GoKawiilMastercard partners to enable AI agents to make purchases on cardholders' behalf
Mastercard has signed a new deal aimed at letting AI-driven shopping agents complete purchases using customer payment credentials. The move comes as rivals Visa and American Express are also preparing their own systems to support autonomous, AI-powered shopping bots.
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As AI agents increasingly handle tasks like comparison shopping and checkout, payment networks must adapt authentication and fraud-prevention systems built for human users to a world of automated transactions. Whichever company establishes the standards for agentic commerce first could gain a significant edge in transaction volume and merchant partnerships.
- Mastercard has struck a deal to support AI agents making purchases for consumers.
- Visa and Amex are separately building infrastructure for the same emerging use case.
- The shift toward agentic commerce could reshape how payment security and authorization work.
Source: wsj.com, 2026-09-17
Published there as: “Mastercard Inks Deal as Payment Giants Brace for New Era of AI Shopping”
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