Rain Forms Agentic Payments Alliance to Guide the Future of Agent-Driven Commerce

Rain, an enterprise-grade infrastructure for stablecoin-powered payments, announced the launch of the Agentic Payments Alliance (APA), a coalition of over 25 industry leaders including Visa, Mastercard, Fiserv, Circle, Solana, and Remitly. The alliance aims to guide the development of agentic commerce, addressing infrastructure needs like agent authorization, fraud detection, and loyalty transfer. McKinsey projects $3-5 trillion in global agentic commerce by 2030. Early work includes shared research, testing standards for agent identity and authorization, and regulatory advocacy.