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AI Shopping Bots Push Adyen Into Loyalty Race
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Fusion42 · 14 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
The rise of AI shopping bots is driving merchants to protect customer loyalty, prompting payments firm Adyen to acquire loyalty and billing software companies and invest early in increased computing capacity to support AI-driven commerce.
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AI bots are rewriting how customers buy and forcing you to embed loyalty inside payments or lose repeat business. Quick moves to integrate billing and loyalty tech now will secure your access to buyer data before AI agents take it all.
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