Mastercard on Wednesday announced the launch of Agent Pay for Machines, a payments platform designed to let AI agents transact autonomously using cards, bank accounts, and stablecoins.

According to Mastercard, the platform is designed to let AI systems buy services and send payments on their own, including small transactions that occur in the background. The service expands on the company’s Agent Pay program by enabling payments between AI agents, software platforms, and connected machines.

“Agent Pay for Machines will create the conditions for a superbloom of AI business models,” Mastercard Chief Product Officer Jorn Lambert said in a statement. “Machine payments can make it possible for services to be bought and…