Rogers Bank, Mastercard, Flybits pilot AI-driven agentic commerce payments in Canada

• Rogers Communications partnered with Mastercard, Flybits, Rogers Bank on Canada’s first agentic commerce transaction linking an AI platform, issuer, network.
• Pilot used Mastercard’s Agent Pay to let a Flybits-managed AI assistant buy within consumer-set rules, including validated instructions, preset spending limits.
• Collaboration targets standards for consumer-controlled, transparent, secure AI-driven payments as agentic commerce scales across Canada.
• Mastercard consumer survey: 41% open to AI shopping assistants; 53% comfortable with AI purchases within preset preferences, budgets.

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