With open-source release of Agentic Mobile Protocol and deals with credit-card giants, company bids for key role in global standards.

Visa, Mastercard and Ant International are working on common standards for AI-agent payments — including ways to verify and monitor their transactions.

Ant International, Visa and Mastercard have begun developing a Know-Your-Agent (KYA) interoperability framework for AI-driven payments. The framework is