Google just announced Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)
AP2 is a payment-rail-agnostic protocol that enables agents to make purchases on a user’s behalf, supporting cards, bank transfers, and stablecoins.
It introduces Mandates—verifiable, signed instructions that bind what the

Announcing Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open, shared protocol that provides a common language for secure, compliant transactions between agents and merchants.
AP2 can be used as an extension of the A2A protocol and MCP. Learn how it works ↓ https://goo.gle/4n7Cgsc

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