FIS Explores Identifying AI Agent Transactions
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On October 16, 2026, PYMNTS quoted Troy Mann, Senior Vice President at FIS Global, as saying that agentic commerce has begun on a small scale. Mann stated that as AI agents participate in transactions, the information banks need to verify should not be limited to payment credentials, but should also include the AI agent initiating the transaction, the permissions it possesses, and the buyer’s original expressed intent for the transaction. The report shows that FIS is focused on how payment institutions can identify and verify transactions initiated by agents and the boundaries of their authorization.
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- PYMNTSAgentic Payments is breaking the established definition of an “authorized transaction”
PYMNTS cited FIS Global Senior Vice President Troy Mann as saying that agentic commerce is already taking place on a small scale, and that banks need to verify not only the payment credentials, but also the AI agent initiating the transaction, its permissions, and the buyer’s original expression of intent.
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