PayPal’s Plan to Win the Agent Economy

On Ep. 7 of Agentic Commerce, Simon Taylor, Head of Market Development @ Tempo, and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Kausik Rajgopal, EVP, Strategy, Corporate Development & Partnerships @ PayPal to discuss trust and fraud management in agentic commerce, PayPal integrations with Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:45 Trust and fraud management in agentic commerce 05:51 AI-driven purchase journeys during Black Friday 08:17 Merchants needing AI channel product discoverability 11:28 Payment options for AI agents including stablecoins 13:29 Consumer versus agent payment optimization differences 15:19 PayPal integrations with Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity 20:54 Travel and hospitality as key agentic commerce use case 27:31 Stablecoin use for microtransactions and real-time settlement 32:33 Interoperability challenges among multiple agent protocols Tokenized is sponsored by VisaA world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. Tokenized is also presented by MeshAs the first global crypto payments network, Mesh makes it possible for anyone — or any agent — to pay or get paid instantly, from any wallet, on any chain, anywhere in the world. Learn more at meshpay.com *** We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research!   Music by Henry McLean