Mastercard launched the functionality after completing pilots with Coinbase, Base, and Cloudflare to develop a framework for agentic commerce. Coinbase provides the infrastructure and a facilitator tool that powers the agents' payment capabilities, allowing them to independently purchase digital services.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Mastercard Debuts AI Agent Payments to Enable Agentic Commerce
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Autonomous software can now settle costs for internet services through a new early access program called Agent Pay for Machines. The system allows artificial intelligence agents to conduct financial transactions using the x402 standard on the Base network to interact with digital service providers.
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