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Payment protocols for AI agents

Recorded year2025

Google's Agent Payments Protocol, Visa and Coinbase standards let AI agents pay merchants with signed proof of what the user approved.

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Built on

Phone wallet paymentsRecorded · 2004enables
AI shopping agentsRecorded · 2025enables
Identity and permissions for AI agentsRecorded · 2025enables

Led to

Agents hiring other agentsForecast · ~2027enables
AI agents run whole tripsForecast · ~2027enables
Marketing aimed at AI shoppersForecast · ~2028enables
Insured delegated-agent commerceForecast · ~2029enables
Agent-run commerceForecast · ~2045enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.