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AI shopping agents change the authorization evidence packet

Bank warnings about AI shopping bots bring scams, privacy, steering and customer recourse into focus. Agent adoption creates a new question: can an issuer reconstruct what the customer actually authorized?

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Why it matters

Capture delegated intent, token scope, merchant identity, revocation and dispute linkage. Agent-initiated transactions still require accountable controls across the merchant, network, issuer and customer journey.

What remains uncertain

Retailer traffic statistics show discovery behavior; they do not independently establish safe payment execution or widespread production adoption.

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