AGENT PAYMENTS ARE REINVENTING A PROBLEM THE CARD INDUSTRY ALREADY SOLVED

Summary from the TLDR Fintech newsletter

For as long as card payments have existed, a human has been at the keyboard or the terminal, tapping a card, typing a PIN, and clicking buy now. That assumption is ending. A new class of AI agents is being built to shop, negotiate, and pay on our behalf. Your assistant reorders groceries when the fridge runs low. A travel agent books the whole trip the moment prices dip. A procurement bot restocks a warehouse without anyone signing off on each order.