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Payment giants race to build infrastructure for AI-driven commerce

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Major payment networks like Adyen, Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard are developing infrastructure to support agentic commerce, following the failure of OpenAI's native checkout. This infrastructure aims to address issues such as protocol fragmentation, unreliable product data, and fraud detection for AI-driven transactions. Adyen has launched a modular API suite, Adyen Agentic, to connect merchants to various AI commerce surfaces, while Stripe is focusing on developer tools and integrations with platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini. Visa and Mastercard are positioning themselves as trust and credentialing layers for AI agents, though they rely on partners for end-to-end transaction orchestration. AI

IMPACT Payment infrastructure providers are building foundational services to enable scaled agentic commerce, potentially unlocking new revenue streams.

RANK_REASON Major payment networks are developing new infrastructure to support a nascent market, indicating a significant shift in e-commerce. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Payment giants race to build infrastructure for AI-driven commerce

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  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Josipa Majic Predin, Contributor ·

    Agentic Commerce Needs Open Infrastructure To Scale

    Adyen, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, Google UCP, PayPal, and crypto-native challengers mapped by protocol reach and merchant control, after OpenAI's checkout collapse handed Google the standards race.

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