Visa and OpenAI Partner to Let AI Agents Make Purchases
The partnership replaces OpenAI's failed Instant Checkout service with Visa's established payment infrastructure, addressing the trust and merchant adoption problems that sank the earlier effort.
Key Facts
- Visa and OpenAI announced a partnership on June 10, 2026, integrating Visa's payment network into OpenAI's agent platform.
- The deal allows AI agents, such as those in ChatGPT, to complete purchases on behalf of users.
- Visa provides tokenization, risk management, and fraud prevention tools for the transactions.
- Visa will enforce spending limits and merchant category restrictions to prevent unauthorized purchases.
- The partnership follows the shutdown of OpenAI's Instant Checkout service in March 2026 due to low merchant adoption.
Reporting from 1 source: GIGAZINE.
Visa announced a partnership with OpenAI on June 10, 2026, integrating its payment system into OpenAI's agent platform. The deal allows AI agents to complete purchases on behalf of users, with Visa providing network, tokenization, and risk management functions. Safety measures include spending limits and merchant restrictions.
Visa announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI on June 10, integrating its payment network into OpenAI's agent system. The deal lets AI agents, such as those in ChatGPT, complete purchases for users. Visa provides tokenization, risk management, and fraud prevention tools. Jack Forestell, Visa's Chief Product and Strategy Officer, demonstrated the feature: a customer asks ChatGPT for wireless headphones under $150, and the agent finds and buys them. Visa will enforce spending limits and merchant category restrictions to prevent unauthorized or mistaken purchases. The partnership comes after OpenAI's Instant Checkout service, which charged merchants a 4% fee, shut down in March 2026 due to low adoption. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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