# AI agent payments | TradingAgentStack > AI agent payments for AI trading: Stripe Issuing for agents, x402, Coinbase Agentic Wallet, Link agent wallet, Lightning Agent Tools. Canonical: https://tradingagentstack.com/ai-agent-payments/ 1. [Home](https://tradingagentstack.com/) 2. AI agent payments # AI agent payments Build an AI agent **Who it's for:** Builders letting an AI agent pay for things (cards, stablecoins, pay-per-request APIs) who want spending limits and approvals enforced outside the agent, not in its prompt. Every fact sourced · last checked 2026-10-26 · [how we verify](https://tradingagentstack.com/methodology/) 6 listed, each with a source and last-checked date. For the full comparison table, FAQ and picks, see [AI agent payments](https://tradingagentstack.com/ai-agent-payments/). **Sponsored** · This featured slot is open. [Advertise here](https://tradingagentstack.com/advertise/) ## All 6 AI agent payments S ### [Stripe Issuing for agents](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/stripe-issuing-for-agents/) Agent paymentsofficial **56** Pricingnot stated on the agents page Best forAgent payments · virtual and single-use cards, Shared Payment Tokens for MPP and UCP checkouts, agentic network tokens (Visa, Mastercard) Money accesslive, by application (apply in the Stripe Dashboard [Agent risk 56% (partial, 6 of 7 inputs)](https://tradingagentstack.com/methodology/#agent-risk-score)✓ Verified 2026-10-26[Details →](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/stripe-issuing-for-agents/) x ### [x402](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/x402/) Agent paymentsofficial **52** Pricingfree open protocol Best forAgent payments · USDC and other ERC-20 tokens on Base, SPL tokens on Solana, pay-per-request HTTP 402 payments Money accesslive on Base and Solana mainnet [Agent risk 52% (partial, 3 of 7 inputs)](https://tradingagentstack.com/methodology/#agent-risk-score)✓ Verified 2026-10-26[Details →](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/x402/) C ### [Coinbase Agentic Wallet](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/coinbase-agentic-wallet/) Agent paymentsofficial **51** PricingAgentic Wallet MCP, wallet creation and gas (sponsored) are free Best forAgent payments · USDC on Base, Polygon and Solana, ETH, POL and SOL sends, token swaps on Base and Polygon Money accesslive [Agent risk 51% (partial, 6 of 7 inputs)](https://tradingagentstack.com/methodology/#agent-risk-score)✓ Verified 2026-10-26[Details →](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/coinbase-agentic-wallet/) L ### [Link agent wallet](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/link-agent-wallet/) Agent paymentsofficial **84** Pricingnot stated Best forAgent payments · one-time-use cards from your Link wallet, Shared Payment Tokens for Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) merchants Money accesslive [Agent risk 84% (partial, 6 of 7 inputs)](https://tradingagentstack.com/methodology/#agent-risk-score)✓ Verified 2026-10-26[Details →](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/link-agent-wallet/) L ### [Lightning Agent Tools](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/lightning-agent-tools/) Agent paymentsofficial **52** Pricingnot stated (open-source toolkit) Best forAgent payments · bitcoin over the Lightning Network, L402 pay-per-request APIs Money accessmainnet, plus regtest and testnet setups (local-key mode is meant for testnet, regtest… [Agent risk 52% (partial, 4 of 7 inputs)](https://tradingagentstack.com/methodology/#agent-risk-score)✓ Verified 2026-10-26[Details →](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/lightning-agent-tools/) A ### [Agent Payments Protocol (AP2)](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/agent-payments-protocol-ap2/) Agent paymentsofficial **69** Pricingfree open protocol (Apache-2.0) Best forAgent payments · card payments (initial version), x402 stablecoin sample Money accessspecification, SDK and code samples (v0.2) [Agent risk 69% (partial, 3 of 7 inputs)](https://tradingagentstack.com/methodology/#agent-risk-score)✓ Verified 2026-10-26[Details →](https://tradingagentstack.com/tool/agent-payments-protocol-ap2/) ## More in Build an AI agent [Broker MCP servers](https://tradingagentstack.com/category/broker-mcp/)[Market data MCPs](https://tradingagentstack.com/category/data-mcp/)[Agent frameworks](https://tradingagentstack.com/category/agent-framework/)[Risk & paper trading](https://tradingagentstack.com/trading-bot-risk-safety-tools/)[Agent wallets](https://tradingagentstack.com/ai-agent-wallets/)[Agent payments](https://tradingagentstack.com/ai-agent-payments/)[TAS Guard: limits for AI orders](https://tradingagentstack.com/guard/)[How each broker MCP gates orders](https://tradingagentstack.com/broker-mcp-safety-controls/)[Best broker for AI agents](https://tradingagentstack.com/best-broker-for-ai-agents/)[Best paper trading and guardrails](https://tradingagentstack.com/best-paper-trading-and-guardrails-for-ai-agents/)[Setup guides](https://tradingagentstack.com/guides/) Other paths: [Trade with a bot](https://tradingagentstack.com/trade-with-a-bot/) · [Markets & infrastructure](https://tradingagentstack.com/markets-and-infrastructure/) · [Learn](https://tradingagentstack.com/learn-algorithmic-trading/) · [Search all tools](https://tradingagentstack.com/tools/) ## For agents - [When to use this site, and the page index](https://tradingagentstack.com/llms.txt) - [Sitemap](https://tradingagentstack.com/sitemap.xml) - [Contact](https://tradingagentstack.com/contact/) - [MCP server](https://tradingagentstack.com/mcp/) - [MCP discovery](https://tradingagentstack.com/.well-known/mcp)