Agent Interaction
AP2
Agent Payments Protocol
A protocol for payments initiated by agents, using signed mandates and verifiable credentials so that intent, authorisation and execution can each be proven after the fact.
Payments are where agent autonomy meets regulated ground: strong customer authentication, audit trails and liability all need an answer before an agent may spend anything. The FIDO Alliance has taken up the standardisation work through its agentic authentication and payments working groups.
At a glance
- Category
- Agent Interaction
- Jurisdiction
- Global
- Governance
- Google; standardisation moving to the FIDO Alliance
- Status
- v0.2 (2025); open specification, early adoption
- First released
- 2025
Links
Related frameworks
Other entries under Agent Interaction.
See AP2 in context
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