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Mastercard Agent Suite will combine technical support with customizable AI agents, leveraging Mastercard’s extensive payments expertise, data-fueled insights, proprietary technology platforms and a global network of more than 4,000 advisors.
Artificial intelligence is entering a new phase. As generative AI evolves toward systems capable of making decisions and executing tasks on behalf of users, the agentic era has arrived. While businesses know they must keep pace with rapid change, not all businesses have the tools to start. Mastercard sees this shift as one of the defining developments shaping the future of digital commerce.
To help organizations navigate this transformation, Mastercard is introducing Mastercard Agent Suite, a new set of services designed to help customers take actionable steps to integrate agentic AI into their daily operations and accelerate toward this next frontier.
Mastercard Agent Suite will combine technical support with customizable AI agents, leveraging Mastercard’s extensive payments expertise, data-fueled insights, proprietary technology platforms and a global network of more than 4,000 advisors.
Customers will be able to build, test and deploy fit-for-purpose agents through Mastercard Agent Suite. Mastercard’s global advisory team will support organizations at every stage of the process, ensuring businesses can evolve with technology in ways that are customizable and configurable regardless of how the landscape continues to change.
The scale of the transformation ahead is significant. According to eMarketer, one-third of enterprise software applications will incorporate agentic AI by 2028, and Mastercard expects a significant percentage of customer interactions and operational tasks to be supported by AI agents by 2030.
End-to-end capabilities for agentic readiness and delivery
Mastercard Agent Suite will be available in the second quarter of this year and will complement the company’s broad range of AI and agentic AI solutions — enhancing security, optimizing payments, improving the user experience and driving growth through insights to make commerce smarter, more secure and more personal.
Mastercard Agent Suite also extends Mastercard’s standards, programs and capabilities designed to help customers lead in an agentic age.
Agents will be built with privacy and responsible AI by design, following Mastercard’s robust security principles to ensure a trusted experience for customers and consumers alike.
Initial use cases will focus on embedding intelligent product discovery for banks and blending personalization with conversational shopping for merchants. For example:
- A bank could recommend the right product: such as a travel card or a fee-saving account — to a consumer and explain why it is a good fit. The bank can test offer scenarios, trigger personalized campaigns and track performance, improving outcomes and driving portfolio growth.
- Merchants can configure rules for inventory, margins, promotions and brand voice behind an agent that provides conversational guidance at key moments in the shopping journey across channels. Consumers receive real-time personalized recommendations based on their preferences and enjoy a more seamless shopping experience overall.
Expanding Mastercard’s agentic AI ecosystem
Mastercard has made significant investments to provide products and services that accelerate AI and agentic AI adoption for businesses and consumers.
Mastercard Agent Suite joins solutions including Mastercard Agent Pay, which supports trusted agentic transactions, and the Mastercard Developers Agent Toolkit, which enables greater accessibility for developers.
Mastercard has also established a focused agentic commerce and services track within Start Path, the company’s award-winning startup program that identifies and incubates next-generation innovators.
Further, Mastercard’s existing AI advisory offerings are helping businesses unlock the full potential of artificial intelligence with consulting, innovation and execution support. This includes immersive Spark sessions — day-long workshops where customers work with Mastercard to define their strategic vision, role and roadmap within the agentic commerce ecosystem.
As artificial intelligence continues to move closer to autonomous decision-making, the ability for businesses to adopt these capabilities responsibly and effectively will play an increasingly important role in shaping the next generation of digital commerce.