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Visa Intelligent Commerce
Visa's program giving AI agents agent-specific payment tokens and controls so they can buy on a cardholder's behalf within set limits.
By Brandon Mina·CEO, BrandPilot AI·Updated November 2026
Short answer
Visa Intelligent Commerce is Visa's program that gives AI agents agent-specific payment tokens and controls so they can buy on a cardholder's behalf. Cardholders set limits and conditions, and transactions stay within them. The program aims to make agent-initiated purchases secure, authorized, and recognizable to merchants and issuers.