Hungarian banks and payment players on AI-agent shopping: OTP, SimplePay, Wolt
At the TechShow event, executives from OTP, SimplePay, Wolt and Decathlon debated who gets closer to the customer when an AI agent does the buying. Hungarian media also covered the role of AI agents in banking, and Brett King spoke in Budapest about rewriting the payment race.
Who is affected and how
- banking professional
- In agent-based shopping, the bank's role and its proximity to the customer are a strategic decision.
- fintech company
- Payment providers need to develop an authorisation model for payments initiated by an agent.
Sources
- The agent doesn't care about the countdown timer: when AI does the buying, from the viewpoints of Orsolya Hartyányi, Endre Máriás, Gergely Román and Ferenc Szászfintechzone.hu · Oct 21, 2026 · magyar
- AI agents in banking: they now handle our finances for usportfolio.hu · Oct 20, 2026 · magyar
- AI agents in banking: they now handle our finances for us · hírkaptárhirkaptar.hu · Oct 20, 2026 · magyar
- AI agents in banking: they now handle our finances for us | Hírnavigátorhirnavigator.hu · Oct 20, 2026 · magyar
- When AI chooses, the payments race is rewritten: Brett King in Budapestfintechzone · Oct 20, 2026 · magyar
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