Identity verification platform Trulioo has announced it is joining Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) initiative to support secure, agent-led payments across digital platforms.

The collaboration aims to establish a framework for trust and accountability as AI agents increasingly handle transactions on behalf of users.

Google launched AP2 to provide an open, standardised framework for digital payments that connects financial institutions, fintechs, and merchants.

The protocol creates a common language designed to allow AI agents to initiate and complete transactions.

Crucially, it maintains necessary transparency, authorisation, and compliance standards across different ecosystems.

As part of the initiative, Trulioo will apply its identity verification infrastructure. The goal is to demonstrate the utility of a “Digital Agent Passport” (DAP).

The DAP intends to introduce a verifiable trust layer within AP2. This mechanism works in tandem with the company’s “Know Your Agent” (KYA) framework.

This mechanism is designed to ensure that digital agents are authenticated, authorised, and held accountable prior to executing any transaction.

Vicky Bindra, CEO of Trulioo, commented on the necessity of establishing trust within autonomous commerce.

“The future of commerce belongs to agents that can think, act and transact independently, but only if they can be trusted,” Bindra said. “By joining AP2, we’re helping define the identity backbone for autonomous payments, where verified agents transact transparently, responsibly and at machine speed”.

This move deepens the existing relationship between the two companies, as Google currently leverages Trulioo’s Global Identity Platform for Know Your Customer (KYC) verification, fraud prevention, and abuse mitigation across its payments organisation.

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