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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
4
Last refreshed
2026-04-21

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

Visa has filed 4 recent SEC documents containing references to Cuba, the CACR, Helms-Burton, GAESA, or related terms. These are the company's own disclosures.

SEC EDGAR · accession 0001628280-26-007709
SEC EDGAR · accession 0001628280-25-025899
SEC EDGAR · accession 0001403161-24-000058
SEC EDGAR · accession 0001403161-25-000089

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:

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 2026-04-21. 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 April 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?
Visa has filed 4 recent SEC documents containing Cuba-related references (searched across 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F, and 6-K filings on EDGAR over the last 24 months — queries include 'Cuba', 'Helms-Burton', 'CACR', 'Cuba Restricted List', and 'Havana'). See the SEC filings section on the page for the matched excerpts and links to each filing.

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