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title: "Stripe Link data shows agentic transactions increased by 38x and volume of payments by 20x in September, with retail leading in both, and a ~$100 average spend (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/stripe-link-data-shows-agentic-transactions-increased-by-38x-and-d1035bfa
published: 2026-10-19T05:20:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Stripe Link data shows agentic transactions increased by 38x and volume of payments by 20x in September, with retail leading in both, and a \~$100 average spend (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-10-19 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/stripe-link-data-shows-agentic-transactions-increased-by-38x-and-d1035bfa

Alex Konrad / Upstarts Media : Stripe Link data shows agentic transactions increased by 38x and volume of payments by 20x in September, with retail leading in both, and a \~$100 average spend — Every time a new AI assistant tool launches, seemingly every week, it announces it's handling checkout and payments through Stripe's tool, Link.

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261019/p3#a261019p3)

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