Announced at Visa Payments Forum 2026, the updates aim to prepare its network for transactions increasingly handled by AI agents and blockchain-based systems. It is expanding the Visa Intelligent Commerce platform to let AI agents make payments on behalf of consumers and businesses within limits set by users. An Agentic Directory will also list merchants and AI agents verified by Visa. The company is working with OpenAI to connect conversational AI with Visa’s payment infrastructure. Visa Expands Stablecoin SettlementVisa is adding more information to tokenised payment credentials, including the transaction type, payment environment and identity of the initiator.