Visa expands payment passkeys, from issuer rollout to AI agent commerce
What's happening
Visa has pushed agentic commerce forward by running multiple live agent-initiated transactions across Europe using real card credentials and active merchant systems. Banks and processors involved include BBVA, CaixaBank, Crédit Agricole and Nuvei (with Arvato Systems and fashion brand Kings and Priests), and programmes mentioned include Visa Agentic Ready and demos at Visa Payments Forum 2026 in Paris. These tests showed AI agents initiating and completing payments without sending shoppers to separate checkouts, and Visa announced the first live agentic commerce payments executed across several European merchant websites.
Why it's trending
Multiple European banks, processors and merchants completed live AI agent-initiated payments within days of Visa highlighting agentic commerce at its Payments Forum, turning experiments into real-world tests.
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If you think 'agentic commerce' is still theoretical, BBVA, CaixaBank, Crédit Agricole and Nuvei just proved otherwise by closing live purchases with AI agents using real Visa credentials on merchant sites today.
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- Visa is preparing for agentic commerce, but when will it come?
Payment Expert was invited to Visa Payments Forum 2026 in Paris last week, gaining insight from the company’s senior figureheads on how Visa is preparing for agents to transform commerce payments. Oliver Jenkyn, Group President of Visa, told the audience at Visa Payments Forum 2026: “If you aren’t a little bit confused, then you aren’t […]
Payment ExpertJul 7 - BBVA completes first agent-initiated transaction
BBVA has completed a transaction initiated by an artificial intelligence agent on behalf of a cardholder, as part of a live agentic commerce activity that Visa is developing in Europe under its Visa Agentic Ready programme.
FinextraJul 6 - Caixabank initiates first agentic shopping transaction
CaixaBank, in collaboration with Visa, has completed its first transaction initiated by an artificial intelligence agent on behalf of a cardholder, as part of the new agentic commerce experiences beginning to emerge in Europe.
FinextraJul 6
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