Visa and OpenAI announce strategic partnership for agentic commerce payments

On June 11, 2026, in Nicosia and at the Visa Payments Forum in San Francisco, Visa and OpenAI announced a strategic partnership to integrate payment capabilities into OpenAI platforms. The collaboration aims to enable secure transactions within agentic commerce environments, where artificial intelligence agents initiate payments. Visa will leverage its global payment network, card management systems, and security infrastructure, including tokenization and risk management tools, to support these automated transactions. This initiative is part of Visa’s broader 'Intelligent Commerce' strategy, designed to extend secure payment services to emerging digital interfaces. Additionally, the companies plan to explore new business applications, including developer experiences powered by Codex and more interactive, automated workflows. The project focuses on simplifying how developers and merchants handle payments initiated by AI agents while maintaining secure interaction standards for consumers and businesses alike.