@seclink: AI Payment — The Biggest Information Asymmetry Goldmine 1. Agentic Commerce Protocol Wars Have Begun - Google donates AP2 protocol to FIDO Alliance, releases v0.2 supporting autonomous payments "whether the person is present or not" - Stripe + OpenAI …
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Reports on competition and cooperation among multiple companies and organizations in the field of AI Agent payment protocols, including Google's donation of the AP2 protocol, Stripe and OpenAI launching ACP, etc., showing a new trend of combining AI and payments.
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AI Payment — The Biggest Goldmine of Information Asymmetry
- Agentic Commerce Protocol Wars Have Begun
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Google donated the AP2 protocol to the FIDO Alliance, releasing v0.2 with support for autonomous payments whether the user is present or not
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Stripe + OpenAI jointly launched the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), with Etsy as the first launch partner — its stock rose 16% in a single day
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Mastercard + Google introduced Verifiable Intent, and Visa launched the Trusted Agent Protocol
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Stripe + Tempo launched the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), with Visa expanding to card-based payments
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Almost no discussion in China: this “AI Agent payment protocol war” involves all major payment networks, yet there has been zero coverage in Chinese-language media
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