AP2 v0.2 Released and Donated to FIDO Alliance to Accelerate Agentic Payments

Open commerce and payments standards are expanding as Anthropic’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) is donated to the FIDO Alliance, ensuring the protocol remains platform‑agnostic and community‑led. The GitHub release of AP2 v0.2 introduces critical updates for autonomous transactions, including Human Not Present payments that let agents securely execute payments based on pre‑authorized user instructions. This feature enables agents to purchase limited‑run tickets instantly when they go on sale, without human intervention. AP2 also drives industry standards like Verifiable Intent, a tamper‑proof log of user‑authorized agent actions co‑developed with Mastercard and also donated to FIDO. The new standard guarantees accountability by recording every agent action in a tamper‑proof log. Support from leaders across the industry positions AP2 as the open, collaborative foundation for agents to transact safely across any platform. The donation to FIDO accelerates adoption of secure agentic payments and promotes industry‑wide innovation.