Visa Payments Forum: new agent scoring, agentic directory and stablecoin expansion

At the Visa Payments Forum in San Francisco, Visa announced AI, stablecoin and token capabilities for agentic and programmable commerce. New tools include Agent Score, built with New Generation, which lets merchants test whether AI agents can complete tasks on their sites, and an agentic directory of verified agents and merchants. Visa said stablecoin settlement is expanding across more regions, blockchains and currencies, with an annualized run rate of about $7 billion as of March 2026.

• Agent Score lets merchants check whether AI agents can complete tasks on their websites
• Agentic directory lists verified agents and merchants
• Stablecoin settlement run rate about $7 billion annualized as of March 2026
• Plans to extend seven-day onchain settlement from issuers to acquirers