AI-native financial infrastructure provider Lianlian has completed Greater China’s first live B2B agentic transaction. The payment was executed by LoopXPay, Lianlian’s AI agent, with support from Visa’s Agentic Directory for trusted AI agent interactions.
In the transaction, the LoopXPay agent sourced a product sample from a supplier and completed the purchase in a single workflow — identifying the requirement, recommending suppliers, comparing options, placing the order and securely executing the payment, all within pre-defined spending controls and approval parameters.
Lianlian: What It Means
LoopXPay is registered in Visa’s Agentic Directory, which lets participating businesses and merchants identify verified AI agents in the ecosystem. Supporting Visa’s Trusted Agent Protocol, the directory adds transparency into agent-driven interactions and confirms that participating agents meet Visa’s requirements.
Darren Parslow, Global Head, Visa Commercial Solutions: “AI-powered commerce experiences can help businesses simplify purchasing and payments while maintaining the controls and oversight they require. For SMBs, that means less complexity in managing day-to-day commercial activities and more time focused on growth. As businesses increasingly look to embed intelligence into purchasing and payment experiences, trust will become a critical enabler of adoption.”
Zhang Zhengyu, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Lianlian DigiTech: “AI is reshaping the entire commercial value chain, where a growing number of business activities will be autonomously executed by AI agents, with payments serving as the critical infrastructure connecting them to global commerce. Through this collaboration with Visa, we aim to combine Lianlian’s AI-native capabilities with Visa’s trusted global network and commercial payment expertise to help businesses transact more securely, intelligently and efficiently in an increasingly agent-driven commerce environment.”
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