Lauren Copland
Ecosystem Partnerships Lead Block
Lauren Copland leads Block Ecosystem Partnerships, where she drives partner-led product experiences across Square, Cash App, and Afterpay. Her work expands the reach and commercial impact of Block’s products by unlocking new distribution, capabilities, and value across the broader ecosystem.
Prior to Block, Lauren spent more than five years at Apple on the Wallet team, managing strategic relationships with leading acquirers, payment service providers, and issuers across the Americas in support of Apple Pay. Earlier in her career, she led business development at Green Dot, launching the company’s first disbursement program, and spent nearly a decade at Blackhawk Network overseeing a range of prepaid products.
A Bay Area native, Lauren now lives in Portland, Oregon, where she enjoys exploring the city’s renowned food scene while patiently awaiting her favorite season in the Pacific Northwest: summer.
2026 Agenda Sessions
Is Agentic Commerce the Next Consumer Revolution?
Agentic commerce is transforming how buying decisions are made, shifting influence from human consumers to autonomous AI agents that optimize for price, convenience, and personal preference. This session examines what happens when AI becomes the primary decision maker across discovery, product selection, and checkout, and the implications for merchants, retailers, and payment providers.
We explore how the retail landscape changes when agents, not people, control product and search discovery, redefining competition, visibility, and loyalty. The discussion highlights the operational and commercial shifts required for companies to stay relevant in an autonomous first world.
Takeaways
• How agentic commerce changes consumer behavior and the path to purchase
• What merchants, PSPs, and retailers must rethink as AI agents take over discovery, choice, and checkout
• The new risks and opportunities created when autonomous agents transact on behalf of customers
Wednesday 01 April 08:50 - 09:30 Payments
Compliance & Regulation
Cross-Border & Globalization
We explore how the retail landscape changes when agents, not people, control product and search discovery, redefining competition, visibility, and loyalty. The discussion highlights the operational and commercial shifts required for companies to stay relevant in an autonomous first world.
Takeaways
• How agentic commerce changes consumer behavior and the path to purchase
• What merchants, PSPs, and retailers must rethink as AI agents take over discovery, choice, and checkout
• The new risks and opportunities created when autonomous agents transact on behalf of customers Payments US/Pacific
