Agentic commerce has been framed as the payment industry’s next leap forward. But the central insight emerging from “How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce,” a new PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions, reveals that agentic …
Acquirers May Win Agentic Commerce by Building the Guardrails
The PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions highlights that acquirers must establish robust security guardrails to safely enable agentic commerce, a next-gen payment model. Failure to implement these controls may expose acquirers and merchants to elevated risks of fraud, data breaches, and regulatory penalties due to increased automation and third-party integrations. The report emphasizes the need for proactive security frameworks as industry adoption of agentic systems grows.