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In this episode, we discuss a significant development in the AI and e-commerce landscape: Mastercard and Visa have unveiled payment systems that will allow AI agents to make purchases on behalf of consumers. These new platforms - "Agent Pay" from Mastercard and "Intelligent Commerce" from Visa - represent a fundamental shift in how online transactions may soon occur, with profound implications for marketers.

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https://www.therundown.ai/p/visa-mastercard-give-ai-credit-cards

https://www.pymnts.com/visa/2025/visa-powers-ai-shopping-agents-with-intelligent-commerce-payment-rails/

https://corporate.visa.com/en/sites/visa-perspectives/newsroom/product-drop-intelligent-commerce.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/visa-preps-ai-ready-credit-cards-for-automated-shopping-transactions/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/visa-and-mastercard-unveil-ai-powered-shopping/https://www.mastercard.com/news/press/2025/april/mastercard-unveils-agent-pay-pioneering-agentic-payments-technology-to-power-commerce-in-the-age-of-ai/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/visa-mastercard-unveil-ai-powered-214031527.html