Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Adds Agent Payment Infrastructure via Coinbase and Stripe

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AWS has launched a preview of AgentCore Payments, enabling AI agents to autonomously pay for APIs, MCP servers (Model Context Protocol — a standard for connecting agents to external tools), web content, and other agents. Built in partnership with Coinbase and Stripe, it covers the full payment lifecycle from wallet authentication through transaction execution to spending governance. AWS frames this as essential infrastructure as services shift to pay-per-use models built for machine consumption, eliminating the need for developers to build custom billing integrations, credential management, and budgeting from scratch.