# Visa Agentic Ready is designed to support the payments ecosystem in the era of agent-led commerce.

*fintech · news · 2026-04-30 · The Manila Times*

## Key points

- Visa launched its global Agentic Ready program in Asia Pacific to support agent-led commerce readiness.
- Agentic Ready allows issuers to test and validate AI agent-initiated transactions in a production-grade environment.
- Over 50 partners from 10 Asia Pacific markets have enrolled in the Agentic Ready program's first phase.
- The program focuses on issuer readiness for trusted AI-driven payments while preserving security and consumer control.

**Companies:** Visa, AEON Thana Sinsap, Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad, ANZ Bank New Zealand, ASB Bank, Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Bank New Zealand, Bank of China, Bank of Melbourne, Bank of South Australia, Bank SinoPac, Cathay United Bank, CIMB Bank, Credit Saison Co., Ltd., CTBC Bank, Cuscal, DBS Bank, DCS, E.SUN Bank, GXS Bank, Hana Card, Hang Seng Bank, HSBC, Hyundai Card, ING Bank (Australia), KakaoBank, KB Kookmin Card Co. Ltd, Kiwibank, KASIKORNBANK (KBank), Krungthai Card (KTC), Latitude Financial, Maybank, Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB Bank), Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd., OCBC Bank Ltd, Rakuten Card Co., Ltd., Reap Technologies Limited, Samsung Card, Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Sacombank), SB Payment Service Corp., Shinhan Card, St. George Bank, Standard Chartered, StraitsX Payment Services Pte. Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., Ltd., Taishin International Bank, Techcombank, TMBThanachart Bank (ttb), Trust Bank Singapore, Union Bank of Taiwan, UQPAY, UOB, Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank), Wise, ZA Bank, Zip Co
**Countries:** Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

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