The news: Alipay launched an AI wallet, agentic protocol, and subscription platform to support agentic commerce, per a press release.

• The agentic-focused AI Wallet gives users greater visibility and control over their AI agents’ actions. 
• AliPay’s Agentic Commerce Trust protocol strengthens the agentic infrastructure between AI platforms and service providers.
• And Token Pay offers a payment platform for AI providers to support subscription payments.

Why this matters: Asia-Pacific is optimistic about AI platform use.

• 29% of current Asia Pacific consumer businesses are adopting agentic AI, and that number is anticipated to more than double to 76% in two years, per an April 2026 Deloitte report.
• 9 of out 10 retail executives from the region believe AI platforms will be used more than traditional search by the end of this year, with half of executives anticipating the shopping funnel will have fewer steps by 2027.

With Asia-Pacific consumers and companies most bullish on the technology, other regions have the opportunity to closely watch how companies roll out these tools—and iterate changes for their local audiences. 

For example, Alipay created numerous products to enhance trust between consumers and agent actions, a key step needed to get agentic commerce off the ground stateside: Data security and AI agent autonomy lead in UK and US consumers' top concerns about trying out the tools.

Implications for payment providers: Agentic commerce’s runway is longer in the US, but international consumers are expected to move faster. 

Modeling trust-building products off of successful launches in Asia-Pacific is likely to improve consumer adoption of agentic technology domestically as the AI industry matures. 

However, European and US providers should note that some Asia-Pacific payment behaviors have not replicated or scaled out of the region, such as super apps.