Crossmint enables Visa card payments for AI agents and autonomous commerce
Crossmint, a stablecoin and wallet infrastructure provider, launched an API that enables AI agents to make payments using eligible Visa credit and debit cards, bringing physical card-based transactions to agent platforms. According to Tuesdays announcement, the service uses Visa Intelligent Commerce and Basis Theorys payment infrastructure to allow AI agents to make purchases without access to users card numbers while operating within predefined spending limits. Crossmint said the payment capability is available through its lobster.cash tool, which can be connected to platforms including Claude Code, OpenClaw, Hermes and Zo Computer. Developers can immediately integrate the payment system through the companys API and documentation. Crossmint co-founder Alfonso Gómez-Jordana told Cointelegraph the companys broader payments infrastructure supports both card and stablecoin transactions. Unlike some competing systems that rely on newly issued virtual cards, he said Crossmint tokenizes users existing Visa cards, allowing customers to retain card rewards while authorizing spending by AI agents. “Developers building payment capabilities into agents have had no standardized way to handle card credentials, so many have resorted to workarounds that expose raw card numbers directly to the agent environment,” Gómez-Jordana said. He said Crossmint is also working with Mastercard and American Express to expand support for agentic card payments beyond Visa. Racing to