Grow your business
Accepting Visa can help boost sales, increase efficiency and improve the checkout experience.
Accept Payments by Setting up a
Visa Merchant Account
Become a Visa Merchant.
Simplify payments
Speed up transactions and let your customers pay the way they want to pay.
Payment innovation
Visa is continually refining and expanding its global processing system.
Transaction security
Visa is committed to providing safe, reliable transactions.
Visa compliance and acceptance guidelines
Becoming a Visa-accepting merchant is a straightforward process and we will help you succeed. However, there are a few requirements that you will need to know:
- All merchants accepting Visa have a responsibility to adhere to the law. As it relates to accepting Visa products, merchants must accept Visa products for legal transactions only.
- Merchants that sell age-restricted products, such as alcohol and tobacco, must have in place processes and controls to ensure that all associated laws are honoured.
- Merchants should be aware that possession of a Visa card or submission of Visa account information does not signify that the cardholder is of legal age to purchase age-restricted products.
- The issuance of Visa cards is not restricted to individuals over 18 years of age
Who to contact
Contact an acquiring organisation to start the process of accepting Visa.
An acquirer is a bank or organisation that offers card acceptance services. You may wish to contact the bank with which you have your business relationship, or choose from the following list.
AIBMS |
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Barclaycard |
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BOI Payment Acceptance |
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Elavon |
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Worldpay |
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Planet Merchant Services |
Note: The above links are provided as a service from Visa to merchants interested in accepting Visa for payment. Visa cannot guarantee or otherwise ensure that any financial institution listed will agree to proceed with a merchant relationship. If a relationship is established, its terms are entirely between you and the financial institution.