Thredd’s McCarthy Says Payments Will Govern the Agentic Enterprise
What's happening
Thredd CEO Jim McCarthy argues that the future "agentic enterprise" will be defined not by how many tasks AI agents can do, but by how well payments systems and governance control that autonomy. PYMNTS eBook contributors frame the same issue: firms must decide which decisions AI agents can make and which require humans (Ben Griefer, Maverick Payments), give agents narrow mandates inside explicit operating rules (Madhu G. Nadig, Flagright), and start agentic payments from a reinforced enterprise foundation (Illya Shell, Boost Payment Solutions). The central claim across the pieces is that payments and governance will determine how safely and practically organizations delegate authority to AI agents.
Why it's trending
This is rising because businesses are shifting from copilots to autonomous agents and need concrete rules, controls and payment-level governance now.
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If you think more AI autonomy equals progress, you are missing the real battleground: payments governance will be the throttle, not capability, and that favors risk managers over engineers.
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- Agentic Payments Start With the Right Foundation
AI will not replace the foundation of a strong enterprise; it will amplify it, Boost Payment Solutions Chief Operating Officer Illya Shell writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Building the Agent-Ready Payments Enterprise.” As artificial intelligence moves from copilots to agents, the opportunity to evolve how businesses function is becoming more practical and immediate. Enterprises are […] The pos
PYMNTSJul 30 - Thredd’s McCarthy Says Payments Will Govern the Agentic Enterprise
The agentic enterprise won’t be defined by how much autonomy it hands to AI, but by how well it governs that autonomy, Thredd CEO Jim McCarthy writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “Building the Agent-Ready Payments Enterprise.” The interesting question about the agentic enterprise is not whether agents can act. They clearly can. It’s whether […] The post Thredd’s McCarthy Says Payments Will Govern
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