BNPL for Agentic Commerce: Stripe, Affirm, Klarna
Two consequential trends in payments are converging as Affirm and Klarna begin working with Stripe to enable AI agents to initiate buy now, pay later (BNPL) purchases. The integration uses Stripe's Shared Payment Tokens, allowing agent-assisted shopping without exposing sensitive payment credentials. According to Viraj Gupta, Product Manager for Cards Vault at Stripe, the system supports both...