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# Delegated payment, defined | Agent Ready Checkout

> Delegated payment: An ACP pattern in which the agent platform passes payment data to the merchant's PSP and receives a merchant-scoped token instead of raw.

Source: https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/delegated-payment
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Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

Glossary

# Delegated payment

In short

Delegated payment: An ACP pattern in which the agent platform passes payment data to the merchant's PSP and receives a merchant-scoped token instead of raw card data. Delegated payment appears in 2 sourced facts on this site, the first in PayPal agentic commerce services. Example: Adyen documents ACP delegated payments returning a merchant-scoped ACP token.

## Definition

An ACP pattern in which the agent platform passes payment data to the merchant's PSP and receives a merchant-scoped token instead of raw card data.

## Example

Adyen documents ACP delegated payments returning a merchant-scoped ACP token. [docs.adyen.com](https://docs.adyen.com/online-payments/agentic-commerce/agent-platform), read 4 Nov 2026.

## Where it appears in the sourced facts

-   Agent Ready supports ACP for ChatGPT via delegated payment tokens through Braintree. [developer.paypal.com](https://developer.paypal.com/agent-ready/overview), read 4 Nov 2026. In [PayPal agentic commerce services](https://agentreadycheckout.com/processors/paypal).
-   Agent Ready's ACP path for ChatGPT uses delegated payment tokens processed through Braintree. [developer.paypal.com](https://developer.paypal.com/agent-ready/overview), read 4 Nov 2026. In [Braintree (PayPal Enterprise Payments)](https://agentreadycheckout.com/processors/braintree).

## Nearby terms

-   [Payment handler](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/payment-handler)
-   [Link Agent Wallet](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/link-agent-wallet)
-   [Shared Payment Token (SPT)](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary/shared-payment-token-spt)
-   [All terms](https://agentreadycheckout.com/glossary)

## Sources

1.  [docs.adyen.com/online-payments/agentic-commerce/agent-platform](https://docs.adyen.com/online-payments/agentic-commerce/agent-platform), read 4 Nov 2026
2.  [developer.paypal.com/agent-ready/overview](https://developer.paypal.com/agent-ready/overview), read 4 Nov 2026

Last reviewed 4 Nov 2026

## Edition

Matrix edition of 4 Nov 2026.

Reviewed 4 Nov 2026, [2 sources](#sources-h).

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