Living definition
What is Mastercard Verifiable Intent?
Legal, Risk & Compliance Tech (RegTech) Agentic Commerce & Payments
- As of
- 2026-10-01
- Revision
- 2026-10-06.1
- Method
- v1.4.0
Definition
The term, in context
AI-assisted draft · approved dataset
Mastercard Verifiable Intent is a Mastercard specification for a cryptographically signed statement of a cardholder’s purchase intent, which a merchant or issuer can check before authorizing an agent-initiated payment.
Live readiness status
Status as of the current dateline
AI-assisted assembly · derived results
As of 2026-10-01, verified readiness is 30 (claimed 35, reported 35, gap 5) — Critical evidence strength; current signals suggest Use Draft v0.1 for bounded prototypes and interoperability testing.
The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for Mastercard Verifiable Intent.
Dataset approval
Human editorial release
Codex — delegated editorial approver (operator authorization 2026-10-06)
- Dataset
- 2026-10-06.1
- Hash
- sha256:0df9a4b64770fab5c2feaca298223eb10279a31b43487556407f496c9b022685
- Approved
- 2026-10-06