WSJ Tech News Briefing · Thursday, September 17, 2026

Visa Also Partners with Alchemy for AI Shopping Integrations

Visa has also formed a partnership with Alchemy, enabling most credit cards to function with the AI shopping tool. This move by Visa, alongside Mastercard's similar announcement, indicates a broader industry trend among payment providers to support AI-driven purchases.

companyVisacompanyAlchemycompanyMastercardcompanyAmerican Express

The tape

2 quotes

“Visa has already partnered with Alchemy, meaning most credit cards can now work with the tool.”

Danny Lewis

“Visa, Mastercard and American Express have each announced their own tools and standards to support AI purchases.”

Danny Lewis

Heard on WSJ Tech News Briefing — “TNB Tech Minute: OpenAI Shares New Safety Incidents and Rules for Reporting Them”, published Thursday, September 17, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.

All WSJ Tech News Briefing coverage →Original episode audio ↗Show RSS feed ↗

Transcribed via Gemini audio transcription · $0.00