Visa: issuer readiness goes live, but the agent economy lacks infrastructure
Visa's Agentic Ready program moves issuer-level readiness from theory to practice, while Visa warns that the agent economy's infrastructure is incomplete. One blog says Santander and Mastercard carried out Europe's first live AI agent payment within a regulated banking framework.
Who is affected and how
- banking professional
- Card issuers need to check that their systems recognise and authenticate trusted agents.
- fintech company
- The Trusted Agent Protocol and the requirements of Visa's program determine with whom agentic commerce can be launched.
Sources
- Visa’s Agentic Ready Program Moves Issuer-Layer Readiness From Theory to Production – Forkastforkast.news · Aug 17, 2026
- Visa Agentic Ready Program Moves Issuer Readiness to Production — Ava Advisorava.fund · Aug 17, 2026
- Visa Warns AI Agent Economy Lacks the Infrastructure to Functionwire.fourthweb.ai · Aug 17, 2026
- Agentic Commerce: Payment Security When AI Agents Buypaymentsecuritypros.com · Aug 17, 2026
- Europe's First Live Agentic Payment: What Santander and Mastercard Actually Proved | Anomity Bloganomity.ai · Aug 17, 2026
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