Roundtable: AI Agents & the Future of Payments sent
This roundtable will be held hybrid. In-person attendance in Washington, D.C. is encouraged, but a virtual option will be available for those who cannot join in person.
About This Event
As AI agents move from assistants to autonomous actors, they are beginning to initiate, authorize, and execute financial transactions on behalf of users. This shift raises foundational questions for the payments ecosystem: Who is authorized to act? How is identity established and verified? Where does liability sit when an agent makes a mistake or is manipulated?
CFES is convening a small, invitation-only roundtable alongside the release of its forthcoming paper on AI Agents and Payments. The discussion will explore the emerging operational, legal, and policy challenges at the intersection of agentic AI and payments infrastructure, with a focus on three critical dimensions:
Authorization - How should consent, scope of authority, and revocation work when agents transact autonomously?
Identity - How do payment systems authenticate agents, link them to users, and manage delegated authority?
Liability - How should responsibility be allocated across users, developers, financial institutions, and intermediaries when things go wrong?
This will be a forward-looking, working discussion among leaders across financial services, technology, and policy. Our goal is to surface practical risks, identify emerging design and governance principles, and inform a shared path forward as agentic transactions move from concept to reality.
Space is limited to support candid discussion.
Registered participants will receive the AI Agents and Payments paper in advance of the event, so you can come prepared to engage with the material.
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