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title: "AI Agents Can Now Spend Real Money Autonomously: How Stripe Built the Payment Infrastructure"
date: 2026-07-04
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description: "Stripe and Cross River Bank announced bank-grade single-use card issuance for AI agents on July 2, as 160 million autonomous transactions have already cleared the x402 protocol. How machine-to-machine ..."
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# AI Agents Can Now Spend Real Money Autonomously: How Stripe Built the Payment Infrastructure

Stripe and Cross River Bank announced bank-grade single-use card issuance for AI agents on July 2, as 160 million autonomous transactions have already cleared the x402 protocol. How machine-to-machine ...

*Published: 2026-07-04*