Question · Q4 2025
Ken Szychowski asked for a comparison between Visa's Trusted Agent Protocol and Stripe's agentic commerce protocol, focusing on differentiation and value chain layer, and how Visa's extensive tokenization leadership will be leveraged in the agentic commerce ecosystem.
Answer
CEO Ryan McInerney emphasized tokenization as a critical building block for safe and secure agentic commerce, citing Visa's 16 billion tokens. He described the Visa Trusted Agent Protocol as an open and lightweight standard designed for easy merchant integration, stressing the importance of ecosystem collaboration for mass adoption.