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Principal membership building on partnership with Visa Zilch has also secured principal membership with Visa, an arrangement that enables direct collaboration on payment products and removes intermediary layers from their commercial partnership. The companies plan to explore opportunities in payments innovation, including technologies related to agentic commerce.“ We’ re excited to continue supporting Zilch’ s growth to bring new, cutting-edge solutions to the UK market,” says Mark Berry, Head of UK Clients at Visa.“ Working together, we can deliver smarter ways to pay and be paid for people and businesses across the UK at scale.”
The principal membership builds on a multi-year partnership Zilch signed with Visa earlier in 2025 to launch its
first physical payment card and gain access to Visa’ s global merchant network of more than 150 million locations. The partnership involved migrating Zilch’ s transaction processing onto Visa’ s infrastructure, which the company reports has improved processing efficiency and capital utilisation. Mandy Lamb, Managing Director for UK and Ireland at Visa, said at the time of the physical card announcement:“ It’ s fantastic to welcome Zilch into the Visa ecosystem as we work together to deliver world-class products and solutions to help them scale.”
The principal membership grants Zilch direct access to Visa’ s payment infrastructure and network, supporting the company’ s plans to develop additional payment methods and expand its product portfolio beyond its current buy-now-pay-later offering.
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