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Agentic Commerce Standards
VISA INC. · 2026-09-10 · Importance 31 · Surprise 42 · In source text
Visa and Mastercard are working with Ant International to develop a know-your-agent (KYA) interoperability framework for agentic commerce. The framework is intended to help payment networks identify and authenticate AI agents acting on behalf of consumers or businesses. The initiative strengthens Visa’s positioning in emerging AI-agent payment infrastructure and could support interoperability across merchants, issuers, and digital-payment platforms.
Key facts
- Visa is working with Ant International and Mastercard to develop a know your agent (KYA) interoperability framework, as announced in a press release on Wednesday (Sept. 9). source
Impact estimates
| metric | direction | stage | expected | basis |
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| revenue | positive | probable | — | Visa is working with Ant International and Mastercard to develop a know your agent (KYA) interoperability framework, as announced in a… |