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Visa and OpenAI integrate Visa's secure global payment directly into ChatGPT

NPR | By Alina Selyukh

Published June 16, 2026 at 3:46 AM CDT

Would you hand an AI chatbot your credit card? This week, Visa's deal with ChatGPT maker OpenAI became the latest step in the march toward a future where AI offers to shop on your behalf.

Alina Selyukh

Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR, where she follows the path of the retail and tech industries, tracking how America's biggest companies are influencing the way we spend our time, money, and energy.

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