Rain Launches Agentic Payments Alliance With Major Industry Players
Stablecoin payments infrastructure provider Rain has launched the Agentic Payments Alliance (APA), an industry coalition aimed at shaping standards for agent-driven commerce. Founding members include Visa, Mastercard, Fiserv, Circle, Solana, and Remitly, among others. The APA seeks to address gaps in authorizing agents, detecting fraud, and extending loyalty programs within this emerging sector before individual companies develop solutions independently. Rain's CEO emphasized the need for collaboration across platforms, regulators, and innovators to define how agent-based transactions should work. Initial activities will include collaborative research, framework development, testing of identity standards, and regulatory engagement. Founding members also gain early access to Rain’s Agentic Startup Program, an accelerator supporting companies in this space. Mastercard's Sherri Haymond highlighted the importance of aligning innovation with industry-wide standards as part of shaping commerce for the agentic era.
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