# Visa Launches AI Payment Pilot With BILL and Billtrust

> Visa's AI agents automate supplier payments without human intervention.
- Title: Visa Launches AI Payment Pilot With BILL and Billtrust
- Summary: Visa's AI agents automate supplier payments without human intervention. Visa partners with BILL and Billtrust to let AI agents handle approved buyer invoice…
- Keywords: visa, bill, billtrust, agentic payments, b2b payments, trusted agent protocol, business, finance, Launches, Payment, Pilot, Pymnts
- Source: Pymnts — https://pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/visa-launches-agentic-payments-pilot-with-bill-and-billtrust
- Author: PYMNTS
- Published: 2026-10-20T12:25:22+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: visa, bill, billtrust, agentic payments, ai, b2b payments, trusted agent protocol, business, finance
## Visa Launches Agentic Payments Pilot
Visa has launched an agentic payments partnership with accounts payable and receivable solutions providers BILL and Billtrust.
## AI Agents Initiate Payments End-to-End
The collaboration allows artificial intelligence agents to initiate and complete approved buyer invoice payments through supplier portals.
## No Human Authentication Required
Until now, many payment portals relied on human authentication that limited how approved payments could be automated.
## Trusted Agent Protocol Enables Automation
AI agents can now be securely authenticated to credentialed portals, allowing buyer payments to be carried out by trusted agents.
## Businesses Gain Automation Without Loss of Control
Mark Nelsen stated businesses should not have to choose between automation and control when making payments.
## Key takeaway

Visa partners with BILL and Billtrust to let AI agents handle approved buyer invoice payments end-to-end through supplier portals.