{"id":3558551,"date":"2026-03-16T04:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?post_type=study&#038;p=3558551"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:57:00","slug":"how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce","status":"publish","type":"study","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\/","title":{"rendered":"How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce &#8211; March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[46873,15099],"tags":[21404,163736,156531,5845,6909,10829,9206,10799,67958,67601,133069,62117,4266,149513],"class_list":["post-3558551","study","type-study","status-publish","hentry","category-active-study","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-acquirers","tag-agentic-commerce","tag-featured-insights","tag-fraud-prevention","tag-identity-verification","tag-main-feature","tag-news","tag-omnichannel-commerce","tag-payments-intelligence","tag-pymnts-intelligence","tag-pymnts-news","tag-pymnts-study","tag-visa","tag-visa-acceptance-solutions","series-global-digital-shopping-index"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce - March 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce - March 2026 - A PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce: Acquirers in Brazil, the UAE, and U.S.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce - March 2026 - A PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PYMNTS.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pymnts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-23T20:57:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PYMNTS_2022_open_graph_1280x720.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@pymnts\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/study\\\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/study\\\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\\\/\",\"name\":\"How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce - March 2026\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-16T08:00:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-23T20:57:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce - March 2026 - A PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/study\\\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/study\\\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/study\\\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Studies\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/study\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce &#8211; March 2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"PYMNTS.com\",\"description\":\"The latest global news and analysis in payments, retail, fintech, financial services and the digital economy.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PYMNTS\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/PYMNTS_2023_logo_black-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/PYMNTS_2023_logo_black-1.png\",\"width\":3329,\"height\":687,\"caption\":\"PYMNTS\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/pymnts\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/pymnts\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce - March 2026","description":"How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce - March 2026 - A PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce: Acquirers in Brazil, the UAE, and U.S.","og_description":"How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce - March 2026 - A PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\/","og_site_name":"PYMNTS.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pymnts\/","article_modified_time":"2026-03-23T20:57:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PYMNTS_2022_open_graph_1280x720.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@pymnts","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\/","name":"How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce - March 2026","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-03-16T08:00:56+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-23T20:57:00+00:00","description":"How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce - March 2026 - A PYMNTS Intelligence report commissioned by Visa Acceptance Solutions","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Studies","item":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/study\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How Acquirers Prepare for Agentic Commerce &#8211; March 2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/","name":"PYMNTS.com","description":"The latest global news and analysis in payments, retail, fintech, financial services and the digital economy.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#organization","name":"PYMNTS","url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PYMNTS_2023_logo_black-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PYMNTS_2023_logo_black-1.png","width":3329,"height":687,"caption":"PYMNTS"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pymnts\/","https:\/\/x.com\/pymnts"]}]}},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/pymnts.com\/study\/how-acquirers-prepare-for-agentic-commerce\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":[],"rendered":"","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/pymnts.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study\/3558551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/study"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3558551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3558551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3558551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}