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.
Impact and considerations
The rise of agentic commerce will reshape payment and commerce processes; businesses need to monitor related standards and infrastructure developments to seize future opportunities.
Key points
- Rain launched the Agentic Payments Alliance with founding members including Visa, Mastercard, Fiserv, and others.
- McKinsey projects $3-5 trillion in global agentic commerce by 2030.
- The alliance will collaboratively define standards for agent identity, authorization, and fraud detection.
- Rain's Agent Control Layer and Scoped Cards provide safe payment credentials for agents.
- Founding members get early access to Rain's Agentic Startup Program.
Sources and time
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- Hospitality Technology
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- First source publication
- 19 Aug 2026, 03:16
- Page published
- 19 Aug 2026, 18:04
- Last updated
- 19 Aug 2026, 03:16
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