TechFlow news, October 21 — Cobo, a digital asset custody and wallet infrastructure provider, announced today its partnership with Google as a global partner for the AI Agent payment protocol AP2 (Agent Payments Protocol). Cobo will collaborate with global payment and technology partners to advance the real-world implementation of A2A (Agent-to-Agent) payments in AI Agent ecosystems. Cobo plans to launch a series of AP2-based applications in the first quarter of 2026.
AP2 (Agent Payments Protocol) is an open payment standard introduced by Google for the "Agent Economy," built upon the A2A communication protocol. It standardizes AI agent payment behaviors through cryptographically signed mandates, supports multi-rail payment channels including credit cards, bank transfers, and x402 stablecoins, and enables AI agents to conduct secure, accountable transactions across merchants, applications, and payment networks within user-defined permissions, while generating auditable evidence trails.
