Launches·October 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT·2 sources
Mastercard opens early access to AI agent payments following pilots with Coinbase, Base and Cloudflare
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What happened
- Mastercard opened early access to Agent Pay for Machines after pilots with Coinbase, Base, Cloudflare and other partners.
- At Cloudflare Connect, Mastercard demonstrated an AI agent running a sample ad campaign across nine payments to two merchants under one approved budget.
Why it matters
The launch is relevant to payments, technology and crypto professionals because it shows Mastercard testing autonomous AI-agent transactions with major platform partners.
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Timeline
- EarlierOct 19Cloudflare’s AI Workspace Platform Partners with Leading Applications and Deployment Teams to Make AI Productive in the Enterprise
- EarlierOct 19Mastercard unveils Stablecoin Security tool to screen payments for fraud and sanctions risks
- EarlierOct 20More than 10 Million Developers Are Building on Cloudflare
- First reported by The BlockOct 20Mastercard opens early access to AI agent payments following pilots with Coinbase, Base and Cloudflare
- Decrypt reportsOct 20Mastercard Opens Up AI Agent Payments With Early Access and Live Demo
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