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