PPRO has partnered with BLIK to develop agentic commerce capabilities for local payments in Poland.
The collaboration is aimed at connecting BLIK with the emerging ecosystem of AI-driven, agent-initiated transactions.
Agentic commerce, in which AI agents initiate and complete purchases on behalf of consumers, is expected to become a fast-growing segment of digital commerce. According to PwC's Strategy&, AI agents could account for up to 15% of European ecommerce spending by 2030, with adoption projected to grow up to four times faster than that of traditional ecommerce.
The companies noted that without support for local payment methods, agentic commerce risks defaulting to a card-centric model, which would limit access to payment methods that consumers in many markets rely on. In Poland, BLIK is used in around 71% of ecommerce transactions, according to data cited from cashless.pl, underlining the relevance of local payment infrastructure to the country's digital commerce sector.
Infrastructure for agent-initiated transactions
PPRO stated that while global card schemes already have native features, such as tokenisation, that support agentic commerce adoption, its role in this partnership is to provide the infrastructure that allows local payment schemes, merchants, and payment service providers to participate in AI-driven commerce. Moreover, the project with BLIK is described as one of the first local payment method implementations globally to support agent-initiated transactions.
Motie Bring, CEO at PPRO, said the partnership with BLIK enabled the companies to build a framework for agent-initiated transactions in Poland, and that the initiative was intended to demonstrate how local payment methods can support AI-driven commerce. In addition, Monika Król, Vice President of the Management Board at BLIK, said the cooperation with PPRO reflected the company's approach of working with partners to explore new payment technologies, including testing solutions relevant to agentic commerce.
Wider implications for European and Latin American markets
For PPRO, the partnership with BLIK is intended to serve as a blueprint for expanding agentic payment capabilities to other local payment methods across Europe and Latin America. The company said the aim is to connect merchants with emerging AI commerce ecosystems while allowing consumers to continue using the local payment methods they already use.
The partnership adds to a broader industry trend in which payment providers are examining how existing local payment infrastructure can be adapted to support AI agents as a distinct category of transaction initiator, alongside consumers making purchases directly.
