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Visa's AI-enhanced payment options will be coming to more apps soon, thanks to new MCP support

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Visa Intelligent Commerce opens Visa's payment network to developers and engineers.

These individuals can then build agentic AI shopping experiences using Visa's network.

Now, Visa Intelligent Commerce offers Model Context Protocol (MCP) support.

AI agents can optimize how people do everyday tasks in the digital world, including shopping. In May, Visa unveiled Visa Intelligent Commerce, which allows developers and engineers to use the firm's payment network to create agentic AI shopping experiences. The initiative has now received another update to expand its reach.

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On Thursday, Visa unveiled the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for Visa Intelligent Commerce. Developers can connect their projects to Visa Intelligent Commerce APIs through the MCP Server and a new Visa Acceptance Agent Toolkit.

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