{"slug": "ant-international-to-let-ai-agents-shop-across-alipayhk-starryblu-kakaopay-and", "title": "Ant International to let AI agents shop across AlipayHK, Starryblu, KakaoPay and Toss", "summary": "Ant International open-sourced its Agentic Mobile Protocol (AMP) on GitHub on Friday, putting it forward as a potential global technical standard for AI agents to make payments through mobile wallets. AMP was built on Ant International's Alipay+ cross-border network, which connects to 10 major Asian digital wallets serving 1.5 billion consumer accounts in an initial phase, and Ant International chief innovation officer Yang Jiang-ming said the protocol would \"enable agents to enter existing mobile payment systems as trusted actors\" across Alipay, AlipayHK, Starryblu, KakaoPay and Toss. Ant International also announced a joint effort with Visa and Mastercard on a know-your-agent (KYA) framework for standardised identity verification of AI agents across card networks, digital wallets and online marketplaces.", "body_md": "# Ant International to let AI agents shop across AlipayHK, Starryblu, KakaoPay and Toss\n\nWith open-source release of Agentic Mobile Protocol and deals with credit-card giants, company bids for key role in global standards\n\n[Ann Cao](/author/ann-cao)in Shanghai\n\n[Ant Group](https://www.scmp.com/topics/ant-group?module=inline&pgtype=article), is making a major bid to power the next phase of\n\n[mobile payments](https://www.scmp.com/topics/mobile-payments?module=inline&pgtype=article): letting autonomous\n\n[artificial intelligence](https://www.scmp.com/topics/artificial-intelligence?module=inline&pgtype=article)agents handle your electronic wallet to make purchases.\n\nThe company on Friday open-sourced its Agentic Mobile Protocol (AMP) on GitHub, effectively putting it forward as a potential global technical standard for how AI agents securely pay for real-world goods.\n\nAMP was built onto Ant International’s existing Alipay+ cross-border network, which connects to 10 major Asian digital wallets serving 1.5 billion consumer accounts for an initial phase, according to the company.\n\nThe protocol’s release would “enable agents to enter existing mobile payment systems as trusted actors”, allowing platforms like Alipay in mainland China, AlipayHK in Hong Kong, Starryblu in Singapore, and KakaoPay or Toss in South Korea to accelerate their AI strategies, said Yang Jiang-ming, Ant International’s chief innovation officer.\n\nBeyond Asia, Ant International on Thursday also announced a joint effort with credit card giants Visa and Mastercard on a so-called know-your-agent (KYA) framework, an effort to establish standardised identity verification for AI agents across card networks, digital wallets and online marketplaces globally, the company said.\n\nThe launches come as tech firms increasingly focus on autonomous AI agents capable of carrying out end-to-end commercial tasks.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ant-international-to-let-ai-agents-shop-across-alipayhk-starryblu-kakaopay-and", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3367183/ant-international-let-ai-agents-shop-across-alipayhk-starryblu-kakaopay-and-toss?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-09-11 09:30:05+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-11 10:03:11.935420+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-products", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Ant International", "Ant Group", "Agentic Mobile Protocol", "Alipay+", "AlipayHK", "Starryblu", "KakaoPay", "Toss"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ant-international-to-let-ai-agents-shop-across-alipayhk-starryblu-kakaopay-and", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ant-international-to-let-ai-agents-shop-across-alipayhk-starryblu-kakaopay-and.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ant-international-to-let-ai-agents-shop-across-alipayhk-starryblu-kakaopay-and.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ant-international-to-let-ai-agents-shop-across-alipayhk-starryblu-kakaopay-and.jsonld"}}