Agentic Commerce news and trends

Stripe President Says Shoppers Want to Leave Mundane Tasks to AI
artificial intelligence // May 17, 2026

Stripe Co-Founder and President John Collison believes that agentic commerce will completely transform online shopping. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...

Amazon Turns Alexa Into Its Next Storefront
Retail // May 14, 2026

For years, retail’s artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions revolved around making search smarter. Now, Amazon and Walmart—two of the world’s biggest retailers—are placing very different bets on what comes next. The split says a lot about where commerce may actually be headed. Get the Full Story...

Digital Wallets Give Paysafe a Door Into AI Commerce
Earnings // May 13, 2026

As digital wallets, eCommerce and AI-powered payments continue reshaping online commerce, Paysafe used its latest quarter to position itself at the intersection of those trends while also navigating some of the pressures that can come with scaling a global payments platform. Get the Full Story...

PYMNTS Summer School Returns to Decode What’s Next in Payments
Payments Innovation // May 13, 2026

Cue the July playlist and grab an iced tea. PYMNTS has announced it will convene the second straight year of Summer School 2026, a July virtual event series designed to help payments leaders stay ahead of the forces reshaping how money moves, how value is captured...

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Amazon Turns Alexa Into Its Next Storefront

May 14, 2026
For years, retail’s artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions revolved around making search smarter. Now, Amazon and Walmart—two of the world’s biggest retailers—are placing very different bets on what comes next. The split says a lot about where commerce may actually be headed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited […]

PYMNTS Summer School Returns to Decode What’s Next in Payments

May 13, 2026
Cue the July playlist and grab an iced tea. PYMNTS has announced it will convene the second straight year of Summer School 2026, a July virtual event series designed to help...

Bots Turn Identity Into a Real-Time Test

May 12, 2026
A fundamental assumption about the internet has broken. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Shoppers Are Ready for AI to Steer the Cart, Not Swipe the Card

May 12, 2026
It’s certainly nice to imagine a digital assistant that can take over the weekly grocery trip, but not if that assistant is going to steal the shopper’s identity and drain...

Quick Reads
Stripe President Says Shoppers Want to Leave Mundane Tasks to AI

May 17, 2026
Stripe Co-Founder and President John Collison believes that agentic commerce will completely transform online shopping. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive […]

Alibaba Will Combine AI Platform and eCommerce Marketplace

May 10, 2026
Chinese conglomerate Alibaba is reportedly planning to integrate its Qwen artificial intelligence platform and online marketplace Taobao. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Chargebacks911 Prevents False Declines as Agentic Commerce Scales

April 30, 2026
Chargebacks911 offers tools that solve a growing challenge for merchants: legitimate artificial intelligence shopping agents getting turned away by fraud detection systems, resulting in merchants losing potential revenue, the company...

Google and Mastercard Contribute Agentic Commerce Standards to FIDO Alliance

April 28, 2026
The FIDO Alliance plans to develop standards for artificial intelligence (AI) agentic interactions and commerce that will define trusted mechanisms for how agents authenticate, act and transact on behalf of users. Get the Full...