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  "id": "mastercard.agent-pay.tokens",
  "protocol": "mastercard-agent-pay",
  "layer": "payment",
  "role": "merchant",
  "status": "recommended",
  "title": "Ask your acquirer or PSP to register you for Agent Pay",
  "description": "Mastercard says merchants should be registered for Agent Pay, Visa Intelligent Commerce and Amex ACE, typically through the acquirer or PSP. Agents pay with agentic tokens.",
  "goal": "Registration lets the network recognise agentic transactions and apply the right risk controls.",
  "note": "Resolved: Mastercard Developers merchant guide. Mastercard reports live agentic transactions in several markets.",
  "how_to_implement": {
    "steps": [
      "Ask your PSP about readiness for Agent Pay and Visa Intelligent Commerce.",
      "Request registration for your business through them.",
      "Recognize registered agents via Web Bot Auth at your CDN.",
      "Accept agentic tokens in your existing card fields."
    ]
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "label": "Mastercard Developers: the rails for agentic commerce",
      "url": "https://developer.mastercard.com/merchant-cloud/documentation/tutorials-and-guides/ai-revolution/14/",
      "type": "docs",
      "publisher": "Mastercard"
    },
    {
      "label": "Mastercard Developers: getting started with agentic commerce",
      "url": "https://developer.mastercard.com/merchant-cloud/documentation/tutorials-and-guides/ai-revolution/15/",
      "type": "docs",
      "publisher": "Mastercard"
    },
    {
      "label": "Mastercard Agent Pay docs",
      "url": "https://developer.mastercard.com/agent-pay/documentation/",
      "type": "docs",
      "publisher": "Mastercard"
    },
    {
      "label": "Mastercard unveils Agent Pay",
      "url": "https://newsroom.mastercard.com/news/press/2025/april/mastercard-unveils-agent-pay-pioneering-agentic-payments-technology-to-power-commerce-in-the-age-of-ai/",
      "type": "announcement",
      "publisher": "Mastercard"
    },
    {
      "label": "Mastercard Agent Pay Acceptance Framework",
      "url": "https://www.mastercard.com/ge/en/news-and-trends/stories/2025/agentic-commerce-framework.html",
      "type": "announcement",
      "publisher": "Mastercard"
    }
  ],
  "audit": {
    "method": "vendor_confirmation",
    "automatable": false,
    "human": "Your PSP confirms registration for Agent Pay."
  },
  "how_to_verify": "Your PSP confirms registration for Agent Pay.",
  "artifacts": [
    "agentic tokens"
  ],
  "depends_on": [],
  "status_note": "Resolved: Mastercard Developers merchant guide. Mastercard reports live agentic transactions in several markets.",
  "verified": true,
  "slug": "mastercard-agent-pay-tokens",
  "category": "payment",
  "url": "https://vreeman.ai/commerce/checklist#mastercard.agent-pay.tokens",
  "updated": "2026-10-12",
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Mastercard Developers: the rails for agentic commerce",
      "url": "https://developer.mastercard.com/merchant-cloud/documentation/tutorials-and-guides/ai-revolution/14/",
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    },
    {
      "label": "Mastercard Agent Pay docs",
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      "publisher": "Mastercard"
    },
    {
      "label": "Mastercard unveils Agent Pay",
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}