# Ryan McInerney

> Ryan McInerney is CEO at Visa. Visa Intelligent Commerce on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

CEO, Visa.

Ryan McInerney became Visa's chief executive on 1 February 2023, succeeding Alfred F. Kelly Jr. He had been Visa's president since 2013, responsible for its global businesses, including its market teams, business units, product team, merchant team and client services.

## What Ryan builds

- [Visa Intelligent Commerce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/visa-intelligent-commerce.md), graded D, 47.7/100, in Agent checkout protocols. Visa Intelligent Commerce is Visa's programme for AI agents paying with Visa cards, using agent-specific tokens, passkey-approved purchase instructions and the Trusted Agent Protocol, which lets merchants verify agents by HTTP message signatures. CEO, Visa, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Dee Hock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dee-hock/), Founder and first CEO, Visa; resigned his management role in May 1984
- [Jack Forestell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jack-forestell/), Chief Product and Strategy Officer, Visa
- [Jason Schmidt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jason-schmidt/), Visa Intelligent Commerce product designer / developer-experience contributor
- [Pavan HS](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pavan-hs/), Senior Director of Product Management, Visa Acceptance Solutions; leads the Agentic Commerce team

## Questions

### Who is Ryan McInerney?

Ryan McInerney became Visa's chief executive on 1 February 2023, succeeding Alfred F. Kelly Jr. He had been Visa's president since 2013, responsible for its global businesses, including its market teams, business units, product team, merchant team and client services.

### What does Visa make?

Anchor Terminal lists Visa Intelligent Commerce from Visa. Visa Intelligent Commerce is Visa's programme for AI agents paying with Visa cards, using agent-specific tokens, passkey-approved purchase instructions and the Trusted Agent Protocol, which lets merchants verify agents by HTTP message signatures.

### How are Ryan's tools graded?

Visa Intelligent Commerce is graded D, 47.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://jsn.io/work/visa-intelligent-commerce
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/visualplant/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavan-hs
- https://corporate.visa.com/en/sites/visa-perspectives/newsroom/product-drop-intelligent-commerce.html
- https://developer.visa.com/support/faqs
- https://developer.visa.com
- https://www.visa.com/en-us/solutions/intelligent-commerce
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Inc.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Hock

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