Tag: AI payments

  • My Agent Just Got Phished for $18K on a Fake Restoration Job

    My Agent Just Got Phished for $18K on a Fake Restoration Job

    Hypothetical today. Completely real in 18 months. When AI agents execute financial transactions autonomously, fraud attacks target the agent’s trust layer,

  • Who Holds the Wallet When the AI Is Spending?

    Who Holds the Wallet When the AI Is Spending?

    Agent wallets are the next big fight: does the user hold the funds, the platform, or the agent itself? When an AI books a $15,000 restoration job, whose cr

  • Mastercard & Google Launch Trust Layer for AI Commerce

    Mastercard & Google Launch Trust Layer for AI Commerce

    Mastercard International Incorporated and Google LLC co-developed Verifiable Intent, an open technical standard leveraging cryptographic verification and digital credentials to authenticate AI agent-initiated commerce transactions across payment networks. The framework implements intent-based authorization protocols to validate merchant legitimacy and transaction authenticity in autonomous agent ecosystems. This collaborative initiative addresses security vulnerabilities inherent in agentic commerce…