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Visa partners to test agentic ecosystem

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13 May, 2026
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Rachel St Clair
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13 May, 2026
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A host of Australian partners including ANZ, Bank of Melbourne, BankSA, Cuscal, ING, Latitude Financial, NAB, St. George, and Zip have signed up to Visa’s Agentic Ready program, in what Visa said was an important step in preparing the local ecosystem for the next phase of agentic commerce.
Visa partners to test agentic ecosystem
Visa Oceania Group Country Manager Alan Machet says the Agentic Ready Program is about preparing the ecosystem for what comes next. Background image generated by AI.

A host of Australian partners including ANZ, Bank of Melbourne, BankSA, Cuscal, ING, Latitude Financial, NAB, St. George, and Zip have signed up to Visa’s Agentic Ready program, in what Visa said was an important step in preparing the local ecosystem for the next phase of agentic commerce.

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