Know Your Agent Is the Most Important Problem in Payments

On Ep. 14 of Agentic Commerce, Simon Taylor, Founder @ Brainfood & Market Dev @ Tempo and Bam Azizi, CEO & Founder @ Mesh are joined by Alfonso Gómez-Jordana Mañas, Co-Founder @ Crossmint to discuss Crossmint's infrastructure for agent payments, virtual cards, and stablecoins, how Know Your Agent identity and reputation could prevent fraud and more! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:49 Crossmint's infrastructure for agent payments, virtual cards, and stablecoins 03:32 Why card payments and stablecoins will coexist in agentic commerce 07:47 Crossmint's toolkit for virtual cards, automated checkout, and agent wallets 14:08 Determining liability when AI agents make mistakes or unauthorized purchases 17:01 Comparing UCP, WebMCP, Shopify, and browser automation for agent checkouts 22:30 How Know Your Agent identity and reputation could prevent fraud 28:03 How AI agents can accept stablecoin payments and generate revenue 30:03 The emergence of agent-native merchants, microbusinesses, and machine payment services 32:16 How the Legal Context Protocol standardizes commercial terms for agents 37:02 Why discounts and promotions could drive mainstream agentic commerce adoption Tokenized is sponsored by Visa A world leader in digital payments, Visa is bridging the gap between traditional financial institutions and innovative blockchain networks, helping players in the payments ecosystem navigate the ever-evolving world of tokenized fiat currencies with confidence and ease. Learn more at visa.com/crypto. Tokenized is also presented by Mesh As the first global crypto payments network, Mesh makes it possible for anyone — or any agent — to pay or get paid instantly, from any wallet, on any chain, anywhere in the world. Learn more at meshpay.com *** We’d also like to remind you that the views or opinions of our contributors today are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the companies they are representing. Nothing we say should be taken as tax, financial, investment or legal advice, do your own research! Music by Henry McLean