Nexi Launches New Agentic Commerce Capabilities, Enabling Automated Payments Workflows for AI Agents

WHY THIS MATTERS: The development of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) by Nexi is a definitive statement that the future of digital retail hinges on standardisation, particularly in Agentic Commerce. This initiative moves the integration of payment capabilities from cumbersome, proprietary coding to simple, conversational commands, fundamentally addressing the cost and complexity barrier currently facing European merchants. As AI-driven purchasing agents proliferate, a common language is essential. By making the MCP framework open source and working with key partners like Google and card networks, Nexi is actively laying the groundwork for true interoperability across the rapidly evolving merchant landscape. This is why it matters today: a common protocol drastically lowers the high initial investment required for merchants to test and scale AI solutions, accelerating the transition towards fully autonomous retail experiences while embedding crucial security measures like authentication and consent from the outset. This shift dictates how developers will build, and how consumers will transact, in the coming years.

Nexi Group, the European PayTech, announced the launch of its Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling developers, merchants and partners to connect AI agents to its solutions and integrate payment capabilities through conversational commands instead of complex coding.

Sarah Barslund Lauridsen, Chief Product Officer at Nexi, commented: “The agentic commerce landscape is evolving rapidly, and merchants must make significant upfront investments to keep up, with limited visibility on ROI. Together with our partners, we are committed to simplifying integrations using a standard protocol and delivering a secure, resilient and flexible foundation for agentic commerce. This will reduce the investments required by the merchants and take the pressure off developers, making it simple to unlock the opportunities of AI-driven retail.”

A three-step journey from agentic service to payments and commerce

The open source MCP framework provides a standardized way for AI systems to interact with Nexi’s payment infrastructure, helping merchants across Europe to make step changes in their capabilities. The first step for the merchant is building agentic servicing using Nexi’s MCP-ready payment gateways, which automates routine workflows, ensuring required permissions, auditing and tracking of every agent-initiated action.

In addition to simplifying service, Nexi is working closely with partners like Google, Visa and Mastercard to build the capabilities enabling agents to initiate payments, while ensuring the consumer is still in control; for example by ensuring consent, authentication, and capturing trust signals to reduce fraud risk for the merchant.

“Agentic commerce payments and interactions are still at their early stage, especially in Europe where the ecosystem and regulations are very different from the US. At Nexi, we aim to allow merchants, developers and partners to get the most benefit out of agents, fulfilling our obligation to shape this space in the best possible form for Europe,” said Roberto Catanzaro, Chief Business Officer, Merchant Solutions at Nexi. “Together with our strategic partners, we are laying the groundwork for secure, scalable agent-driven payment journeys.”

Nexi is currently engaged with several interested pilot merchants in the Nordics and Italy, deploying the infrastructure required to enable consumers to identify products, add to carts and complete a payment using domestic or international payment methods. The company continues to work with partners and customers to navigate compliance, drive innovation and shape agent-led commerce across Europe.

The launch of Nexi’s MCP follows the agreement of a strategic partnership with Google to enable agent-initiated payments through the AP2 Agentic Commerce Protocol, including planned support for the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), which enables payment checkout experiences across all Google interfaces (search, Gemini, YouTube, etc.). In January, Nexi joined the Agentic Commerce Alliance (ACA), reinforcing its commitment to ensuring agent-driven commerce is accessible and secure for all merchants.

FF NEWS TAKE: The release of the MCP is a crucial step that moves the needle by prioritizing secure Agentic Commerce within Europe’s complex regulatory structure. This open-source standard positions Nexi as a foundational layer, facilitating the widespread deployment of AI agents for merchant solutions, which alleviates the current ROI uncertainty. The true test of this interoperability will be its uptake by rival European PayTechs. Following the pilot merchants in the Nordics and Italy, we must closely monitor how quickly the MCP is adopted outside of Nexi’s immediate partner network and how European regulators begin to formalize rules around agent-initiated payments and data flows.

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