🌐 Global Economy May 21, 2026 · BankUnderground

Agentic commerce and the battleground for new payments infrastructure

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Agentic commerce and the battleground for new payments infrastructure
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Prem Munday







Agentic commerce, where artificial intelligence (AI) systems act on behalf of users to find products, negotiate purchases, and execute payments, is developing rapidly. This creates shared responsibility: developers must build legally sound systems, while regulators and infrastructure operators must consider how existing frameworks apply and where new approaches may be needed. The Bank of England operates, oversees and is co-ordinating the design of payment systems as part of i

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