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{{ i.tag }} · primary source →"In this new payments paradigm, trust becomes the product."
Mastercard, announcing its agent-payments standard · Mar 2026"The AI acted autonomously" is no longer a defense. The question in court stops being whether your agent went rogue and becomes what you authorized — and whether you can prove it.
You are responsible for your agent "in the same way you are responsible for what an employee does" — with fines up to 10% of worldwide turnover under the DMCCA.
The tribunal held Air Canada liable for a discount its chatbot invented. The promise your bot makes is your promise — the only open question is whether you can prove what it said.
A wrong payee, a duplicate invoice, an over-limit payment never settles. The firewall denies it before execution — and the denial carries a signed proof.