Agents that transact: Introducing Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments, built with Coinbase and Stripe

This article announces Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments (preview), enabling AI agents to autonomously access and pay for resources using integrated payment infrastructure.

• AI agents can instantly pay for APIs, web content, MCP servers, and other agents
• Built in partnership with Coinbase and Stripe for wallet and payment infrastructure
• First managed end-to-end payment capabilities purpose-built for autonomous agents
• Supports x402 protocol for instant stablecoin micropayments under $1
• Developers set spending limits per session; agents operate only with explicit permission
• Payment flows integrated into AgentCore console with full observability and traceability
• Coinbase x402 Bazaar MCP server helps agents discover paid services independently
• Available in preview in US East, US West, Europe (Frankfurt), and Asia Pacific (Sydney)

AgentCore Payments enables developers to build agents that transact autonomously while maintaining security, governance, and compliance controls at the platform level.