Mastercard expands Agent Pay with new trust and intelligence services
On 30 September Mastercard announced an expansion of its agent payments programme, Agent Pay, with new trust and intelligence services that give more context to agent-initiated transactions. Ant, Visa and Mastercard are aligning around a Know Your Agent approach, and agent payments were the main topic on the third day of Sibos.
Who is affected and how
- banking professional
- Agent authentication and transaction context should be built into issuer-side decision rules.
- fintech company
- Joining network agent frameworks may become a competitive requirement.
Sources
- Mastercard Announces Expansion of Agent Pay with New Trust and Intelligence Services | MarketScreenermarketscreener.com · Sep 30, 2026
- Mastercard adds AI agent trust services to Agent Pay | The Paypersthepaypers.com · Oct 1, 2026
- Mastercard Expands Agentic Commerce With New Trust Servicesyahoo finance · Oct 2, 2026
- Mastercard Advances Agentic Purchasing with Agent Pay | Procurement Magazineprocurementmag.com · Oct 2, 2026
- Mastercard Expands Agentic Commerce With New Trust Services — TradingView Newstradingview.com · Oct 2, 2026
- Mastercard Explores Agentic Commerce – OM in the Newsominthenews.com · Oct 4, 2026
- Know Your Agent: Ant, Visa, Mastercard align on AI paymentstechceodaily.com · Sep 29, 2026
- Ant International, Mastercard và Visa hợp tác về khả năng liên thông Khung định danh Know-Your-Agent nhằm mở rộng thương mại AI - EloQ's Newsroomnews.eloqasia.com · Sep 29, 2026
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