PPRO announced a collaboration with BLIK aimed at advancing agentic commerce capabilities specifically for domestic payments in Poland. The partnership focuses on integrating the popular Polish mobile payment system into the growing ecosystem of AI-driven shopping experiences, where autonomous agents handle discovery, selection, and transactions on behalf of users.
Agentic commerce refers to the emerging model in which artificial intelligence agents independently manage purchasing processes according to user preferences, budgets, and rules.
Industry projections suggest this segment could account for a substantial portion of European online spending in the coming years, potentially expanding several times faster than conventional e-commerce.
However, experts caution that without inclusion of preferred local payment options, the model risks becoming overly reliant on international card networks, which may not align with consumer habits in many markets.
In Poland, BLIK dominates online transactions, representing the clear majority of e-commerce payments.
This local preference underscores the need for payment infrastructure that supports familiar, trusted methods rather than forcing a shift to cards.
While global card schemes often incorporate built-in tools such as tokenisation that ease adoption of agent-led payments, local schemes have historically lagged in this area.
The PPRO-BLIK initiative seeks to address that gap by creating one of the earliest frameworks enabling local payment methods to support agent-initiated transactions.
PPRO, a specialist platform connecting merchants and payment service providers to local payment options worldwide through a single integration, will supply the technical infrastructure.
This will allow Polish consumers to continue using BLIK even when AI agents execute purchases, while giving merchants and payment providers access to the expanding AI commerce environment.
Company leadership has emphasised that the project demonstrates how domestic payment systems can actively power the next phase of digital retail rather than being sidelined by it.
BLIK’s operator has expressed enthusiasm for exploring the system’s role within this evolving landscape.
Representatives noted that meaningful innovation often arises through partnerships with established technology providers and proactive engagement with emerging tools.
The ongoing relationship with PPRO, which already includes earlier integrations such as deferred payment options, is viewed as a logical extension of that strategy.
Both organisations plan to test and refine solutions that could influence how online payments function in an agent-driven future.
Beyond the immediate Polish market, the collaboration is intended to serve as a practical model.
PPRO aims to apply similar approaches to additional local payment methods across Europe and Latin America.
The broader objective is to foster a more open and interoperable digital commerce environment in which consumers retain the ability to pay with the methods they already know and trust, even as AI agents become more involved in everyday shopping.
By linking a high-penetration domestic payment scheme directly into agentic systems, the partnership positions local methods as essential building blocks of the AI economy rather than optional add-ons. This development highlights the growing recognition that agentic commerce must respect regional payment preferences if it is to achieve consumer acceptance and commercial scale.