Worldline, ING, Mastercard Agentic Payment

World line, ING Group, and Mastercard have successfully completed Europe's first end-to-end agentic payment transaction in a live production environment. This milestone, announced at Money 20/20 on June 2, 2026, involved an ING Group>>> cardholder and a merchant in the Netherlands>>>, with the underlying infrastructure also operating across Belgium>>> via the Mastercard>>> network. The solution leverages established authentication and authorization mechanisms, demonstrating that AI agent-initiated and authenticated payments can function seamlessly across multiple European markets. World line>>>'s platform processed the payment end-to-end, while ING Group>>> played a central role as the issuing bank. Mastercard>>>'s Agent Pay framework ensures scalability and interoperability. This pilot establishes the technological and business workflows for agentic payments as production-ready on a European infrastructure, paving the way for future use cases like recurring transactions and delegated purchases.