REPORTED · WARN NOTICE✓ VERIFIEDAdded Aug 5, 2026

Visa Inc. Layoff — October 2026

SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGCalifornia Employment Development Department· filed July 31, 2026View the filing ↗

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED

320

SHARE OF WORKFORCE

~1.5%

EFFECTIVE DATE

Oct 1, 2026

320 OF 21,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Foster City, California (San Mateo County).

Department affected: management, engineering and research (including vice presidents, senior directors, chief engineering/architect roles and senior software engineering/research/technical roles).

A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on July 31, 2026.

Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the CA state workforce agency.

Summary

Visa announced a layoff affecting 320 employees at its Foster City, California campus, disclosed in a California filing on July 31. The cuts include 37 senior directors, 16 chief engineering and architect roles, dozens of senior software engineers, researchers and other technical staff, and six vice presidents. The Foster City reductions are part of a broader, companywide reduction of about 2,600 jobs (roughly 7% of Visa's workforce), according to Bloomberg. Visa CEO Ryan McInerney framed the cuts as steps to drive efficiency and reinvest in higher-potential opportunities, citing AI-driven changes and Visa's recent acquisition of AI fraud-detection firm BioCatch as context.

Visa Inc. disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on July 31, 2026. The notice covers 320 employees in Metro Center Blvd Foster City, CA (San Mateo County), with the layoff effective October 1, 2026.

That is roughly 1.5% of the 21,000 people Visa Inc. employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 7 layoff events at Visa Inc. since January 2025, including 688 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 2 additional events known from news reporting.