Mastercard Agent Pay

Definition

Mastercard's agentic payments program built on registered agents and agentic tokens, with an acceptance framework for merchants.

Example

Mastercard unveiled Agent Pay on 29 Apr 2025. mastercard.com, read 4 Nov 2026.

Where it appears in the sourced facts

• Cloudflare wrote on 24 Oct 2025 that both TAP and Mastercard Agent Pay use Web Bot Auth as the agent authentication layer, and that merchants can rely on Cloudflare to validate signatures (Signature-Input and Signature headers, Ed25519). blog.cloudflare.com, read 4 Nov 2026. In Visa Trusted Agent Protocol (TAP).
• Mastercard Agent Pay for Machines builds on x402 (20 Oct 2026). mastercard.com, read 4 Nov 2026. In x402.
• Stripe states it might use tokens from Mastercard Agent Pay, Visa Intelligent Commerce and the American Express ACE Kit on the seller's behalf when processing SPTs. docs.stripe.com, read 4 Nov 2026. In Stripe.
• Adyen is named among initial participants of Mastercard Agent Pay for Machines (10 Jun 2026). mastercard.com, read 4 Nov 2026. In Adyen Agentic.
• Mastercard and PayPal announced on 27 Oct 2025 that Mastercard Agent Pay will integrate with PayPal's wallet. mastercard.com, read 4 Nov 2026. In PayPal agentic commerce services.

Nearby terms

• Agentic token
• Dynamic Token Verification Code
• Agentic Repeated Transaction
• All terms