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  "markdown": "President and Chief Technology Officer, Mastercard.\n\nEd 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.\n\n## What Ed builds\n\n- [Mastercard Agent Pay](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mastercard-agent-pay.md), graded E, 43/100, in 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 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Jorn Lambert](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jorn-lambert/), Chief Product Officer, Mastercard\n- [Michael Miebach](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/michael-miebach/), Chief Executive Officer, Mastercard\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Ed McLaughlin?\n\nEd 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.\n\n### What does Mastercard make?\n\nAnchor 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.\n\n### How are Ed's tools graded?\n\nMastercard Agent Pay is graded E, 43 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.mastercard.com/ie/en/news-and-trends/press/executive-bios/jorn-lambert.html\n- 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\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorn-lambert-4b01323/\n- https://x.com/JornLambert\n- https://developer.mastercard.com/support\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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