Visa to secure OpenAI agentic transactions, but risks remain

Visa and OpenAI announced a partnership to provide Visa-protected agentic transactions within OpenAI, integrating Visa's Trusted Agent Protocol with OpenAI interfaces like Atlas and ChatGPT Shopping. Visa said the move aims to "bring agentic commerce into the mainstream," and that the deal will build on its Intelligent Commerce platform.

The company also said the partnership would apply to "OpenAI's expanding suite of AI-powered products" but did not specify involvement with the company's forthcoming "superapp." Visa explained that "Transactions operate inside guardrails that the consumer or business sets: spending limits, required approval thresholds, and other permission layers that keep the buyer in command even when an agent is executing the work." Consumers could let agents do shopping research with pre-set personalizations and automate routine purchases within those limits, while merchants hope a smoother experience across AI-powered surfaces will attract new buyers.

The shift arrives in a changing, risk-laden landscape.

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