Visa’s Agent Payment Pilot Highlights the Next Question for Crypto Wallets

Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. TL;DR: Visa, BILL and Billtrust are piloting trusted AI agents that complete approved invoice payments through supplier portals. The next stage of automated payments may depend less on how fast a transfer settles and more on proving who authorised it. Visa, BILL and Billtrust announced an October 20 live pilot allowing trusted AI agents to initiate and complete approved buyer-invoice payments through supplier portals. The project uses Visa’s Intelligent Commerce tools, including Trusted Agent Protocol, to authenticate software agents to portals that historically expected a human user. The companies emphasise preserving supplier oversight and controls. This is a limited business-payments pilot, not an announcement that autonomous systems now have open-ended authority to spend on behalf of anyone. F...