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Mastercard Agent Pay on PayPal: announced

In short

Mastercard Agent Pay on PayPal reads announced as of 4 Nov 2026. The note: Mastercard said Agent Pay will integrate with PayPal's wallet. Mastercard Agent Pay is live or pilot in 2 of 27 columns; PayPal has 2 of 12 protocols live or pilot. The source is mastercard.com. Its live columns: Crossmint.

The reading

Status
announced. Announced, partner or member status only; trade press allowed with the publication named.
Protocol
Mastercard Agent Pay, Mastercard
Processor
PayPal agentic commerce services, PayPal Holdings, Inc.
Note
Mastercard said Agent Pay will integrate with PayPal's wallet
Source
mastercard.com, read 4 Nov 2026

Mastercard Agent Pay in other columns

Columns not listed read no statement found on 4 Nov 2026; the Mastercard Agent Pay page lists them with sources.

PayPal for other protocols

See the PayPal page and the full matrix.

How Mastercard Agent Pay reads for merchants

Rubric rowReading
Merchant of recordMerchant
Dispute rulesEvidence only
CostNot published

The full rubric is on the Mastercard Agent Pay page.

Sources

  1. mastercard.com/us/en/news-and-trends/press/2025/october/Mastercard-and-PayPal-join-forces.html, read 4 Nov 2026
  2. Mastercard Agent Pay, read 4 Nov 2026
  3. developer.paypal.com/agentic-commerce-services/about, read 4 Nov 2026

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