Visa and Mastercard Build Agentic Commerce Rules Through B2B Payments
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On November 11, 2026, PYMNTS reported that Visa and Mastercard are establishing the authorization infrastructure for agentic commerce through B2B payments, enabling certified AI agents to execute payments approved by businesses. Payments technology company Clink has enabled Mastercard Agent Pay and offers Visa Intelligent Commerce capabilities. The solutions combine tokenized credentials, authentication, and transaction controls. The report also noted that the parties are vying for a role in agent authorization, while still needing to address issues such as erroneous payments, payment recovery, dispute resolution, and control maintenance.
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- PYMNTSVisa and Mastercard use B2B payments to set the rules for agentic commerce
Visa and Mastercard are building the authorization infrastructure for agentic commerce through B2B payments, enabling certified AI agents to execute payments approved by businesses. Payments technology company Clink has enabled Mastercard Agent Pay and offers Visa Intelligent Commerce capabilities; the solutions combine tokenized credentials, authentication, and transaction controls. The parties are competing for the agent authorization layer while still needing to address erroneous payments, payment recovery, dispute resolution, and control maintenance.
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