Visa has launched an agentic payments partnership with accounts payable and receivable solutions providers BILL and Billtrust.
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The collaboration is the first live pilot to allow artificial intelligence (AI) agents “to initiate and complete approved buyer invoice payments end-to-end through supplier portals,” Visa said in a news release provided to PYMNTS Tuesday (Oct. 20).
“Until now, many payment portals relied on human authentication requirements that limited how approved payments could be automated,” per the release.
The partnership helps bridge that gap, Visa says. Employing offerings like Visa Trusted Agent Protocol, AI agents can now be securely authenticated to credentialed portals. That means buyer payments that once relied on manual entry can be carried out by trusted AI agents, while upholding supplier control and oversight.
“The flow begins when the authorized BILL Payment Agent — registered using Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol and Agentic Directory — uses tokenized payment credentials and controls aligned with the buyer’s approved payment instructions to issue payments on behalf of BILL’s customers,” the release added.
Backed by the capabilities of the Visa Intelligent Commerce portfolio, this allows BILL to securely automate card payments for supplier invoices.
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When the payment is initiated, Billtrust uses Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol to recognize, authenticate and permit access to the authorized agent allowing BILL to complete the invoice payment on behalf of the customer.
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