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Visa expands business payment tools, pilots AI agent payments with BILL and Billtrust

Visa announced three commercial payment capabilities covering card growth analytics, fraud prevention and AI agent payments. Its live pilot with BILL and Billtrust has processed approved invoice payments end to end between participating buyers and suppliers. The pilot uses verified agent identities and tokenized credentials rather than shared portal logins, but remains limited in scope rather than a scaled commercial rollout.

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What to know

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    SESA 2.0 combines AI supplier scoring and payment data to assess commercial card opportunities. Visa says the SESA platform has identified more than $600 billion in potential cardable spending.

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    Visa cited Juniper Research projections that global B2B virtual card payments will reach $14.6 trillion in value by 2029, accounting for 83% of the overall virtual card market.

Why it matters

For businesses automating payments, these initiatives share a focus on verifiable identities, clear authorization and transaction controls.

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