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## The 2025 to 2026 shift Externally, the company’s fastest-growing investment is with platforms such as OpenAI, Google and Anthropic. ## Where is AI spend headed? “More agents, more automated work and more of it running completely automated, without anyone asking.
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# AI agents to start spending your money with Visa, Mastercard Peace Longe Sun, September 13, 2026 at 9:03 PM EDT3 min read An AI assistant that orders your groceries and renews subscriptions on its own might hit the market soon. This week, the two card giants said they are working with global fintech **Ant International** to build a shared way to identify and trust AI shopping agents. ## What Visa and Mastercard actually agreed to build with Ant On **September 10**, Visa, Mastercard, and Ant International said they would develop a shared **Know Your Agent** (KYA) framework, according to a joint [press release](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260909003891/en/Ant-International-Mastercard-and-Visa-Initiate-Collaboration-on-Know-Your-Agent-Interoperability-to-Scale-Agentic-Commerce). Visa runs **Trusted Agent Protocol**, Mastercard uses **Verifiable Intent**, and Ant built **Agentic Mobile Protocol**. **More AI Stocks:** - [**Mizuho resets Intel stock price target**](https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/intc-intel-stock-price-target-mizuho-september-2026) The companies cited [McKinsey](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-automation-curve-in-agentic-commerce) research that AI agents could handle **$3 trillion to $5 trillion** of global consumer commerce **by 2030**, [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/10/ant-international-visa-mastercard-ai-agent-payment-standard.html) reported. Ant's chief innovation officer, **Jiang-Ming Yang**, said interoperable trust between card and wallet networks is "critical" for agentic commerce. [](https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/9ce067c979dda622b52750f7e85d288f195a1a27bf3b6345491801e1788360ff/lightyear_networkapi/resizefit_w960%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fthestreet_881%2Fb8d86d3f57f057677d77d3398d50fe33.jpg) ## Why the deal fits Visa and Mastercard's security push [Visa](h
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- A surge in major tenders for banking AI agents expands growth potential in the fintech industry # A surge in major tenders for banking AI agents expands growth potential in the fintech industry [China Zheshang Bank+0.68%](https://www.moomoo.com/stock/601916-SH) [CZBANK-1.43%](https://www.moomoo.com/stock/02016-HK) [Shenzhen Ysstech Info-Tech+0.44%](https://www.moomoo.com/stock/300377-SZ) [Newland Digital Technology+1.58%](https://www.moomoo.com/stock/000997-SZ) ① AI agents are rapidly expanding into banking operations, with major banks stepping up their investments. Large-scale tenders for banking AI agents have been emerging one after another; recently, Zhejiang Commercial Bank won a contract to procure "AI‑agent‑based software and hardware" worth RMB 64.8961 million. AI agents are rapidly expanding into banking operations, prompting major banks to ramp up their investments. Large-scale tenders for bank‑specific AI agents have been emerging in quick succession; most recently, Zhejiang Commercial Bank's procurement of "AI‑agent‑based software and hardware" was awarded to Beijing KeliBang, with a contract value of RMB 64.8961 million, setting a new record for the highest single‑transaction amount in publicly disclosed financial‑institution AI‑agent procurements this year. According to Guotai Haitong Securities, as AI agents increasingly permeate diverse industries and gradually become an integral part of the physical world, the financial technology sector is advancing into a new era of intelligence, with ample room for growth and fresh investment opportunities: 1) We are optimistic about the business‑system upgrade demand driven by the large‑scale deployment of AI agents in financial IT, coupled with the quality‑and‑efficiency gains enabled by advanced large‑model capabilities; moreover, robust market activity has heightened the urgency of upgrading brokerage‑firm IT systems. It is provided without respect to individual investors’ financial sophistication, fin
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# The AI Agent Company Landscape Startups such as Cognition are pursuing specialized categories such as autonomous software engineering. # Glean Glean is approaching agentic AI from the enterprise knowledge and work layer. In June 2026, Glean introduced independent agents designed to own workflows, operate with their own identities and act proactively while bringing humans into the process when decisions require human judgment. # Conclusion ## Sources ### Trending - 1 [AI Agent Startups in 2026: The Companies Building the Next Generation of Autonomous Software](https://www.bbntimes.com/technology/ai-agent-startups-in-2026-the-companies-building-the-next-generation-of-autonomous-software) ### Related articles [**AI Agent Startups in 2026: The Companies Building the Next Generation of Autonomous Software**](https://www.bbntimes.com/technology/ai-agent-startups-in-2026-the-companies-building-the-next-generation-of-autonomous-software)
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## More [](https://venturebeat.com/security/why-ai-shouldnt-be-the-one-repairing-your-data-pipelines) Perplexity today launched hybrid compute for its agentic platform, Computer, a system that lets a single AI agent split its work between frontier models running in the cloud and smaller open-weight models running locally on Apple silicon Macs — routing sensitive data to the local machine so it never leaves the device. AI agents automate coding, shifting engineers to design boundaries and feedback loops, ensuring reliable outcomes in complex systems. [](https://venturebeat.com/security/ai-agents-need-their-own-identity-before-they-need-a-gateway)
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# MetaComp launches the world's first AI agent governance framework for regulated financial services **The Governance Gap Agentic Finance Has Yet to Close** Budget 2026 built on this with the establishment of a National AI Council chaired by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, designating finance as one of four national AI mission sectors and committing to regulatory sandboxes for AI innovation. "We developed KYA drawing on IMDA's Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI, and we went back to IMDA directly to seek their feedback. New Skills across cross-border payments, treasury, and wealth[1] management will be available by late Q2 2026. Since closing US$35 million across two Pre-A funding rounds within three months, the group has launched the Web2.5 VisionX Engine, established a joint venture with Maqam International Holding to connect Abu Dhabi's real asset base to Asian capital markets through the StableX Network, and now introduced the KYA Framework as the governance layer for the next phase of institutional agentic finance. [1] All products and/or services in relation to securities and capital market products are offered and operated solely by Alpha Ladder Finance Pte. In 2025, the group-level platform processed over US$10 billion in payment and OTC volume across 13+ stablecoins, operating at a monthly run rate exceeding US$1 billion. Treasury and investment services are provided through Alpha Ladder Finance Pte. Ltd., MetaComp's MAS-licensed affiliate holding Capital Markets Services (CMS) and Recognised Market Operator (RMO) licences, with wealth AUM surpassing US$500 million across its solutions. MetaComp has raised US$35 million in its Pre-A funding rounds to date and achieved full-year net profitability in 2025, reflecting strong institutional demand for regulated Web2.5 financial solutions. [Uniswap Labs Launches StablePair Hook, a Dynamic-Fee Hook for Stable Pairs\ \ Sep 10, 2026\ \ Uniswap Labs Launches StablePair Hook, a Dynamic-Fee Hook for Stab
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Now, AI is all about agents—there’s no official definition, but roughly speaking, agents are large language model-based systems designed to make autonomous decisions to execute a task—and the shift towards them is part of what’s driving Silicon Valley’s power buildout. Agents are now at the heart of the frontier labs’ work on AI. Recently, OpenAI announced that a swarm of more than 10,000 agents sending 2.7 million messages had solved a longstanding math problem. Last week, Meta rolled out a [personal AI agent](https://www.wired.com/story/meta-releases-muse-a-personal-ai-agent-with-privacy-built-into-it/) that, the company said in a press release, is “built to work for billions of people worldwide.” ## You Might Also Like [](https://www.wired.com/story/meta-pushes-its-new-ai-agent-on-employees-but-eases-off-on-tokenmaxxing/#intcid=_wired-article-bottom-recirc-bkt-a_d2115039-a94a-4bf7-b272-e4c736edc64f_closr_fallback_text2vec1) [Meta Pushes Its New AI Agent on Employees—but Eases Off on Tokenmaxxing](https://www.wired.com/story/meta-pushes-its-new-ai-agent-on-employees-but-eases-off-on-tokenmaxxing/#intcid=_wired-article-bottom-recirc-bkt-a_d2115039-a94a-4bf7-b272-e4c736edc64f_closr_fallback_text2vec1) [](https://www.wired.com/story/openai-is-developing-a-persistent-ai-agent/#intcid=_wired-article-bottom-recirc-bkt-a_d2115039-a94a-4bf7-b272-e4c736edc64f_closr_fallback_text2vec1) [OpenAI Is Developing a ‘Persistent’ AI Agent](https://www.wired.com/story/openai-is-developing-a-persistent-ai-agent/#intcid=_wired-article-bottom-recirc-bkt-a_d2115039-a94a-4bf7-b272-e4c736edc64f_closr_fallback_text2vec1) [ and [Privacy Policy](https://fortune.com/privacy-policy/?_ptid=%7Bkpdx%7DAAAAsTIToYrydQoKY2ZRajJmTTN6ahIQbXUwanEzeXV0bmpjazhjdxoMRVhVMDFMN0hNS1RKIiUxODA3amJvMGU0LTAwMDAzODR0ZXJsZGlybW9odG9ub2R0cWpjKhtzaG93VGVtcGxhdGVOR0QzVENMUUtUSzg2VlQwAToMT1RQUkZDWlMyQ1VaUhJ2LXYA8Bh6MWE2MmRuZjVpWgwxODUuNS4xNDcuOTRiA2RsY2jztaLVBnANeAQ). Sign up ## Subscribe to Fortune today for unlimited access Subscribe for $1 In part to find that answer, Black Lake is testing a new platform that uses AI to turn an idea from a celebrity into manufactured merchandise that can cut the minimum order for custom collectibles from 10,000 pieces to 100. Follow [LinkedIn icon](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-gordon-b4070680/) [Twitter icon](https://twitter.com/nickrigordon) [See full bioRight Arrow Button Icon](https://fortune.com/author/nicholas-gordon/) Google source logo Add us on Google content frame **An error has occurred**  Latest in Asia 8 hours ago [](https://fortune.com/2026/09/13/black-lake-ai-sales-coach-ideo-wipro/) [Black Lake founder Yuxiang Zhou pitted an AI agent against his top sales coach. His most
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