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Supporting additional payment methods for agentic commerce

Stripe just unlocked a critical piece of agentic commerce infrastructure. Here's why that matters for every AI startup building autonomous workflows.

Reporting by Stripe Blog 1 min brief
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Why it matters

Stripe is removing a friction point in AI-native commerce by enabling agents to execute transactions across multiple payment methods through a single API. This is the infrastructure play that turns agentic workflows from demos into deployable systems.

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4 to know

  1. Stripe now supports both agentic network tokens and BNPL tokens in single primitive

  2. First provider to offer this combined capability

  3. Enables AI agents to autonomously handle multiple payment methods

  4. Published March 2, 2026

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Publisher excerpt: Stripe is now the first and only provider that supports both agentic network tokens and buy now, pay later tokens in agentic commerce through a single primitive.
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