{
  "id": 15763929,
  "title": "Mastercard Debuts Tool to Help AI Agents Purchase Digital Services",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/mastercard-debuts-tool-to-help-ai-agents-purchase-digital-services",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-20T16:00:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/mastercard-debuts-tool-to-help-ai-agents-purchase-digital-services/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mastercard has launched early access to Agent Pay for Machines, a tool designed to let autonomous artificial intelligence agents purchase digital services. The new offering builds on x402, an open protocol that allows digital services to request payment online, and “connects it with the trust, security and reach of the Mastercard network,” the company said in […] The post Mastercard Debuts Tool…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}