Agentic Payments Guide

Review agentic payments through caller approval, payment requirements and accepted delivery.

Agentic Payments Guide is a 4-page PDF field guide. Caller-controlled spending, payment evidence and accepted delivery.

• Autonomy is scoped: An agent needs an allowed purpose, asset, destination class, amount and time window.

• Approval has levels: Low-risk payments may be automatic while new recipients or larger amounts require a person.

• Verify the transaction: The execution layer should check the final encoded transaction, not only the agent's explanation.

• Reconcile outcomes: Payment, service delivery and business acceptance are separate records.

Action checklist: Write the delegation policy; Set tiered approval thresholds; Verify destination and chain; Limit approvals and balances; Log decision and transaction evidence; Review anomalies and revoke quickly.

Autonomous payments add operational and financial risk; begin with small, bounded pilots.