AI agents enter one-third of B2B payments by 2026

4.6 significance by Forrester Business December 2026

Why does it matter?

Agents in payments would bring AI automation into a high-volume, operationally sensitive business workflow.

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In B2B, AI agents will be present in about one-third of payments. Unlike B2C, B2B payments are ideal for agentic AI today -- and we foresee that AI agents will be used in about one-third of B2B payment workflows by the end of 2026.

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