Mastercard prepares for a future where AI agents make payments
Mastercard has launched 'Agent Pay for Machines,' a platform designed to enable AI agents to conduct secure, automated payments. The initiative involves partnerships with major crypto and fintech firms like Coinbase and Stripe to facilitate agentic commerce.
Why it matters
The integration of AI agents into payment networks represents a major shift in how automated commerce and machine-to-machine transactions will function in the future.
Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email Mastercard prepares for a future where AI agents make payments The company is working with Coinbase, Stripe and other companies to build trusted payment systems for AI-driven commerce. By Helene Braun , AI Boost | Edited by Sheldon Reback Jun 10, 2026, 4:00 p.m. 2 min read Make preferred on (Horacio Villalobos Corbis/Getty Images) What to know : Mastercard introduced Agent Pay for Machines, a platform that lets AI agents and software systems make secure, automated payments across cards, bank accounts and stablecoins. The service aims to bring trust and control to agentic commerce by authenticating AI agents, enforcing spending limits and guaranteeing settlement through Mastercard’s network. More than 30 companies, including Coinbase, Stripe and Adyen, have joined the initiative, with agent permissions and credentials initially recorded on the Polygon, Solana and Base blockchains, and broader access planned later this year. Mastercard (MA) is betting that AI agents will soon become active participants in the economy and wants its payments network to sit at the center of that shift.
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