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Visa to Lay Off 7% of Staff as Efficiency Push Deepens

CEO Ryan McInerney said AI is speeding work at Visa, which plans to reinvest savings in growth areas after cutting about 2,600 jobs.

  • On Tuesday, July 28, 2026, Visa announced it will reduce its global workforce by roughly 2,600 positions, or 7% of staff, as CEO Ryan McInerney shifts focus toward operational efficiency.
  • The reductions, primarily targeting technology and product teams, aim to "capture the opportunities ahead" by evolving operations and reinvesting in growth initiatives, McInerney wrote in a staff memo.
  • Although Artifical Intelligence is "accelerating the evolution" of work, sources familiar with the decision noted that automation was not the sole driver for the staff reductions.
  • Payments competitors like Mastercard and Block also announced workforce reductions this year, reflecting a broader industry trend of companies pursuing efficiency to manage costs.
  • Investors are scrutinizing the company's quarterly earnings, released after markets closed Tuesday, for management's commentary on anticipated severance costs and updated guidance regarding efficiency gains from the smaller workforce.
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Visa will eliminate around 2 600 jobs, as its executive director, Ryan McInerney, seeks to make the company more efficient.

·Mexico
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Victim says that deacon is not 'example' after resignation by harassment, in Paraíba Visa plans to cut 7% of its workforce, or about 2,600 jobs, reported a company spokesman on Tuesday (28), as the payment processor seeks to become more efficient, about six months after a similar action taken by its main competitor. The staff cuts will mainly affect technology and product teams.

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Global payments giant Visa is laying off 2,600 employees, or approximately 7% of its total workforce, to respond to the rapidly changing environment of the payments industry. This is interpreted as an organizational restructuring aimed at concentrating investments on growth sectors amidst the rapid reshaping of the payments market due to the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) and stablecoins. According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ)…

(New York = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Ji-heon = Global payment network provider Visa is... hiring 2,600 people, or about 7% of its total workforce, to adapt to the rapidly changing industry environment.

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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The spokesman-Review broke the news in Spokane, United States on Tuesday, July 28, 2026.
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