The future of money will increasingly move through Agents.

Six Banks Publish Voluntary Guardrails for Agentic Commerce, But Lack Enforcement Teeth

Six banks jointly released security guardrails for agentic commerce, but their voluntary nature raises doubts about enforcement, leaving pre-settlement compliance gaps unaddressed.

South Korea's President Confirms AI Role in Attacks on Seven Financial Firms: A Look at the Attack Chain

Fireblocks Breaks Down the Full AI Agent Payment Chain: Custody and Policy Engines Are the Real Battleground

Fireblocks has released its Agentic Payments Suite and publicly detailed the end-to-end execution mechanism, pushing agent payments from 'can it pay' to the infrastructure layer of 'who authorizes, who custodies, who intercepts.'

Cloudflare Adds a Paywall to MCP Tools: Who Signs Off on an Agent's Right to Spend?

Cloudflare is bringing paid access into MCP tool calls, turning 'who authorizes, who sets limits, who intercepts before settlement' from an engineering detail into foundational infrastructure for agent payments.

Mastercard Launches Agentic Commerce Trust Services as Card Networks Begin Issuing 'IDs' to AI Agents

After opening Agent payment rails, Mastercard shifts its focus to the identity and authorization layer: when the payer is no longer a human, what card networks must resolve is 'who is paying, on what authority, and whether this payment should happen at all.'

Robinhood Lets AI Agents Trade Without Per-Order Approval — and Clients Bear the Losses

Robinhood has brought AI agents into its main app, with per-order approval on by default and one-click opt-out. With over 150,000 agent accounts and more than $100 million in assets, the lines of accountability are blurring.