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Summary On September 16, 2025 , Google unveiled its new Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)  – an open standard to let AI agents autonomously make payments. AP2 allows agents to transact using credit/debit cards or digital currencies (stablecoins) [16] [17] . The protocol was developed with a consortium of ~60 partners , including Coinbase, the Ethereum Foundation, American Express, Adobe, and others [18] . These companies helped shape AP2 to be “universal” for both traditional and