{"slug": "natural-lets-ai-agents-choose-how-to-pay-vendors", "title": "Natural lets AI agents choose how to pay vendors", "summary": "Natural, co-founded by CEO Kahlil Lalji, has made Direct generally available, letting business AI agents choose whether to send a payment over ACH, wire, RTP or FedNow. The launch moves agent payments beyond cards into the bank-transfer rails businesses already use, with agents selecting a rail within customer-set limits so payment execution can be included in automated workflows that currently require a manual handoff.", "body_md": "# Natural lets AI agents choose how to pay vendors\n\n**CEO Kahlil Lalji built Natural to handle the point where an automated workflow still needs a person to move money; Direct adds ACH, wire, RTP and FedNow.**\n\n        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)\n        · Published \n\nPrimary source: [PR Newswire Business Technology](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/natural-launches-direct-bringing-ach-wire-and-realtime-payments-to-ai-agents-302924236.html)\n\n## Why it matters\n\nNatural is moving agent payments beyond cards into ACH, wire and real-time bank transfers. If businesses trust agents to select a rail within customer-set limits, they can include payment execution in automated workflows that currently require a manual handoff.\n\n[Natural](https://www.natural.com/?ref=runtimewire), co-founded by CEO Kahlil Lalji, has made Direct generally available, letting business AI agents choose whether to send a payment over ACH, wire, RTP or FedNow. The launch puts Lalji's original bet into a more specific product: agents need to move money through the payment methods businesses already use, not only make card payments.…\n\nWhen you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/natural-lets-ai-agents-choose-how-to-pay-vendors", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/natural-direct-agent-bank-payments", "published_at": "2026-10-29 20:35:54+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-29 23:47:19.104640+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-products", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Natural", "Kahlil Lalji", "Direct", "ACH", "RTP", "FedNow", "PR Newswire"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/natural-lets-ai-agents-choose-how-to-pay-vendors", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/natural-lets-ai-agents-choose-how-to-pay-vendors.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/natural-lets-ai-agents-choose-how-to-pay-vendors.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/natural-lets-ai-agents-choose-how-to-pay-vendors.jsonld"}}