Klarna and Stripe Launch Shared Payment Tokens — AI Agents Can Now Checkout on Your Behalf
The agentic commerce infrastructure stack just took a meaningful step forward. Klarna and Stripe today announced that Klarna’s Buy Now, Pay Later options will be supported through Stripe’s Shared Payment Tokens (SPTs) — meaning AI agents can now complete BNPL checkout flows on behalf of users without ever handling raw card details. Affirm also joined the SPT ecosystem on the same day, signaling that this isn’t a one-off integration — it’s the beginning of a standardized payment delegation layer for AI-driven shopping. ...