Mastercard Signals Report Explores Trust Frameworks for the Future of Agentic Commerce

Mastercard’ s latest Signals report “Encoding Trust: The Race for Intent, Consent and Control in the Agentic World” examines what it will take for agentic commerce to scale as AI agents move beyond searching and recommending to making decisions and transacting on behalf of consumers and businesses. The opportunity is significant. Agent-assisted consumer spending is forecast to reach $3–5 trillion by 2030, with business-to-business spending potentially three times higher.