Amazon Bedrock AgentCore lets agents pay autonomously
Agents can now spend autonomously, with Coinbase and Stripe wallets...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of AgentCore Payments in Amazon Bedrock, enabling AI agents to autonomously transact with third-party services using Coinbase and Stripe wallets. This solves a critical roadblock for agentic workflows, where agents previously couldn’t handle payments without human intervention.
The service introduces several enterprise-grade features, including protocol-agnostic payment orchestration (supporting x402 and the new Machine Payment Protocol), dynamic spending limits via payment sessions, and a curated MCP server for discovering pay-per-use endpoints. Security is enforced through short-lived tokens and the AgentCore Identity Secrets Manager, while observability tools track autonomous transactions in real time.
For developers, the "Quick Create" feature in the AWS console or CLI streamlines wallet provisioning, and support for the "upto" spending scheme in x402 enables true pay-per-execution billing—critical for usage-metered APIs like LLM token consumption.
- AgentCore Payments in Amazon Bedrock is GA, enabling agents to autonomously pay for APIs and services using Coinbase and Stripe wallets
- Supports pay-per-use pricing with dynamic spending caps, x402 and MPP protocols, and a curated MCP server for endpoint discovery
- Security features include short-lived tokens, payment sessions, and the AgentCore Identity Secrets Manager for credential storage
Why It Matters
Agents can now autonomously transact, unlocking scalable agentic workflows for enterprises with real-time payment observability and security.