Nuvei visa agentic payment went live in a proof of concept, the company said on Thursday, marking a step in agentic commerce.
Nuvei said it completed what it described as the first live in-agent purchase cleared across multiple issuers on Visa rails. The test involved Visa, Arvato Systems and fashion brand Kings and Priests. In the transaction, a merchant AI agent started a purchase for a shopper and finished the payment inside the agent. As a result, the process did not move the shopper to a separate payment flow.
Issuing partners in Europe joined the exercise. They included Alpha Bank, Piraeus Bank, Bank Leumi and Bank of Cyprus. Payments used a tokenised Visa credential within Visa Intelligent Commerce. Meanwhile, shopper-set controls governed the payment, including spending caps and approved categories.
Nuvei Visa Agentic Payment Test Details
Phil Fayer, Chair and Chief Executive of Nuvei, said agentic commerce marks the next stage of digital commerce. He said AI can move beyond finding products and start purchases. Mathieu Altwegg, Head of Product and Solutions at Visa Europe, said the proof of concept showed that current foundations can support new experiences now. He added that authentication will keep changing as the model grows.
Nuvei also said agentic commerce could reach $1 trillion in global transaction volume by 2030. It said that figure could rise to $3 trillion to $5 trillion by 2035, citing McKinsey estimates.
Nuvei Plans Wider Rollout
The company is building Nuvei Agentic, which it described as a protocol-agnostic execution layer. Nuvei said the product would let any AI agent start payments across networks. Additionally, it is targeting initial availability in the second half of 2026.
Nuvei, Visa and the issuing partners are now working to expand the capability toward production deployment.
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