In its first phase, Visa Agentic Ready focuses on issuer readiness, providing a structured pathway for issuers to test, validate, and understand agent-initiated transactions in a controlled, production-grade environment.
The program enables issuers to experience how AI agents initiate complete transactions on behalf of consumers, and to test their readiness to support agentic commerce, while maintaining the trust, control, and protections that underpin the Visa network.
Fadi Moukkadem, Visa’s SVP and Group Country Manager for UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar, said that, “In Qatar, we see a strong appetite for innovation, but also a clear need to ensure new payment experiences are introduced in a way that is secure and scalable. As AI begins to play a greater role in commerce, issuers will be central to building consumer confidence.”
“Visa Agentic Ready gives our clients a practical way to understand, test, and prepare for agent-initiated payments, supported by the security, controls, and network capabilities that have long underpinned Visa’s trusted payment network,” Moukkadem added.
Visa Agentic Ready harnesses AI, network capabilities, and regional partnerships
Visa Agentic Ready is powered by Visa’s foundational network capabilities, bringing together tokens, identity, risk, and controls to examine how trusted agent-initiated payments could be enabled across use cases.
This builds on Visa Intelligent Commerce, Visa’s portfolio of initiatives and solutions focused on enabling trusted, AI-driven commerce experiences at scale.
Bringing agentic commerce to life at scale requires coordination across the payments ecosystem, and Visa has enrolled several partners from across the region into the Visa Agentic Ready program.
Early issuing partners engaging in the Visa Agentic Ready program include: Dukhan Bank, Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB), and Qatar National Bank (QNB), with additional partners expected to join later this year.
Through the controlled, production-grade testing environment, the program validates how agent-initiated payments operate in real world environments, helping issuers build confidence as these new experiences become a reality.
