Amex introduces a framework to prevent AI agents from making unauthorized purchases

Amex introduces a framework to prevent AI agents from making unauthorized purchases

American Express is introducing a new framework designed to ensure AI agents only make purchases their users have authorized, potentially preventing costly mistakes and disputes as AI-powered shopping grows.

Amex ‘Proof of Intent’: The Issuer Side Enters the Agentic Checkout Wars

Amex's "Proof of Intent" token is the sixth definition of "agentic checkout" and the first from the issuer side. It moves the evidence issuers hold, not the merchant-of-record loss default.

American Express publishes intent intelligence framework for trusted agentic commerce

Novel approach is designed to capture, authenticate, and preserve customer purchase intent as AI agents transact on their behalf American Express today published its Intent Intelligence framework, detailing the company’s recommended approach to capturing and authenticating a customer’s purchase intent before an AI agent completes a transaction. The framework then preserves that intent as a control throughout the transaction lifecycle. By making …

AmEx’s Next Step for Agentic Commerce Is a Framework; Forter’s Agentic Verification Move

With at least two AI agents available that can make payments on behalf of users, payments companies are preparing for a larger role for agentic commerce. American Express Co. Tuesday published a framework for trusted agentic commerce, something it hopes could be part of a larger standard for the payments industry. The Intent Intelligence Framework is meant to capture and authenticate a customer’s purchase intent before an AI agent completes a tr…

American Express Unveils Framework for Authenticated AI-Agent Purchases

Intent Intelligence records customer-approved limits and creates scoped payment credentials without exposing card numbers to AI agents.