Mastercard joins Google and takes steps to support AI commerce

Mastercard has partnered with Google to join its new Universal Commerce Protocol, an open protocol that enables interoperability between AI agents and merchants. These protocols are essential to growing the adoption of agentic commerce. This is why Mastercard further partners across the value chain with Google’s Agent Payment Protocol and Agent2Agent Protocol, OpenAI’s Agentic Commerce Protocol, and more. This ensures that these platforms meet the same high standards for clear user intent, secure credentials, and verifiable agent identity.