Definition
Know Your Agent (KYA) refers to identity, accountability, and auditability standards for AI agents initiating payments or accessing merchant systems — analogous to KYC for human users.
Key Points
- 2026-10-09: skyfire KYA integrated into mastercard Agent Pay Trust Framework alongside Cloudflare web-signal partnership (2026-10-09-mastercard-agent-pay-paypers)
- Complements agent probability scores, spending controls, and payment-passkeys in agentic-commerce