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By [Suzie Elis](https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/) August 6, 2026 2 min read Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Frewards-loyalty%2F8am-and-visa-host-exclusive-fifa-world-cup-2026-customer-experience-3476ac542f92%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=8am%20and%20Visa%20bring%20legal-sector%20customers%20together%20through%20World%20Cup%20hospitality "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Frewards-loyalty%2F8am-and-visa-host-exclusive-fifa-world-cup-2026-customer-experience-3476ac542f92%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=8am%20and%20Visa%20bring%20legal-sector%20customers%20together%20through%20World%20Cup%20hospitality%20https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Frewards-loyalty%2F8am-and-visa-host-exclusive-fifa-world-cup-2026-customer-experience-3476ac542f92%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "WhatsApp") ![Customer-event attendees wearing Visa scarves at the July 2026 World Cup hospitality event](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/8am-visa-bring-legal-sector-customers-together-through-world-cup-hospitality-customer-w1280.webp) Official 8am photograph of attendees at its July 2026 customer event. Photo: 8am [8am](https://giftcard.news/company/8am/) described a customer hospitality programme with [Visa](https://giftcard.news/company/visa/) in an account published on August 6, 2026\. Legal-sector customers attended a July 5 World Cup match-day experience in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with a reception before the game. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1) ## An experience with a tangible gifting component Guests received branded gifts including hats, backpacks and personalised luggage tags. The reception also gave customers an opportunity to see 8am Smart Spend and the 8am Visa Business Card, linking the event to the supplier’s business-expense proposition for law firms. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1) 8am presented the occasion as a way for customers to meet peers and the team behind the products they used. That was the company’s account of the programme’s purpose and participants’ experience, rather than a measured study of loyalty or retention. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1) ## Hospitality and everyday rewards serve different purposes A hosted event provides time and a shared experience for a selected group of customers. A gift card or routine reward programme operates through a different mechanism, usually allowing value to be distributed without bringing recipients to one place. Both can form part of customer engagement, but their reach and costs should not be treated as equivalent. The account disclosed no campaign budget, subsequent spending uplift or retention comparison. It therefore illustrates the design of an experience-based customer programme without establishing a financial return. The event took place in July 2026 and was reported in August. This article preserves that timeline rather than presenting the hospitality programme as a new upcoming opportunity. ## Sources and documents ExpandCollapse * [\[S01\] Company announcement](https://www.8am.com/blog/fifa-world-cup-2026-customer-experience/?utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news) — www.8am.com ## In this article ### Companies * [8am](https://giftcard.news/company/8am/) * [Visa](https://giftcard.news/company/visa/) Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Frewards-loyalty%2F8am-and-visa-host-exclusive-fifa-world-cup-2026-customer-experience-3476ac542f92%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=8am%20and%20Visa%20bring%20legal-sector%20customers%20together%20through%20World%20Cup%20hospitality "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Frewards-loyalty%2F8am-and-visa-host-exclusive-fifa-world-cup-2026-customer-experience-3476ac542f92%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=8am%20and%20Visa%20bring%20legal-sector%20customers%20together%20through%20World%20Cup%20hospitality%20https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Frewards-loyalty%2F8am-and-visa-host-exclusive-fifa-world-cup-2026-customer-experience-3476ac542f92%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "WhatsApp") ![Portrait of Suzie Elis](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/suzie-elis-editorial-portrait-w320.webp) About the author ## [Suzie Elis](https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/) Journalist — Gift Cards & Digital Gifting Suzie Elis covers gift card products, digital gifting and distribution for Gift Card News. 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