Cashfree launches Checkout for Agents, the first Indian payments company to let AI agents transact seamlessly at checkout

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Cashfree has launched Checkout for Agents. Built on the WebMCP standard, it lets AI agents transact seamlessly on behalf of the consumer. With this launch Cashfree becomes the first payments company in India to bring WebMCP to its checkout. The capability is live for all merchants using Cashfree’s hosted checkout, payment forms, and payment links. Merchants do not need to change their existing integration to accept payments from customers who shop through AI agents.

Personal AI agents like Instinct and Grok Bot are gaining users quickly in India and globally. According to estimates, purchases made by AI agents will reach $1.5 trillion worldwide by 2030. A user tells the agent what they want and sets rules for it to follow, and the agent does the work, from ordering groceries to booking travel. However, websites have traditionally been optimised for human usage. To pay on such a site, an agent has...

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