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Visa and Mastercard see agentic commerce as a transaction multiplier
Visa and Mastercard believe agentic commerce could materially expand payment volumes by allowing AI agents to optimize purchases across multiple merchants, creating more transactions than human shoppers typically would. Both networks expect growth from increased transaction counts, deeper digitization of commerce, expanded B2B payments, and new demand for services like tokenization and fraud prevention. While adoption remains early and standards are still being developed, the card networks view agentic commerce as a potentially significant long-term driver of payment volume and revenue growth.
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