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Mastercard: #1 agentic payments infrastructure

Juniper Research analysis recognizes Mastercard’s leadership in enabling secure, scalable agentic commerce globally.

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Agentic AI has the potential to reshape commerce as its impact moves from insight to action, and increasingly to payments. Juniper Research expects agentic commerce to scale rapidly through the end of the decade, while identifying trust as the primary barrier to adoption. 

In its Agentic Commerce Market 2026–2031 report, Juniper Research names Mastercard the #1 Established Leader in agentic commerce payments infrastructure, recognizing capabilities that support secure, scalable and interoperable agent‑initiated transactions. The report offers decision makers a clear view of the challenges, priorities and capabilities shaping this shift. 

As AI agents begin to transact on behalf of users, payment systems must evolve to enable autonomy without compromising trust or control. Mastercard addresses this shift by enabling secure, scalable and interoperable agent‑led activity across the ecosystem. 

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Agentic payment infrastructure

Mastercard was recognized for extending trusted global payment rails to support secure, agent‑initiated transactions as AI agents move into live commerce.

Trust, governance and acceptance

Mastercard embeds governance, controls and operational safeguards into agent-led payments to secure the ecosystem.

Ecosystem leadership

Juniper Research recognizes Mastercard’s active role in shaping interoperable frameworks — working with AI platforms, merchants and payment partners to enable scalable adoption.

We are building a new trust layer for agentic commerce to scale.

Pablo Fourez Chief Digital Officer Mastercard

Readiness and trust are critical as agentic commerce moves from concept to reality, and Mastercard is committed to continue working as a trusted partner across the ecosystem.

Kaushik Gopal Executive Vice President, Services Mastercard

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