Building a listed tool
Ed McLaughlin
President and Chief Technology Officer, Mastercard, named behind the Mastercard Agent Pay listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Ed builds
Mastercard Agent Pay E · Agent checkout protocols
Agent Pay is Mastercard's programme for AI agents paying by card. Registered agents identify themselves with Web Bot Auth signatures and pay with scoped agentic tokens. Agent Pay for Machines, announced in June 2026, extends it to machine payments.
President and Chief Technology Officer, Mastercard, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Jorn Lambert Chief Product Officer, Mastercard
- Michael Miebach Chief Executive Officer, Mastercard
Questions
Who is Ed McLaughlin?
Ed McLaughlin is Mastercard's president and chief technology officer, overseeing its payments network, enterprise platforms, infrastructure and information security. He joined Mastercard in 2005 and was its chief information officer before his appointment in 2016. Earlier he co-founded the online payments company Paytrust and was its chief executive.
What does Mastercard make?
Anchor Terminal lists Mastercard Agent Pay from Mastercard. Agent Pay is Mastercard's programme for AI agents paying by card. Registered agents identify themselves with Web Bot Auth signatures and pay with scoped agentic tokens. Agent Pay for Machines, announced in June 2026, extends it to machine payments.
How are Ed's tools graded?
Mastercard Agent Pay is graded E, 43 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (5)
- https://www.mastercard.com/ie/en/news-and-trends/press/executive-bios/jorn-lambert.html
- https://www.mastercard.com/gb/en/news-and-trends/press/2025/april/mastercard-unveils-agent-pay-pioneering-agentic-payments-technology-to-power-commerce-in-the-age-of-ai.html
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorn-lambert-4b01323/
- https://x.com/JornLambert
- https://developer.mastercard.com/support
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