Visa, BILL and Billtrust launch live pilot letting AI agents pay B2B invoices

The pilot uses Visa's Trusted Agent Protocol to let an AI payment agent settle supplier invoices without manual portal logins Visa , BILL (NYSE: BILL) and Billtrust launched what they describe as the first live pilot for automating business-to-business invoice payments with AI agents on October 20, 2026, and it is already processing real transactions. The pilot went live in Las Vegas. Its pitch is that an agent can handle the payment process end to end without the manual logins and verification steps that typically stall automation in accounts payable. Visa provides the trust framework.

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