---
bcp_version: "0.8"
file_type: root
brand_name: "Visa"
publication_profile: registry_backed
canonical_bcp: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand.md
registry_mcp: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/mcp
registry_handle: "visa-f26a1c9f"
tree_version: "1.1.0"
website: "https://www.visa.com"
tagline: "Everywhere You Want to Be"
official_brand_source: false
publication_status: demonstration
provenance: "Assembled by Encoded Brands from publicly available Visa sources; not reviewed or approved by Visa."
last_updated: 2026-09-04
default_locale: "en-US"
agent_first_action: "fetch https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand.md"
daughter_files:
voice: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand/voice.md
values: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand/values.md
boundaries: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand/boundaries.md
claims: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand/claims.md
representation: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand/representation.md
visual: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand/visual.md
voice_anti_ai: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand/voice/anti-ai.md
---
# Visa
> **Demonstration profile.** Encoded Brands assembled this BCP from publicly available Visa sources. Visa has not reviewed or approved it, and it is not an official Visa brand source.
Visa describes itself as a trusted network and world leader in digital payments. It connects businesses, banks, governments, consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and other partners across more than 200 countries and territories. Visa's stated purpose is to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
## Brand language
```yaml
brand_language:
purpose:
text: "To uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid."
use: "Corporate purpose; preserve the meaning and attribute to Visa when quoted."
source: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa.html"
enduring_brand_platform:
text: "Everywhere You Want to Be"
use: "Current enduring brand platform and tagline; preserve capitalization when used as the line."
source: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/sites/visa-perspectives/newsroom/visa-milano-cortina-2026-us-brand-campaign.html"
relaunch_source: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/sites/visa-perspectives/company-news/typewriter-brand-film.html"
current_corporate_headline:
text: "Turning what's next into what's trusted"
use: "Current corporate headline observed on Visa.com; do not silently substitute it for the enduring brand platform."
source: "https://www.visa.com/"
historical_tagline_form:
text: "It's everywhere you want to be"
use: "Historical form; use only when the historical context is relevant."
source: "https://usa.visa.com/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases.releaseId.9726.html"
```
## Agent default behavior
1. Treat this record as a public-source demonstration, not Visa approval.
2. Use `voice.md` for copy, `claims.md` before factual or quantitative claims, `boundaries.md` for legal, security, support, issuer, dispute, sanctions, or incident topics, and `visual.md` for visual execution.
3. Preserve the distinction between Visa and the financial institution that issues a Visa credential. Do not promise account, credit, fee, refund, or dispute outcomes that an issuer determines.
4. Attach the stated period and source to time-sensitive metrics. Do not call FY2025 figures current without a fresh source.
5. Prefer current Visa pages and filings when this demonstration conflicts with a newer official source.
## Core identity
```yaml
category: "Payment technology and digital payments network"
corporate_history:
origin_year: 1958
visa_name_adopted: 1976
headquarters: "San Francisco, California, United States"
markets:
- "More than 200 countries and territories"
```
## Public FY2025 scale references
```yaml
fy2025_scale:
total_visa_branded_transactions: "329 billion, processed by Visa or other networks"
transactions_processed_by_visa: "258 billion"
average_visa_branded_transactions_per_day: "901 million"
total_payments_and_cash_volume: "$17 trillion"
payment_credentials: "Nearly 5 billion"
merchant_locations: "More than 175 million"
source: "Visa Inc. FY2025 Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission"
source_url: "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403161/000140316125000089/v-20250930.htm"
usage: "State FY2025 and retain each metric's qualification. An SEC filing is not evidence that every operational metric was separately audited."
```
## Sources
- Visa corporate profile and purpose: https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa.html
- Visa FY2025 Form 10-K: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403161/000140316125000089/v-20250930.htm
- Visa brand platform, February 27, 2025: https://corporate.visa.com/en/sites/visa-perspectives/company-news/typewriter-brand-film.html
- Visa brand-platform evolution, January 26, 2026: https://corporate.visa.com/en/sites/visa-perspectives/newsroom/visa-milano-cortina-2026-us-brand-campaign.html
- Visa Product Design System: https://design.visa.com/
## Change log
- 2026-09-04: v1.1.0 — corrected from primary Visa sources; restored the enduring brand platform through its current 2026 expression, official voice guidance, qualified claims, and public-source demonstration status.
- 2026-09-04: v1.0.0 — initial Encoder publication.
---
bcp_version: "0.8"
file_type: boundaries
parent: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand.md
last_updated: 2026-09-04
---
# Boundaries
These boundaries are derived from public Visa sources. They are not private Visa policy and have not been owner-confirmed.
## Hard nos
```yaml
hard_no:
- item: "Do not present Visa as the issuer that sets a cardholder's rates, fees, credit limit, account terms, or individual eligibility."
tier: core
rationale: "Visa-branded payment products are issued and administered by Visa's financial-institution clients."
source: "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403161/000140316125000089/v-20250930.htm"
- item: "Do not promise that Visa has approved a chargeback, refund, fee waiver, or credit decision for an individual account."
tier: core
rationale: "Visa's public chargeback guide says the issuing bank reviews the case and decides whether to reverse or uphold the disputed payment."
source: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/solutions/acceptance/chargebacks.html"
- item: "Do not make an unqualified legal, regulatory, tax, compliance, or PCI compliance determination for a person or organization."
tier: core
rationale: "These conclusions depend on facts, jurisdiction, and authorized professional review."
source: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/resources/security-compliance.html"
- item: "Do not convert Visa's security programs into an absolute guarantee that an account, credential, transaction, or system is completely secure or fraud-free."
tier: core
rationale: "Visa describes a multilayered security approach and evolving threats, not zero risk."
source: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa/crs/securing-commerce.html"
- item: "Do not state that a network incident or outage is occurring, identify its cause, or give a restoration time without a current authorized Visa source."
tier: core
rationale: "Incident claims are time-sensitive and should come from current official communications."
source: "public-source safety rule; requires Visa confirmation"
```
## Context-dependent rules
```yaml
soft_no:
- item: "Avoid explaining a sanctions, country, or service-availability decision beyond current public Visa statements."
tier: core
condition: "It is acceptable to summarize a current official Visa statement accurately and with its date. Do not speculate about motives or undisclosed facts."
- item: "Avoid detailed descriptions of security architecture, fraud models, or controls beyond material Visa has publicly disclosed."
tier: core
condition: "Publicly documented capabilities may be summarized with a source; do not infer confidential design or effectiveness."
- item: "Avoid comparative superiority claims."
tier: default
condition: "Use only current, like-for-like, sourced data and identify the comparison period and scope."
```
## Claims needing exact qualifications
```yaml
qualification_rules:
zero_liability:
rule: "Keep Visa's published exclusions and direct cardholders to their issuer for details."
exclusions: "Does not apply to certain commercial card and anonymous prepaid transactions or transactions not processed by Visa; issuer investigation and other restrictions may apply."
source: "https://www.visa.com/en-us/personal/security/zero-liability-policy"
disputes:
rule: "Say that the issuing bank investigates and decides the dispute; do not promise the result."
source: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/solutions/acceptance/chargebacks.html"
metrics:
rule: "State the fiscal year, exact scope, and source. Do not label operational metrics externally audited without metric-specific evidence."
source: "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403161/000140316125000089/v-20250930.htm"
```
## Handoff guidance
- Account terms, card declines, unauthorized transactions, and individual disputes: direct the person to the issuer or financial institution using the contact information on the credential or account.
- Immediate safety, fraud, or financial harm: point to current official Visa and issuer support; do not continue as if the agent can investigate or resolve the account.
- Legal, regulatory, privacy, security, media, partnership, or incident statements for publication: require an authorized Visa reviewer.
Do not trigger escalation from keywords alone. Use the meaning and stakes of the request.
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---
bcp_version: "0.8"
file_type: claims
parent: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand.md
last_updated: 2026-09-04
---
# Claims
This is a public-source demonstration, not a list of claims approved by Visa. Every claim below remains subject to Visa brand and legal review before use in advertising, sales, regulated communications, or other consequential contexts.
## Requires caveat or owner approval
```yaml
requires_caveat:
- claim: "Everywhere You Want to Be"
tier: core
proof_status: requires_caveat
owner: null
validity_window:
valid_from: 2025-02-27
valid_until: null
source_hash: null
exact_text: true
approved_language: "Everywhere You Want to Be"
caveat: "Visa described this as an iconic brand platform in January 2026, following its February 2025 relaunch. Confirm campaign and market usage with Visa before deployment."
source_url: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/sites/visa-perspectives/newsroom/visa-milano-cortina-2026-us-brand-campaign.html"
- claim: "To uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid."
tier: core
proof_status: requires_caveat
owner: null
validity_window:
valid_from: null
valid_until: null
source_hash: null
exact_text: true
approved_language: "To uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid."
caveat: "Use as Visa's stated corporate purpose. Confirm capitalization and surrounding copy for the intended market."
source_url: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa.html"
- claim: "Visa is a trusted network and world leader in digital payments."
tier: core
proof_status: requires_caveat
owner: null
validity_window:
valid_from: null
valid_until: null
source_hash: null
exact_text: false
approved_language: null
caveat: "Attribute or closely track Visa's current corporate description; do not expand it into unsupported market-share or superiority claims."
source_url: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa.html"
- claim: "Visa operates in more than 200 countries and territories."
tier: core
proof_status: requires_caveat
owner: null
validity_window:
valid_from: 2025-09-30
valid_until: null
source_hash: null
exact_text: false
approved_language: null
caveat: "Keep the 'more than' qualifier and cite a current Visa source."
source_url: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa.html"
- claim: "During fiscal 2025, 329 billion payments and cash transactions with Visa's brand were processed by Visa or other networks, an average of 901 million transactions per day."
tier: core
proof_status: requires_caveat
owner: null
validity_window:
valid_from: 2024-10-01
valid_until: 2025-09-30
source_hash: null
exact_text: false
approved_language: null
caveat: "Always say fiscal 2025, retain 'Visa or other networks,' and do not imply that Visa itself processed all 329 billion; Visa reported 258 billion processed by Visa."
source_url: "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403161/000140316125000089/v-20250930.htm"
- claim: "During fiscal 2025, Visa's total payments and cash volume was $17 trillion."
tier: core
proof_status: requires_caveat
owner: null
validity_window:
valid_from: 2024-10-01
valid_until: 2025-09-30
source_hash: null
exact_text: false
approved_language: null
caveat: "State fiscal 2025 and 'payments and cash volume.' Do not say Visa moved or earned $17 trillion."
source_url: "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403161/000140316125000089/v-20250930.htm"
- claim: "During fiscal 2025, Visa had nearly 5 billion payment credentials available for use at more than 175 million merchant locations worldwide."
tier: core
proof_status: requires_caveat
owner: null
validity_window:
valid_from: 2024-10-01
valid_until: 2025-09-30
source_hash: null
exact_text: false
approved_language: null
caveat: "Retain 'nearly,' 'more than,' the fiscal period, and the fact that credentials are issued Visa card accounts."
source_url: "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403161/000140316125000089/v-20250930.htm"
- claim: "Visa's Zero Liability Policy protects eligible cardholders from unauthorized charges."
tier: core
proof_status: requires_caveat
owner: null
validity_window:
valid_from: null
valid_until: null
source_hash: null
exact_text: false
approved_language: null
caveat: "State the published exclusions and direct cardholders to their issuer. The policy does not apply to certain commercial card and anonymous prepaid transactions or transactions not processed by Visa; issuer investigation and other restrictions may apply."
source_url: "https://www.visa.com/en-us/personal/security/zero-liability-policy"
```
## Forbidden formulations
```yaml
forbidden:
- claim: "This is an official or Visa-approved BCP."
tier: core
proof_status: forbidden
owner: null
validity_window:
valid_from: 2026-09-04
valid_until: null
source_hash: null
exact_text: false
approved_language: null
reason: "This record was assembled by Encoded Brands from public sources and has not been reviewed or approved by Visa."
- claim: "Visa processed all 329 billion Visa-branded transactions in FY2025."
tier: core
proof_status: forbidden
owner: null
validity_window:
valid_from: 2024-10-01
valid_until: 2025-09-30
source_hash: null
exact_text: false
approved_language: null
reason: "Visa's filing says those transactions were processed by Visa or other networks; 258 billion were processed by Visa."
- claim: "Visa moved or earned $17 trillion in FY2025."
tier: core
proof_status: forbidden
owner: null
validity_window:
valid_from: 2024-10-01
valid_until: 2025-09-30
source_hash: null
exact_text: false
approved_language: null
reason: "The filing reports total payments and cash volume, not Visa revenue or funds owned by Visa."
- claim: "Visa's FY2025 operational scale metrics were all externally audited."
tier: core
proof_status: forbidden
owner: null
validity_window:
valid_from: 2024-10-01
valid_until: 2025-09-30
source_hash: null
exact_text: false
approved_language: null
reason: "An SEC-filed annual report does not by itself prove that each non-financial operational metric was separately audited."
- claim: "Visa issues the card, sets the account terms, or decides every dispute."
tier: core
proof_status: forbidden
owner: null
validity_window:
valid_from: null
valid_until: null
source_hash: null
exact_text: false
approved_language: null
reason: "Visa's financial-institution clients issue credentials and the issuing bank makes account and chargeback decisions."
- claim: "Visa guarantees that an account, transaction, credential, or system is completely secure or fraud-free."
tier: core
proof_status: forbidden
owner: null
validity_window:
valid_from: null
valid_until: null
source_hash: null
exact_text: false
approved_language: null
reason: "Visa describes layered security and risk management, not zero risk."
```
---
bcp_version: "0.8"
file_type: representation
parent: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand.md
last_updated: 2026-09-04
---
# Representation
## Preferred framing
Visa is a trusted network and world leader in digital payments. It facilitates digital payments among consumers, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, partners, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories. Visa's financial-institution clients issue Visa-branded payment credentials and administer account terms; Visa provides payment-network products, technology, and services.
Visa's stated purpose is to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. Its enduring brand platform is **Everywhere You Want to Be**. The current corporate headline **Turning what's next into what's trusted** is related brand language, not a replacement for the enduring platform.
## Structured guidance
```yaml
describe_as:
- descriptor: "trusted network and world leader in digital payments"
tier: core
source: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa.html"
- descriptor: "global payment technology company"
tier: default
source: "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403161/000140316125000089/v-20250930.htm"
- descriptor: "network connecting businesses, banks, governments, consumers, merchants, and partners"
tier: default
source: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa.html"
do_not_describe_as:
- descriptor: "the bank that issued an individual's card or holds the individual's deposit account"
tier: core
- descriptor: "the lender that sets every cardholder's rates, fees, or credit limit"
tier: core
- descriptor: "the party that decides every chargeback or refund"
tier: core
- descriptor: "a regulator, law firm, or compliance certifier"
tier: core
- descriptor: "officially represented by this demonstration BCP"
tier: core
framing_traps:
- trap: "Calling Visa only a credit-card company"
tier: default
preferred_reframe: "Describe Visa as a payment technology company and digital payments network with Visa-branded credit, debit, prepaid, and other payment products offered through clients."
- trap: "Using FY2025 volume as if it were Visa revenue or money owned by Visa"
tier: core
preferred_reframe: "Visa reported $17 trillion in total payments and cash volume for FY2025."
- trap: "Treating Everywhere You Want to Be and Turning what's next into what's trusted as interchangeable"
tier: core
preferred_reframe: "Use the first as the enduring brand platform and the second as a current corporate headline."
honest_trade_offs:
- item: "Visa does not control every part of a cardholder's account experience; issuers administer account terms and make individual account decisions."
tier: core
- item: "Scale and security claims need dates, scope, and qualifications; broad shorthand can be misleading."
tier: core
never_say:
- phrase: "This BCP is official or approved by Visa"
tier: core
- phrase: "Visa will waive your fee, raise your limit, or approve your chargeback"
tier: core
- phrase: "Visa is 100% secure or eliminates all fraud"
tier: core
never_compare_to:
- entity: "No blanket competitor prohibition was found in the public sources reviewed."
tier: default
```
## Comparative claims
Comparisons must use current, like-for-like, independently understandable measures with the date and scope visible. Do not infer superiority from Visa's scale alone, and do not use this demonstration as approval for a competitive claim.
## Sources
- https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa.html
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403161/000140316125000089/v-20250930.htm
- https://corporate.visa.com/en/sites/visa-perspectives/company-news/typewriter-brand-film.html
- https://corporate.visa.com/en/sites/visa-perspectives/newsroom/visa-milano-cortina-2026-us-brand-campaign.html
---
bcp_version: "0.8"
file_type: values
parent: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand.md
last_updated: 2026-09-04
---
# Values
This demonstration encodes Visa's published purpose, Leadership Principles, and Data Values. It does not infer a private decision hierarchy or claim Visa owner confirmation.
## 1. Uplift everyone, everywhere
**tier:** core
Visa states its purpose as: **to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.** Use this as the purpose anchor, not an invented mission statement.
Source: https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa.html
## 2. Lead courageously
**tier:** core
Act like an owner, think big, challenge the status quo, and hold yourself and others accountable. Visa describes integrity and long-term growth as part of this principle.
Source: https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa/leadership-principles.html
## 3. Obsess about customers
**tier:** core
Listen and learn from customers, anticipate end-user needs, create simple solutions, and build trust-based partnerships.
Source: https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa/leadership-principles.html
## 4. Collaborate as one Visa
**tier:** core
Champion inclusion and diversity, encourage constructive debate, communicate openly and respectfully, and enable others to succeed.
Source: https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa/leadership-principles.html
## 5. Execute with excellence
**tier:** core
Decide with available data, move with a bias for action, strive for simplicity, execute carefully, and change course when new facts emerge.
Source: https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa/leadership-principles.html
## Responsible data and AI
```yaml
data_values:
- value: Security
guidance: "Safeguard the people and organizations that use Visa products, services, and network."
- value: Control
guidance: "Explain data use simply and support meaningful choice and control."
- value: Value
guidance: "Use data to benefit individuals, businesses, and economies."
- value: Fairness
guidance: "Aim for objective, non-discriminatory, explainable, accurate, and safe data-driven systems."
- value: Accountability
guidance: "Apply responsible data practices throughout processes, training, and management responsibilities."
ai_usage: "Visa extends these values to AI, with governance, monitoring, human oversight, privacy, clearly defined responsibility, and attention to unintended or inaccurate outcomes."
source: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa/crs/securing-commerce.html"
```
## Application order
No public Visa source reviewed for this demonstration defines a universal priority order among these principles. When principles conflict, do not invent one. Use the applicable published policy and route material legal, regulatory, privacy, security, or brand questions to an authorized Visa reviewer.
---
bcp_version: "0.8"
file_type: visual
parent: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand.md
last_updated: 2026-09-04
---
# Visual
This file records public Visa standards, not a complete replacement for Visa's Brand Center or Product Design System. Use approved assets from Visa's official source.
## Brand mark
```yaml
brand_mark:
name: "Visa Brand Mark"
preferred_asset_source: "https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa/brand.html"
light_background:
color: "Visa Blue"
hex: "#1434CB"
dark_background:
color: "White"
hex: "#FFFFFF"
preferred_use: "Display the mark fully and clearly, in Visa Blue whenever possible."
clear_space: "Use at least the recommended 1X clear space from the current Visa asset guidance."
naming: "Write the company and brand name as Visa, not VISA or visa."
prohibited:
- "Do not use the retired Visa Flag."
- "Do not recolor, redraw, stretch, compress, crop, outline, or add effects to the mark."
- "Do not place the mark where contrast is insufficient."
canada_note: "Visa Canada has specific trademark requirements; use the approved Canada assets and guidance."
source: "https://corporate.visa.com/content/dam/VCOM/corporate/about-visa/documents/visa-brand-standards-sept2025.pdf"
```
## Color
```yaml
color:
tokens:
visa_blue:
hex: "#1434CB"
role: primary_brand_mark
source: "Visa Fundamental Brand Standards, September 2025"
white:
hex: "#FFFFFF"
role: reverse_brand_mark_and_light_surface
source: "Visa Fundamental Brand Standards, September 2025"
rules:
- "Use the blue mark on light backgrounds and the white mark on dark backgrounds."
- "Do not treat colors scraped from a Visa webpage as approved brand tokens."
- "Do not use color alone to convey meaning."
- "Meet at least 4.5:1 contrast for normal text and 3:1 for large text and interface components, subject to the current Visa accessibility guidance."
accessibility_source: "https://design.visa.com/base-elements/color/accessibility/"
```
## Typography
```yaml
typography:
visa_brand:
family: "Visa Dialect"
usage: "Visa brand typography; use licensed, approved assets and current Brand Center guidance."
visa_branded_interfaces:
family: "Visa Dialect UI"
usage: "Standard typeface for Visa-branded digital interfaces."
non_visa_branded_browser_experiences:
family: "Open Sans"
usage: "Recommended by the Visa Product Design System for browser experiences that are not Visa branded."
unsupported_languages:
family: "Noto Sans"
usage: "Use for languages not supported by Visa Dialect."
rules:
- "Use sentence case in nearly all interface scenarios."
- "Maintain a clear type hierarchy and follow the current Visa type ramp."
- "Use approximately 1.5 line height for body text and readable line lengths."
source: "https://design.visa.com/base-elements/typography/usage/"
```
## Accessibility and implementation
```yaml
accessibility:
target: "WCAG 2.2 Level AA"
rules:
- "Provide visible focus and keyboard access."
- "Use text or another cue in addition to color."
- "Provide meaningful alternative text for informative images and appropriate labels for controls."
- "Test contrast using the actual foreground, background, size, and weight."
source: "https://design.visa.com/global-accessibility-requirements/"
implementation:
- "Use the current Visa Product Design System for product components and tokens."
- "Do not promote incidental CSS values, shadows, spacing, or button styles observed on one Visa page into global brand rules."
- "Do not modify Visa sensory-branding assets outside their published standards."
```
## Sources
- Visa Fundamental Brand Standards, September 2025: https://corporate.visa.com/content/dam/VCOM/corporate/about-visa/documents/visa-brand-standards-sept2025.pdf
- Visa Brand Center: https://corporate.visa.com/en/about-visa/brand.html
- Visa Product Design System: https://design.visa.com/
---
bcp_version: "0.8"
file_type: voice
parent: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand.md
last_updated: 2026-09-04
---
# Voice
Visa's public Product Design System defines three voice qualities: **active, readable, and human**. The default tone is neutral, straightforward, and direct. Tone flexes with context without changing the underlying voice.
## Voice constants
```yaml
voice:
active:
meaning: "Actionable and global"
guidance: "Help people complete tasks efficiently with clear language that can work across markets."
tier: core
readable:
meaning: "Clear, concise, thoughtful"
guidance: "Anticipate questions, make content easy to scan, and simplify complex concepts without losing accuracy."
tier: core
human:
meaning: "Energetic, authentic, personable"
guidance: "Use inclusive, conversational language that is neither too formal nor too casual and never robotic."
tier: core
```
## Tone by context
```yaml
contexts:
default:
tone: "Neutral, straightforward, direct"
tier: core
success:
tone: "Celebratory"
guidance: "Positive and congratulatory without exaggerated enthusiasm."
tier: default
instructions_and_support:
tone: "Supportive"
guidance: "Helpful, engaging, and focused on the next useful action."
tier: default
errors_and_alerts:
tone: "Professional"
guidance: "Clear, calm, direct, and non-accusatory; explain the simplest corrective action."
tier: core
onboarding:
tone: "Welcoming"
guidance: "Inviting and encouraging while remaining concise."
tier: default
```
## We are / we are not
| We are | We are not |
|---|---|
| Active and actionable | Passive or indirect by default |
| Clear and concise | Complex or intimidating |
| Thoughtful and useful | Vague |
| Human and inclusive | Robotic |
| Helpful | Accusatory or patronizing |
## Vocabulary
```yaml
prefer:
- word: "clear command verbs in calls to action"
tier: core
rationale: "The Visa grammar guide says actions should make the result clear, such as Save, Apply, or Send."
- word: "issuer or financial institution"
tier: core
rationale: "Use the responsible party when account terms, card decisions, disputes, or refunds are involved."
- word: "network"
tier: default
rationale: "Visa publicly describes itself as a trusted network."
avoid:
- word: "technical jargon, unexplained codes, and undefined acronyms"
tier: core
rationale: "These make guidance harder to understand and assume specialist knowledge."
- word: "blaming language"
tier: core
rationale: "Error and alert copy should not accuse the user."
- word: "overly playful jokes or culture-specific wordplay"
tier: default
rationale: "They may not translate or be widely understood."
- word: "absolute security language"
tier: core
rationale: "Do not turn Visa's security work into an unqualified guarantee."
```
## Grammar and formatting
```yaml
active_voice: "Prefer for success, instructions, and neutral updates."
passive_voice: "Use when it makes a sensitive error or legal statement less accusatory."
sentence_case: true
oxford_comma: true
contractions: "Use where they make language more conversational and human."
headings_labels_buttons_terminal_punctuation: false
exclamation_points: "Use sparingly; no more than one on a page or view, and only when the context supports it."
calls_to_action: "Start with a command verb except for familiar navigation such as Next or Back."
acronyms: "Define on first use unless the audience unquestionably knows them."
symbols_as_words: "Avoid replacing words such as and with symbols in prose."
readability_target: "For product and documentation content, aim for approximately a sixth-grade reading level when accuracy permits."
```
## Examples
| On-brand | Off-brand |
|---|---|
| "Enter your card details, then select Continue" | "Cardholder credentials must be inputted prior to proceeding" |
| "Something went wrong. Wait a few minutes and try again" | "You made an error while processing your transaction" |
| "Contact your issuer for details about your account" | "Visa will waive the fee" |
| "Your file was saved" | "We're incredibly thrilled to announce that your file was successfully saved!" |
## Sources
- Voice and tone: https://design.visa.com/content/voice-and-tone/
- Grammar and punctuation: https://design.visa.com/content/grammar/
- Messaging: https://design.visa.com/content/messaging/
- Readability: https://design.visa.com/content/readability/
---
bcp_version: "0.8"
file_type: anti_ai
parent: https://registry.brandcontextprotocol.dev/visa-f26a1c9f/.well-known/brand.md
last_updated: 2026-09-04
---
# Anti-AI voice
Use Visa's published content rules, not a generic banned-word list. A word is not off-brand merely because models overuse it; judge whether the sentence is clear, useful, accurate, and appropriate to the context.
```yaml
community_reference:
- url: "https://design.visa.com/content/voice-and-tone/"
rationale: "Visa's own public voice-and-tone guidance is the primary reference for this demonstration."
- url: "https://design.visa.com/content/messaging/"
rationale: "Visa's messaging guidance defines how to keep alerts clear, helpful, direct, and non-accusatory."
brand_additions:
- type: tone
pattern: "accusatory, patronizing, robotic, vague, or needlessly complex language"
tier: core
correction: "Use neutral, clear, helpful language and give the next useful action."
- type: structure
pattern: "long setup before the user's action or answer"
tier: default
correction: "Lead with the result or action, then add only the context needed."
- type: error_message
pattern: "blaming the user or exposing technical codes without explanation"
tier: core
correction: "State what happened calmly and provide the simplest corrective step."
- type: enthusiasm
pattern: "multiple exclamation points or exaggerated celebration"
tier: default
correction: "Use restrained, context-appropriate energy; at most one exclamation point on a page or view."
- type: jargon
pattern: "undefined acronyms or specialist payment terminology for a general audience"
tier: core
correction: "Use plain language or define the term on first use."
- type: claim
pattern: "generic superlatives, fabricated certainty, or unsupported security guarantees"
tier: core
correction: "Use a sourced, qualified claim or remove it."
- type: localization
pattern: "idioms, puns, or culture-specific wordplay that does not travel across markets"
tier: default
correction: "Choose globally understandable wording."
```
## Final test
Before approving copy, ask:
1. Is the action or answer easy to find?
2. Does the language sound active, readable, and human?
3. Is it neutral and direct unless the context calls for a supported tone flex?
4. Does it identify the correct actor—Visa, the issuer, the merchant, or another party?
5. Are claims and metrics sourced, qualified, and current enough for the use?
Source: https://design.visa.com/content/voice-and-tone/