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Visa (V): Cuba Exposure Check

Independent audit of Visa Inc.'s exposure to Cuba — OFAC SDN matches, Helms-Burton Title III risk, SEC filings, and the Cuban Insights news corpus.

Historical exposure

Visa has historical Cuba exposure that has been wound down or written off.

Visa, like Mastercard, authorized US card use in Cuba under post-2015 CACR amendments but acceptance is materially limited by sanctioned acquiring counterparties on the Cuba Restricted List.

Ticker
V
S&P 500 sector
Financials
Headquarters
San Francisco , California
OFAC matches
0
EDGAR filings
0
Last refreshed
2026-09-04

OFAC Cuba SDN matches

No entry on the OFAC Cuba SDN list contains Visa as of the most recent OFAC scrape. Always re-verify with OFAC Sanctions Search before transacting.

SEC filings disclosing Cuba items

We searched Visa's SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F, 6-K) for the past two years and found no mention of Cuba, CACR, Helms-Burton, GAESA, or Havana. This is consistent with no material disclosed exposure. The full SEC full-text search is here: EDGAR full-text search for Visa .

Federal Register & news corpus mentions

Cuban Insights indexes US Federal Register notices, the Gaceta Oficial and ANPP record, and the analyzed news corpus we republish daily. The following entries name Visa alongside Cuba context:

Press Rss · 2026-08-15
Press Rss · 2026-08-14
State Dept Cpal · 2026-08-14
State Dept Cpal · 2026-08-13

Cuban Insights analyst note

Visa, like Mastercard, authorized US card use in Cuba under post-2015 CACR amendments but acceptance is materially limited by sanctioned acquiring counterparties on the Cuba Restricted List.

Methodology. This page combines four signals: (1) a hand-curated map of S&P 500 Cuba exposure maintained by Cuban Insights analysts; (2) fuzzy substring matching against every Cuba-program OFAC SDN designation and the State Department Cuba Restricted List (refreshed twice daily); (3) the SEC EDGAR full-text search across the company's 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F, and 6-K filings for the past 24 months — including Helms-Burton Title III trafficking-claim disclosures; (4) a scan of our own analyzed-news corpus and US Federal Register notices. Last refreshed 2026-09-04. This is not legal or compliance advice; always verify with primary sources and qualified sanctions counsel before transacting.

Frequently asked questions

Is Visa (V) sanctioned by OFAC?
As of September 2026, Visa (V) is not listed on the OFAC CUBA-program SDN list. No direct or subsidiary entity match was found in our scan against the live US Treasury SDN feed. Note that the State Department's Cuba Restricted List and Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List apply separately and should be checked alongside the SDN. Always re-verify against the official OFAC Sanctions Search before relying on this for a compliance decision.
Does Visa have Cuba revenue exposure?
Visa has historical Cuba exposure that has been wound down or written off. Visa, like Mastercard, authorized US card use in Cuba under post-2015 CACR amendments but acceptance is materially limited by sanctioned acquiring counterparties on the Cuba Restricted List.
Has Visa disclosed Cuba in its SEC filings?
No recent SEC filings by Visa (V) contain Cuba, Helms-Burton, CACR, or Havana references in our EDGAR search across 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F, and 6-K forms over the last 24 months. Use SEC EDGAR's full-text search to verify.

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