agentic commerce

AI Agents Turn Permission Into Payments’ New Control Point
AI Agents Turn Permission Into Payments’ New Control Point
October 07, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Agentic commerce is creating a new transaction type before the payments industry has fully created the rules for accepting it. While payment stacks have become...

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Meta and Sierra Build Standard for How Personal Agents Interact With Businesses
Meta and Sierra Build Standard for How Personal Agents Interact With Businesses
October 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

An open standard that defines how personal agents interact with businesses is being developed by Sierra, Meta, Genesys, Instinct, Rocket, Shopify, Stripe and Walmart, Sierra...

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CarMax Lets AI Take the Call, Not the Sale
CarMax Lets AI Take the Call, Not the Sale
October 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A shopper who calls a CarMax store to ask about hours or whether a car is still on the lot now reaches an artificial intelligence...

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AI Agents Bring Shoppers, but Merchants Must Close the Sale
AI Agents Bring Shoppers, but Merchants Must Close the Sale
October 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: The Digital Shift With Visa’s Pavan HS Artificial intelligence shopping agents are creating a new kind of customer at the merchant’s front door:...

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Karen Webster Says the Agentic Enterprise Is Already Here
Karen Webster Says the Agentic Enterprise Is Already Here
October 06, 2026  |  B2B Payments

October. Some readers mark it on the calendar for the return of autumn and chilly temperatures. Others get ready for the full dose of sports...

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TikTok Kicks Off Agentic Commerce Push With AI Shopping Assistant
TikTok Kicks Off Agentic Commerce Push With AI Shopping Assistant
October 05, 2026  |  Social Commerce

TikTok has introduced an in-app checkout solution and an artificial intelligence (AI) shopping assistant, saying in a Monday (Oct. 5) press release that these are the first of several...

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AI Agents Knock. Retailers Decide How Wide to Open the Door.
AI Agents Knock. Retailers Decide How Wide to Open the Door.
October 05, 2026  |  Retail

Retailers are drawing different lines on how far artificial intelligence (AI) shopping agents can go on their sites. Amazon blocks outside agents while it builds...

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AI Agents Get to Work in Retail
AI Agents Get to Work in Retail
October 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Retail competition used to happen on shelves and screens. AI agents are moving it to data feeds and API endpoints. The retailer with the most...

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AI Could End Finance’s Point-and-Click Era
AI Could End Finance’s Point-and-Click Era
October 02, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Billtrust’s Dave Ruda The finance technology playbook was once relatively straightforward. CFOs built out their department tech stacks...

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