Visa, a global leader in digital payment services, announced the launch of its Agentic Ready program in the Asia Pacific region. The Visa Agentic Ready program is designed to prepare the payments ecosystem for the era where AI agents become central to transactions.

Mr. Anthony Watson, Visa's Country Manager for Thailand, revealed that Thailand's payments ecosystem is rapidly evolving towards smarter and more automated commerce, while maintaining a strong emphasis on trust, regulation, and consumer protection.

“Visa Agentic Ready is designed to help issuing banks concretely assess how agent-operated transactions impact their risk management infrastructure and customer control mechanisms before scaling up widely in a controlled and ready-to-use environment. We aim to support issuing banks in Thailand in strengthening their readiness and trust so that innovation can proceed responsibly and align with market expectations.”

Agentic Ready is powered by Visa's core network technologies, encompassing security, identity verification, risk management, and usage control, ensuring reliable agent-based payments across all formats. This builds upon Visa Intelligent Commerce, Visa's suite of solutions focused on developing and implementing AI-powered commerce experiences on a large scale.

Driving the widespread adoption of Agentic Commerce requires collaboration across the payment ecosystem. Visa has partnered with organizations in over 10 markets across the region under the Agentic Ready program. Meanwhile, the first cardholders to join the Visa Agentic Ready program in Thailand include: Krungthai Card Public Company Limited (KTC), Kasikornbank Public Company Limited (KBank), TMBThanachart Bank Public Company Limited (ttb), and AEON Thana Sinsap Public Company Limited, with more partners expected to join later this year.

Under a controlled and real-world testing environment, this program validates and proves the performance of agent-operated transactions in simulated scenarios, building confidence among issuing banks before this new payment experience is widely implemented. This commitment reflects Visa's direction towards smarter, more automated commerce, driven by trusted identity verification and a robust network, enabling secure and responsive payments that cater to consumer needs and contexts. The more automated shopping becomes, the more seamlessly agents can facilitate transactions, retaining user control and decision-making at all times.

Visa works with AI platforms, developers, merchants, and partners within the global payment ecosystem to drive reliable agent-operated payments. To achieve this on a wider scale, Visa Agentic Ready helps banks that are ready to accept these transactions securely and confidently. The program is already available in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Pruksa Holding Public Company Limited (“PSH”) has announced the final interest rates for its senior secured debentures, guaranteed by its core subsidiary “Pruksa Real Estate Public Company Limited”, with a debentureholders’ representative appointed. The offering period will be available to the general public following strong investor interest driven by confidence in the company’s solid business fundamentals. The debentures will consist of two tranches: The 2-year debentures with a fixed coupon rate of 3.40% per annum The 3-year debentures with a fixed coupon rate of 3.75% per annum Interest will be paid every 3 months throughout the tenor, providing investors with consistent returns.

A key factor supporting investor confidence is PSH’s strong financial position. The company maintains a relatively low level of debt compared to its equity, reflecting disciplined and prudent capital structure management. This results in high financial flexibility, enabling the company to withstand market volatility while maintaining its ability to consistently service interest payments and repay principal.

The debentures have been assigned a credit rating of “BBB+” with a “Negative” outlook (Investment Grade) by TRIS Rating Co., Ltd. on 23 April 2026. The subscription period for the debentures will be open to the general public on 8 and 11–12 May 2026, through five leading financial institutions, including KASIKORNBANK Public Company Limited, Kiatnakin Phatra Securities Public Company Limited, TMBThanachart Bank Public Company Limited, Asia Plus Securities Company Limited and Krungthai XSpring Securities Company Limited. Following the announcement of the final coupon rates, the offering is expected to attract increased investor interest, particularly from retail investors seeking stable returns amid economic volatility and looking to diversify into quality medium-term fixed income instruments with manageable risk.

Investors interested in subscribing to the debentures can review further details in the draft prospectus at www.sec.or.th or please contact the following 5 arrangers: KASIKORNBANK Public Company Limited Tel. 02-888-8888 press 869 (Including Kasikorn Securities Public Company Limited as a selling agent) Kiatnakin Phatra Securities Public Company Limited Tel. 02-165-5555 or subscribe via the Dime! application for individual investors (Including Kiatnakin Phatra Bank as a selling agent) TMBThanachart Bank Public Company Limited Tel. 1428 press #4 (Open for high-net-worth investors only)

Asia Plus Securities Company Limited Tel. 02-680-4004 Krungthai XSpring Securities Company Limited Tel. 02-695-5555 Note: The Company is in the process of submitting the registration statement and draft prospectus with the Office of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is not yet effective. The allocation of debentures is subject to the discretion of the lead arrangers. The offering conditions shall be in accordance with those specified in the registration statement and draft prospectus. Disclaimer: Please ensure you understand the product characteristics, conditions, returns, and risks before making an investment decision. Investment involves risks. Investors should study the information in the draft prospectus before making an investment decision. Further details can be found in the registration statement and draft prospectus as outlined below.

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