Pilot purchases by AI agents with spending limits

AI agents pay for purchases on behalf of customers within set limits

Future prospectAI Act: no extra obligationsAutomating processes with AI agentsFinTech & payments, Retail & e-commerce

Fits: IT & software development

If it works: customers instruct an agent, e.g. to trigger recurring orders, and it pays by itself, but only within fixed limits. Today, the first pilot payments are running with card networks and banks; it is not yet widely usable.

Is this for you?

  • You are a payment service provider, bank or retailer and want to become a pilot partner or prepare early for payments by agents.
  • You have payment processing with strong customer authentication, fraud detection and a refund process that you can connect a pilot to.
  • The legal department and risk management are prepared to support a limited pilot with small amounts and stop criteria.
First step today

Do not enter any real card, account or customer data into an AI assistant. Instead, use the template below to compile the current state of pilots with sources, and check which ones have used real payments and which have only been announced.

How to go about it

  1. Define the pilot case, limits and stop criteria
  2. Clarify payment route, customer instruction and access
  3. Connect the agent in the test system
  4. Have the customer confirm every payment
  5. Trial small payments without individual confirmation
  6. Evaluate logs and complaints after each phase

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FT-04 · Legal status 08.10.2026