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October 21, 2025

“This is Europe’s opportunity to win”: agentic payments fintechs get ready to go to market

Landmark partnerships, such as those between OpenAI and Stripe, are paving the way for the emerging sector of AI-driven payment systems


Tom Matsuda

4 min read

Photo: Lexie Yu

Fintechs are going after the agentic payments market, following a string of landmark partnerships and announcements in recent months, laying the groundwork for the sector to roll out autonomous systems. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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