Half of US shoppers now use AI to shop, but 95% balk at handing it the credit card

PYMNTS Intelligence finds 50%+ of US consumers lean on AI when buying and 44% trust it to pick gifts, yet 95% flag concerns and 1 in 5 have been scammed. Google, Visa, Stripe, Mastercard and Amex are racing to wire fraud safeguards into agentic commerce protocols before trust breaks.

— Filed Fri, 15 May, 2026, 07:49 IST · Source PYMNTS Retail · Updated

PYMNTS Agentic AI Report finds over half of US consumers use AI when shopping and nearly half would let it buy groceries, but 95% have concerns. Google, Visa, Stripe, Mastercard and Amex race to build agentic commerce protocols with fraud safeguards.

Why this matters

PYMNTS Intelligence quantifies the trust gap as agentic commerce scales: adoption is mainstream, but payment authorization remains the friction point networks must solve before AI shopping breaks consumer trust.

Omni-channel steady at 49 signals in 90d, with agentic commerce emerging as the next trust frontier.