Mastercard and Alchemy Partner to Enable Everyday Agentic Payments
Mastercard and Alchemy, a provider of blockchain infrastructure for apps and artificial intelligence agents, partnered on an agentic payment option that Mastercard will roll out this week, Alchemy said in a Thursday (Sept. 17) post on social platform X. The checkout button is dying. AI agents will discover, compare, and buy products on behalf of […] The post Mastercard and Alchemy Partner to…
Mastercard has teamed up with Alchemy, a company specializing in blockchain infrastructure for applications and AI agents, to introduce an agentic payment option. Alchemy announced this on social platform X on September 17, 2026. This new feature, available on all Mastercard-accepted online platforms, allows AI agents to discover, compare, and purchase products on behalf of their users.
The checkout button is being phased out as AI agents take over tasks such as ordering DoorDash, Amazon, Uber meals, running marketing campaigns, and trading on platforms like Polymarket. Alchemy's AgentCard, introduced in March, provides users with Mastercard credentials for one-time, private, and reusable transactions. Mastercard Agent Pay, launched in April 2025, ensures the security and control necessary for agentic commerce to transition from trial to everyday use.
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