{"slug": "mastercard-joins-visa-in-letting-ai-bots-do-your-shopping", "title": "Mastercard Joins Visa in Letting AI Bots Do Your Shopping", "summary": "Mastercard has joined Visa in allowing AI bots to make purchases on behalf of consumers, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as payment giants brace for a new era of AI-driven shopping, following Visa's earlier step in the same direction.", "body_md": "Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mastercard-inks-deal-as-payment-giants-brace-for-new-era-of-ai-shopping-eb22da8b\n\nComments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49752571\n\nPoints: 2\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mastercard-joins-visa-in-letting-ai-bots-do-your-shopping", "canonical_source": "https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mastercard-inks-deal-as-payment-giants-brace-for-new-era-of-ai-shopping-eb22da8b", "published_at": "2026-09-18 10:55:29+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-18 11:25:58.601120+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Mastercard", "Visa", "The Wall Street Journal"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mastercard-joins-visa-in-letting-ai-bots-do-your-shopping", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mastercard-joins-visa-in-letting-ai-bots-do-your-shopping.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mastercard-joins-visa-in-letting-ai-bots-do-your-shopping.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mastercard-joins-visa-in-letting-ai-bots-do-your-shopping.jsonld"}}