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The broader message: The opportunity is real, but adoption will depend less on novelty than on whether the industry can make the experience secure, understandable and easy to trust.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>45% of consumers\u00a0say they would be comfortable allowing AI agents to complete purchases on their behalf, and that rises to\u00a054% for Gen Z, suggesting younger consumers may help pull the technology into the mainstream first.<\/li>\n<li>43% of retailers\u00a0are piloting autonomous AI, while\u00a081%\u00a0say they trust AI\u2019s ability to operate autonomously when the right guardrails are in place. That points to a market that is still early, but no longer sitting on the sidelines.<\/li>\n<li>95% of consumers\u00a0report at least one concern about agentic commerce, and just\u00a05%\u00a0say they have none. At the same time,\u00a050% of U.S. consumers\u00a0say they would trust agentic commerce more if they knew fraud protections were in place. That gives the industry a clear signal about what needs to happen next.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What stands out in the report is that the real commercial opening may not come from replacing people with machines. It may come from reducing the friction that slows digital commerce today.<\/p>\n<p>Agentic AI promises to shrink the work consumers do when they shop online, from product discovery to checkout, while helping businesses personalize offers and streamline transactions.<\/p>\n<p>The report says the market could reach\u00a0$1.7 trillion by 2030, but it also makes clear that scale will not come from speed alone. Consumers remain uneasy about fraud, bad purchase decisions, identity theft and the difficulty of reversing unwanted transactions.<\/p><div id=\"pymnt-521541199\" class=\"pymnt-content pymnt-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 50px;\"><p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement: Scroll to Continue<\/p><script async type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"dianomi_context_script\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dianomi.com\/js\/contextfeed.js\"><\/script> \r\n<div class=\"dianomi_context\" data-dianomi-context-id=\"4329\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Merchants are uneasy too, especially around liability, chargebacks and AI-driven fraud attacks.<\/p>\n<p>That tension creates a more constructive story than a simple hype cycle. The report shows companies already trying to solve the hardest part of the problem. Worldpay is building an agentic commerce hub and partnering with identity specialist Trulioo.<\/p>\n<p>Google has introduced its Agent Payments Protocol with support from more than 60 organizations. 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