Cross River Bank expanded its Stripe partnership on July 1, 2026 to power card issuing for agentic commerce. When an AI agent needs to purchase, Link’s agent wallet issues a restricted single-use virtual card scoped to that transaction — agent never accesses customer payment credentials.
Developers building custom agentic apps get programmatic card issuance via Stripe Issuing API. Cross River’s banking core ensures card network compliance, AML, and KYC. Relationship extends 2019 push-to-card partnership for marketplace economy.
Cross River Chief AI Officer Pravesh Rijal: trust is the core challenge — verifying genuine business intent by a verified agent within user-authorized scope.