Ripple (XRP) and Mastercard Announce Partnership

Ripple ($XRP) stated that with AI agents beginning to process transactions on behalf of businesses, speed alone is no longer sufficient for payment infrastructures; trust, control mechanisms, and clear rules regarding value transfer are becoming critical.

The company stated that the $XRP Ledger and RLUSD stablecoin contribute to building the necessary infrastructure for the future of AI-powered trading.

Ripple stated in its announcement that it is pleased to be part of the ecosystem supporting Mastercard’s new “Agent Pay for Machines” (AP4M) initiative, and that it will contribute to validating new use cases, establishing common standards, and accelerating the adoption of the technology.

Mastercard also announced its new payment service, Agent Pay for Machines, in response to the emerging business models of the AI era. The company anticipates that in the future, businesses will develop services that AI agents can purchase and utilize, enabling them to continuously process transactions at machine speeds. According to Mastercard, this transformation could pave the way for high-volume, low-value transactions, including micro-payments, creating new business models and economic activity areas.

Mastercard also announced that, in order to expand the initiative, it is collaborating with numerous companies and organizations, including Ripple, Stripe, Coinbase, OKX, MoonPay, Solana Foundation, Polygon, Aave Labs, Adyen, Checkout.com, Cloudflare, and Anchorage Digital.

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