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Date: June 10, 2026

Mastercard Launches Agent Pay for Machines: AI Agents Can Now Pay Each Other at Machine Speed

Summary :

AP4M introduces a new class of programmatic, always-on payments designed for the agentic AI era. Unlike traditional checkout-based transactions, AP4M supports continuous machine-to-machine commerce including micropayments as small as fractions of a cent. The service provides credentialing, permission controls, multi-rail settlement (cards, accounts, stablecoins), and guaranteed settlement. Mastercard Chief Product Officer Jorn Lambert called it the conditions for a superbloom of AI business models. The protocol stores human-granted permissions on blockchain (Polygon) for verifiable intent.

Why Selected:

First major payment network to launch dedicated AI agent payment infrastructure – defines the rules for machine-speed commerce in the agentic economy.

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