Visa Launches AI-Powered Autonomous Shopping Platform 'Visa Smart Business Connect' Enabling AI Agents to Browse and Pay Autonomously

BlockBeats News, April 9th, according to CoinTelegraph, Visa officially announced the launch of the "Intelligent Commerce Connect" platform this Wednesday, positioning itself as a universal entry point for AI agent builders and merchants to enter AI-driven commerce.

The platform enables a single integration with Visa's acceptance platform, supporting secure payment initiation, tokenization, spending controls, and identity authentication, accommodating both Visa and non-Visa card payments, and is compatible with mainstream AI agent protocols. The platform is currently in the pilot phase and is scheduled for full release later in 2026.