Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) announced the global expansion of its Agentic Ready program to clients in Asia Pacific and Latin America, according to a company statement. The program, initially launched with banks and issuing partners across Europe and the United Kingdom, is designed to help the payments ecosystem prepare for AI agent-initiated commerce.

The Agentic Ready program enables participating issuing banks and payment partners to test agent-initiated payments in controlled environments using live cards and real merchants. Participants can validate payment flows including card enrollment, tokenization, authentication, and transaction authorization while assessing security mechanisms as AI agents conduct transactions.

The program allows banks to identify operational gaps before agent-led transactions scale broadly and collaborate with Visa and selected merchants to understand transaction behavior. Participants can prepare for global deployment as agent-driven commerce expands across markets.

"Across markets, we're seeing growing interest in how AI agents could reshape commerce," said Rubail Birwadker, SVP, Growth Products & Partnerships at Visa. "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."

The program builds on Visa Intelligent Commerce, the company's portfolio of initiatives for AI-driven commerce experiences. In the United States, Visa has deployed Visa Intelligent Commerce across agents and partners, with live transactions currently taking place.

Agentic Ready is live with more than 20 partners in the United Kingdom and Europe and will roll out to over 85 partners across Asia Pacific and Latin America. The company plans to continue expansion to additional markets this year.