Visa, floor by floor: 281B transactions, $18T on cards, up to stablecoins and AI agents
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-11-12
A visual breakdown maps Visa's business as a six-floor tower, all built in-house: cards, checkout, risk & fraud (including a large transaction model), issuing, transfers, and on top stablecoins & AI — Stablecoin Platform, Intelligent Commerce, and a Trusted Agent Protocol. Below ground sits VisaNet: 281.3B transactions processed in fiscal 2026, with $18T running on its cards. Alongside: 16 acquisitions and investments, from CyberSource ($2.01B) to Visa Europe ($18.8B), with the latest BioCatch deal ($2.45B) still pending.
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