VENDOR · GLOBAL
Ant International, Visa, Mastercard develop Know Your Agent interoperability framework
Ant International partnered with Visa and Mastercard to build Know Your Agent (KYA), a standard framework for onboarding and vetting AI agents across card networks, wallets, and marketplaces.
WHY IT MATTERS
First industry-wide agent identity and compliance framework; signals that payment networks are formalizing agent governance, which will set de-facto standards for BFSI deployments.
Source: PYMNTS · 2026-09-10