Details
- Visa and AWS announced a partnership on December 1, 2025, to deliver agentic commerce solutions on AWS cloud infrastructure.
- Visa Intelligent Commerce will be listed in the AWS Marketplace, providing AI-driven transaction tools to businesses worldwide.
- Blueprints for agent-powered retail shopping, travel booking, and payment reconciliation will be published in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore repository.
- Industry partners involved include Expedia Group, Intuit, lastminute.com, and Eurostars Hotel Company, all leveraging these blueprints for dynamic transaction services.
- Visa Intelligent Commerce allows AI agents to securely transact on users’ behalf, featuring integrated authentication, tokenization, and real-time controls.
- Visa will deploy Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools for a seamless agentic commerce experience.
- The Travel Booking Agent blueprint covers specialized agents for booking flights, lodging, car rentals, and activities.
- The Retail Shopping Agent blueprint manages the customer journey from product discovery through returns.
- The B2B Payment Agent streamlines supplier payments and reconciliation processes.
Impact
This collaboration marks a pivotal moment in agentic commerce, accelerating enterprise adoption of AI-powered transactions by merging Visa's secure payment expertise with AWS's cloud scale. As Visa and AWS position themselves as foundational players in the autonomous transaction ecosystem, they directly challenge offerings from competitors like Google and OpenAI. The move drives agentic commerce from experimentation into enterprise reality, fostering standardized, secure frameworks for intelligent payment automation across industries.
