- Mastercard launched Agent Pay for Machines, a new platform enabling AI agents to autonomously transact using cards, bank accounts, and stablecoins.
- The system supports microtransactions worth fractions of a cent and involves over 30 companies, including Coinbase, OKX, Polygon, and Stripe.
- This marks Mastercard’s latest crypto push, following a major acquisition and expanded stablecoin settlement programs in 2026.
Mastercard has launched a groundbreaking platform called Agent Pay for Machines, designed to facilitate autonomous, AI-driven payments between machines and software agents. Announced on Wednesday, the service enables transactions using traditional and digital assets, including stablecoins, for very small, high-volume payments.
According to Mastercard, the platform expands on its existing Agent Pay program to allow AI systems to buy services and send payments independently. Consequently, this aims to unlock new business models based on machine-to-machine commerce operating at unprecedented scale and speed.
“Agent Pay for Machines will create the conditions for a superbloom of AI business models,” said Mastercard Chief Product Officer Jorn Lambert. He emphasized the platform’s potential for extremely high volumes of very small-value transactions conducted with low latency.
More than 30 major companies are participating in the initiative. Key participants from the crypto and payments sectors include Coinbase, OKX, Polygon, RippleX, Aave Labs, and Stripe.
This launch continues Mastercard’s aggressive expansion into cryptocurrency and digital asset infrastructure throughout 2026. In March, the company agreed to acquire stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK for up to $1.8 billion to bolster its digital payments capabilities.
Mastercard has also spent much of the year expanding its stablecoin settlement programs. The company joined Solana’s enterprise blockchain and expanded support for regulated stablecoins like Circle’s USDC.
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