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Trust, identity and payments: Preparing for agentic commerce in travel
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Fusion42 · 10 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Agentic commerce, where AI agents assist consumers in travel bookings beyond recommendations, is poised to reshape travel commerce by requiring enhanced trust, identity verification, and flexible payment infrastructure. Travel merchants and platforms like PayPal, Sabre, and Mindtrip are exploring integration of identity, authentication, and secure payments to enable these AI-assisted transactions.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Travel Tech.
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Agentic commerce shifts travel bookings from human-only to AI-assisted decisions requiring secured identity and payment systems. You must integrate flexible checkout and authentication layers now to win customers moving to AI-driven purchase experiences.
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