The ai Corporation and Visa Deepen Relationship to Futureproof Fuel, EV and Mobility Payments
The ai Corporation has signed a long-term agreement with Visa to roll out Visa Fleet 2.0 in Europe through its aiEazyFuel® card issuing and payment platform. For fleets, the practical change is a hybrid card option that uses the Visa network for wider acceptance, including EV charging and other vehicle-related spend. The press release is published below as supplied.
LONDON, 17 September, 2026: The ai Corporation (ai), a leader in fuel and mobility payment solutions, today announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with Visa to expand and enable Visa Fleet 2.0 in Europe with its flagship card issuing and payment management platform, aiEazyFuel®.
Neil Halls, Head of Fleet, Mobility and Benefits at Visa Europe, said: "Innovation is reshaping the way fleet and mobility payments are managed, creating exciting new possibilities across the industry. By combining ai's expertise in the fuel, EV and mobility payments space, with the capabilities of Visa Fleet 2.0, this collaboration will help bring greater choice and modern payment experiences to the fleet, EV, mobility providers."
As a world leader in digital payments, Visa's Fleet 2.0 program provides technology partners with the tools and validation necessary to ensure their solutions meet Visa's high standards for functionality, integration, and security. ai's enhanced partnership with Visa will fast-track the availability of its innovative offerings to fuel retailers, fleet operators, and issuers worldwide.
aiEazyFuel® is a white-labelled, omnichannel card management and processing platform that helps energy retailers, issuers, banks, EV, leasing, mobility and fleet companies simplify and future-proof their payment systems, either by replacing legacy payment infrastructure or by launching new payment offerings. The platform supports a complete range of issuing, acceptance, acquiring, switching, processing, risk, and analytics functions and is directly integrated with proprietary fraud management platform aiRiskNet® to protect mobility payments across the ecosystem. An experienced in-house Fraud Managed Service Team manages the process end-to-end, using AI, machine learning tools and scoring models.
aiEazyFuel® offers a hybrid card option which provides the flexibility and convenience with the wider acceptance benefits of the Visa network. Clients’ cards that are issued and managed by the platform are accepted worldwide and can access a broader range of merchant networks, opening new revenue streams for issuers, in areas like mobility spend, EV charging and other vehicle-related services.
Piers Horak, The ai Corporation's CEO, said: "We are incredibly proud to announce our new commercial relationship with Visa, a milestone that represents a significant deepening of our collaborative efforts to transform the fleet landscape. By leveraging our flagship issuing and processing platform, aiEazyFuel®, we are driving targeted penetration of Visa Fleet 2.0 across various segments of the fuel, EV and mobility payments market in Europe. I am genuinely excited to see how this long-term agreement empowers our partners and future-proofs their operations, ensuring they stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving industry."
About The ai Corporation (ai)
The ai Corporation is a specialist in fuel and mobility payments, providing fleet card issuance, processing, and fraud management solutions to the fuel and energy industry for over 28 years. Its flagship platform, aiEazyFuel®, has been purpose-built for the fuel, mobility, and fleet payments market and supports more than 35,000 fuel sites globally. The ai Corporation is headquartered in Woking, UK. Visit www.aicorporation.com to find out more.
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