Shopify updates Fall ’26 Edition to expand Shop Pay

Shopify has updated its Fall '26 Edition to allow its Shop Pay wallet to work inside personal AI agents and for brands not currently on Shopify, reducing its long-standing dependency on Stripe. The author argues that while Stripe powers Shopify Payments, Shopify is building its own risk network, adding Adyen as a second processor, and adopting neutral network tokens. This strategy enables merchants to use alternative payment rails and positions Shopify favorably in the growing battle for agentic commerce authorization. Open article →