Agent Pay for Machines on Checkout.com: announced
In short
Agent Pay for Machines on Checkout.com reads announced as of 4 Nov 2026. The note: Named among AP4M initial participants. Agent Pay for Machines is live or pilot in 1 of 27 columns; Checkout.com has 7 of 12 protocols live or pilot. The source is mastercard.com.
The reading
- Status
- announced. Announced, partner or member status only; trade press allowed with the publication named.
- Protocol
- Mastercard Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), Mastercard
- Processor
- Checkout.com agentic commerce, Checkout.com
- Note
- Named among AP4M initial participants
- Source
- mastercard.com, read 4 Nov 2026
Agent Pay for Machines in other columns
- Stripe: announced
- Adyen: announced
- Worldpay: announced
- Coinbase: pilot
- Crossmint: announced
- Skyfire: announced
- PayOS: announced
Columns not listed read no statement found on 4 Nov 2026; the Agent Pay for Machines page lists them with sources.
Checkout.com for other protocols
- ACP: pilot
- UCP: pilot
- AP2: pilot
- Visa TAP: pilot
- Visa IC: pilot
- Mastercard Agent Pay: pilot
- Verifiable Intent: pilot
See the Checkout.com page and the full matrix.
How Agent Pay for Machines reads for merchants
| Rubric row | Reading |
|---|---|
| Merchant of record | Seller of the service |
| Dispute rules | Not published |
| Cost | Not published |
The full rubric is on the Agent Pay for Machines page.
Sources
- Mastercard launches Agent Pay for Machines, read 4 Nov 2026
- ap4m.build/info, read 4 Nov 2026
- checkout.com/agentic-commerce, read 4 Nov 2026
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