Mastercard launches Agent Pay protocol to power AI payments at super-fast speed

Global card payments giant, Mastercard, has on Tuesday unveiled the Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M) protocol that allows AI agents to send and settle payments, including microtransactions costing less than a cent, across the card network’s global infrastructure. More than 30 companies have signed on as early partners, a list that includes Stripe, Coinbase, Cloudflare,...