0.9% compared to July last year - Face-to-Face spend: decreases -1.2%, while eCommerce expenditure falls by -0.5% - Warmer weather supports solid increase in spend across Food & Drink and Hotels, Restaurants & Bars categories
Headline Findings: • Consumer spending: Increases +0.7% compared to a year ago • Face-to-Face spend: Outstrips eCommerce for second consecutive month • World Cup fever: Hotels, Restaurants & Bars and Food & Drink categories are best performing sectors
Headline findings: - Consumer spending: up +0.9% year-on-year, quickest increase since March 2017 - Face-to-Face spend: up +1.5% on the year, strongest upturn since October 2016 - Spending on household goods rises for the first time in 18 months
Headline findings: - Consumer spending: declines -2.1% year-on-year, following -1.0% drop in February - Face-to-Face spend: -3.0% on the year, while eCommerce falls by -1.2% - Transport & Communication weakest performing sector
Headline findings: Consumer spending: falls -1.1% year-on-year, declining for ninth time in ten months Face-to-Face spend: -2.5% on the year, while eCommerce rises only slightly (+0.2%) Recreation & Culture sees its greatest decline since April 2010
Visa launches Transportation Center of Excellence to reimagine payments for all parts of the journey – from parking and refuelling to travel by air and rail
Headline findings: Household spending falls by -1.2% on the year, the first January drop since 2013 Sharp decline in High Street spend (-4.0%), and slower growth in E-commerce (+1.5%) Transport & Communication suffers from quickest drop (-6.5%), while Hotels, Restaurants & Bars reports further rise (+3.7%)
Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced that Visa Checkout has surpassed one million enrolled accounts in the UK. Visa’s online payment method, which was launched in May 2017, enables consumers to pay securely in just a few clicks on any device across the internet with some of the world’s top merchants.
- Consumer spending rises for first time since April (+0.3% year-on-year) - Growth driven by higher E-commerce expenditure (+6.5% on the year), as Face-to-Face continues to decline (-2.6%) - With average growth of 0.2% each month this year, consumer spending is on track for its weakest calendar year of growth since 2013
• Consumer spending falls by -0.8% on an annual basis, following declines in May and June • Transport & Communication (-6.1%) and Clothing & Footwear (-5.2%) see most marked reductions in spend • Face-to-Face expenditure falls at quicker pace (-3.7% on the year), while E-commerce spend increases by +3.6%
