Visa surge: pilots with pre-funded stablecoins to speed cross-border payments roll out. Visa Inc.: US payments giant, runs Visa cards worldwide.
Visa and OpenAI are integrating payments tools into OpenAI’s agent system, enabling AI agents to complete purchases on behalf of users. The move follows OpenAI’s earlier Instant Checkout trial and aims to create trusted, secure transactions with guardrails. Mastercard and other players are pursuing similar AI-shopping capabilities.