Mastercard Launches Autonomous Payment Service for AI Agents

Mastercard introduces Agent Pay for Machines, enabling autonomous payments for AI agents.

Mastercard has introduced Agent Pay for Machines, a service for autonomous payments between AI agents, software platforms, and connected devices, facilitating transactions via cards, bank accounts, and stablecoins. More than 30 companies have joined the project, including Coinbase, OKX, Polygon, RippleX, Stripe, Cloudflare, and the Solana Foundation. The platform supports micropayments of fractions of a cent.