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title: "Mastercard adds trust services to Agent Pay | Agent Ready Checkout"
description: "30 Sep 2026: Mastercard expanded Agent Pay with services that give issuers and merchants context on AI-initiated transactions."
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# Mastercard adds trust services to Agent Pay | Agent Ready Checkout

> 30 Sep 2026: Mastercard expanded Agent Pay with services that give issuers and merchants context on AI-initiated transactions.

Source: https://agentreadycheckout.com/news/2026-09-30-mastercard-adds-trust-and-intelligence-services-to
Site: Agent Ready Checkout
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

News, 30 Sep 2026

# Mastercard adds trust and intelligence services to Agent Pay, working with Skyfire and Cloudflare

In short

Mastercard expanded Agent Pay with services that give issuers and merchants context on AI-initiated transactions. The first, a probability score that a transaction was AI-initiated, is rolling out for testing in the US. The matrix entry to read next for this 30 Sep 2026 item is Mastercard Agent Pay on Skyfire, which is announced as of 4 Nov 2026.

## What was reported

Mastercard expanded Agent Pay with services that give issuers and merchants context on AI-initiated transactions. The first, a probability score that a transaction was AI-initiated, is rolling out for testing in the US. Mastercard is working with Skyfire's Know Your Agent technology to help recognize trusted agents.

Primary source: [mastercard.com](https://www.mastercard.com/us/en/news-and-trends/press/2026/september/new-trust-and-intelligence-services.html), read 4 Nov 2026.

## Where it sits in the matrix

-   [Skyfire](https://agentreadycheckout.com/processors/skyfire): 0 live, 0 pilot, 3 announced and 0 not supported in the matrix.

## Other items from September 2026

-   30 Sep 2026 [PayOS opens every product, including agentic payments, through a self-serve portal](https://agentreadycheckout.com/news/2026-09-30-payos-opens-every-product-including-agentic-payments)
-   23 Sep 2026 [x402 specification adds an exact scheme for Bitcoin Lightning](https://agentreadycheckout.com/news/2026-09-23-x402-specification-adds-an-exact-scheme-for-bitcoin)
-   22 Sep 2026 [PayPal announces checkout partnership with Meta's Muse](https://agentreadycheckout.com/news/2026-09-22-paypal-announces-checkout-partnership-with-metas-muse)
-   21 Sep 2026 [Shopify to open Shop Pay checkout on all stores to Meta's Muse](https://agentreadycheckout.com/news/2026-09-21-shopify-to-open-shop-pay-checkout-on-all-stores-to)

## Sources

1.  [Mastercard trust and intelligence services](https://www.mastercard.com/us/en/news-and-trends/press/2026/september/new-trust-and-intelligence-services.html), read 4 Nov 2026

Last reviewed 4 Nov 2026

## Edition

Matrix edition of 4 Nov 2026.

Reviewed 4 Nov 2026, [1 sources](#sources-h).

## Method

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