Google unveils universal payments standard for AI Agents to transact autonomously 🤖💸🤖; Tether makes strategic push into US market with compliant stablecoin USAT 🪙🇺🇸
FinTech is Eating the World, 17 September
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Good morning & happy Wednesday! Today, all eyes are on Google which just unveiled universal payments standard for AI Agents (what it’s all about, how it changes the game & what to expect next + bonus list of top AI Agent startups of 2025 & the agentic AI survival guide inside), and Tether that just made a strategic push into US market with compliant stablecoin USAT (what’s the USP here, what it means for Circle & what’s next + bonus list of ultimate stables resources & deep dive into Circle’s latest earnings). So let’s just jump straight into the finnovative stuff 🌶️
Google unveils universal payments standard for AI Agents to transact autonomously 🤖💸🤖
The news 🗞️ $3 trillion tech & AI giant Google GOOGL 0.00%↑ has just introduced the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2). This open-source framework enables artificial intelligence agents to conduct secure financial transactions on behalf of users.
At the core, this new protocol from Google is all about establishing trust and standardization in autonomous commerce.
Let’s take a look at this, see why it matters, and what’s next for payments.