Mastercard Launches AI Payment Tool Allowing Bots to Buy Without Approval
Mastercard partners with Alchemy to issue virtual cards for AI agents, enabling automated purchases within user-defined spending limits.
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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 17 Sept 2026. Quartz published first, on 17 September at 16:50 UTC; Fortune followed 27h 08m later. The most recent article, from Fortune, appeared on 18 September at 19:58 UTC.
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