Ant International named launch partner for Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) for authorised AI-agent commerce, according to a company release dated 17 September 2025.
AP2 defines verifiable user intent, traceability and accountability across agent payment lifecycle. Ant contributes APM/wallet expertise (ties with 36 digital wallets), fraud blocking, and payment-mandate model linking params to intent evidence. Alipay+ Voyager travel agent (launched July 2025) planned to book/pay rides via multi-agent model under Agent2Agent + AP2. Deepens Google Cloud partnership; references June 2025 GenAI Cockpit / Vertex AI integrations and MCP-based agentic payment solution.
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The announceable peg is dated 17 September 2025. Organisations evaluating the update should open the primary release for full product scope, named customers and any caveats.