Visa Says AI Will Start Shopping and Paying For You In 2026

In 2025 Card Networks Reshaped Commerce While Banks Rewired Payments

If there was a single through line in PYMNTS’ 2025 conversations with the major card networks, banks and FinTechs, it was that “payments” is no longer treated as a discrete function. It is increasingly positioned as an always-on operating system for commerce—one where data, security and user experience are inseparable. No company leaned into that framing more consistently than Visa. Early in the year, Sam Hamilton, Visa’s head of AI an…

Visa Collaborates with 100 Partners to Enhance Agentic Shopping Experience

Exploring Visa’s innovative approach in the evolving landscape of consumer payments. Highlights: Visa partners with 100 companies to advance agentic shopping. Focus on enhancing consumer payment experiences through innovation. Aims to streamline digital purchasing in a competitive market. Positioning Visa as a leader in fintech partnerships. Visa is making significant strides in the digital shopping space by collaborating with 100 partners to e…

Visa Says AI Will Start Shopping and Paying For You In 2026

BrianFagioli writes: Visa says it has completed hundreds of secure, AI-initiated transactions with partners, arguing this proves agent driven shopping is ready to move beyond experiments. The company believes 2025 will be the last full year most consumers manually check out, with AI agents handling purchases at scale by the 2026 holiday season. Nearly half of US shoppers already use AI tools for product discovery, and Visa wants to extend that s…