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SHANGHAI<\/span>, July 24, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — Sunrate, the global payment and treasury management platform, and Mastercard, a global technology company in the payments industry, unveiled a joint white paper, Beyond Automation: Defining Agentic Global Payments<\/i><\/b><\/a>, at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC).<\/p>\n

Among the first reports in the payments industry to examine the impact of Agentic AI on B2B cross-border payments, the white paper provides a comprehensive framework for understanding how AI agents are reshaping enterprise payment operations. It proposes that cross-border payments are evolving beyond digitisation and automation into a new stage: Autonomy<\/b>\u2014where AI agents with reasoning, planning, and execution capabilities can independently orchestrate and optimise end-to-end payment and treasury workflows within defined governance frameworks.<\/p>\n

As businesses expand across borders, B2B cross-border payments continue to be constrained by fragmented workflows, disconnected systems, foreign exchange inefficiencies, rising compliance requirements, and complex reconciliation processes. While traditional automation improves individual tasks, the white paper demonstrates that Agentic AI represents a fundamental shift by enabling intelligent agents to coordinate entire payment journeys across systems, counterparties, and approval workflows.<\/p>\n

Drawing on Sunrate’s global payment infrastructure and AI-native product capabilities, together with Mastercard’s expertise in secure payment networks and data intelligence, the white paper defines Agentic Global Payments<\/b> \u2014 a new category of AI-native global payment infrastructure built to automate and manage complex enterprise workflows.<\/p>\n

The report identifies 16 major pain points<\/b> across the B2B payment lifecycle and outlines 13 high-value AI use cases<\/b> spanning supplier onboarding, accounts payable and receivable, virtual commercial cards, payment routing, foreign exchange management, compliance screening, fraud detection, reconciliation, and conversational operational support. It also demonstrates how AI agents can automate complex workflows\u2014from extracting information across multiple document formats and conducting compliance checks to initiating payments, optimising FX execution, and completing reconciliation\u2014while operating within enterprise governance and control frameworks.<\/p>\n

The white paper further highlights that trusted adoption of agentic payments depends on more than technological capability. It identifies governance, transparency, security, and ecosystem collaboration as essential foundations for enterprise deployment, supported by frameworks such as Know Your Agent (KYA), payment tokenisation, auditability, and cross-industry interoperability.<\/p>\n

Sunrate.AI portfolio currently includes the Payment Agent<\/b>, FX Agent<\/b>, Compliance Agent<\/b>, Onboarding Agent<\/b>, and Chat Agent,<\/b> designed to help enterprises automate and optimise critical payment and treasury processes while maintaining compliance and operational control.<\/p>\n

Mastercard has also been actively building the foundations for trusted agentic commerce \u2013 combining AI capabilities with verifiable authorisation, clear accountability and proven payments security. Its work in this area, including Agent Pay<\/b> (alongside Agent Pay for Machines<\/b>) and Verifiable Intent<\/b>, are proof points in how Mastercard is enabling AI to participate in commerce safely and transparently.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Our mission is to make global payments seamless, compliant, and intelligent,” said Paul Meng, Co-founder and CEO of Sunrate<\/b>. “As businesses continue expanding internationally, AI agents will fundamentally reshape how enterprises manage global payments\u2014enabling smoother capital flows, reducing operational friction, and embedding real-time intelligence into every payment decision. This white paper represents an important step in helping the industry understand how Agentic AI can be deployed responsibly at enterprise scale.”<\/p>\n

“Agentic commerce is changing how businesses\u00a0make and execute payment decisions, but speed\u00a0without accountability creates new categories\u00a0of risk,” said Anouska Ladds, Executive Vice President, Commercial & New Payment Flows, Asia Pacific, Mastercard<\/b>. “As AI starts to act\u00a0on behalf of businesses,\u00a0autonomous payment\u00a0decisions need a clear,\u00a0auditable chain of identity,\u00a0intent\u00a0and action.\u00a0That’s\u00a0what allows organisations\u00a0to delegate with genuine\u00a0confidence \u2014 and what will\u00a0determine\u00a0whether agentic\u00a0commerce scales past pilots.”<\/p>\n

Released under WAIC 2026’s theme, “Intelligent Partners, Co-creating the Future<\/b>,” the white paper provides business leaders with practical guidance on adopting AI-driven payment capabilities, covering implementation approaches, governance considerations, and real-world enterprise applications.<\/p>\n

By combining Sunrate’s expertise in global payments and treasury management with Mastercard’s trusted payment infrastructure and network capabilities, the collaboration reflects a shared commitment to accelerating the next generation of intelligent, secure, and autonomous B2B global payments.<\/p>\n

Click\u00a0here<\/a> to check the white paper.<\/p>\n

About Sunrate<\/b><\/p>\n

Sunrate is a leading global payment and treasury management platform for businesses worldwide. Founded in 2016, Sunrate has enabled companies to operate and scale both locally and globally in 190+ countries and regions with its cutting-edge infrastructure, global network, and unified solutions.<\/p>\n

Sunrate operates through offices across key markets, including Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and London. The company partners with the top global financial institutions, such as Citibank, Standard Chartered, Barclays, J.P. Morgan. Sunrate is also the principal member of Mastercard and Visa. To learn more about Sunrate, visit https:\/\/www.sunrate.com\/.<\/a><\/p>\n

About Mastercard<\/b><\/p>\n

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers,\u00a0we’re\u00a0building a resilient economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital\u00a0payments\u00a0choices, making transactions secure, simple,\u00a0smart\u00a0and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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SHANGHAI<\/span>, July 24, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — Sunrate, the global payment and treasury management platform, and Mastercard, a global technology company in the payments industry, unveiled a joint white paper, Beyond Automation: Defining Agentic Global Payments<\/i><\/b><\/a>, at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC).<\/p>\n

Among the first reports in the payments industry to examine the impact of Agentic AI on B2B cross-border payments, the white paper provides a comprehensive framework for understanding how AI agents are reshaping enterprise payment operations. It proposes that cross-border payments are evolving beyond digitisation and automation into a new stage: Autonomy<\/b>\u2014where AI agents with reasoning, planning, and execution capabilities can independently orchestrate and optimise end-to-end payment and treasury workflows within defined governance frameworks.<\/p>\n

As businesses expand across borders, B2B cross-border payments continue to be constrained by fragmented workflows, disconnected systems, foreign exchange inefficiencies, rising compliance requirements, and complex reconciliation processes. While traditional automation improves individual tasks, the white paper demonstrates that Agentic AI represents a fundamental shift by enabling intelligent agents to coordinate entire payment journeys across systems, counterparties, and approval workflows.<\/p>\n

Drawing on Sunrate’s global payment infrastructure and AI-native product capabilities, together with Mastercard’s expertise in secure payment networks and data intelligence, the white paper defines Agentic Global Payments<\/b> \u2014 a new category of AI-native global payment infrastructure built to automate and manage complex enterprise workflows.<\/p>\n

The report identifies 16 major pain points<\/b> across the B2B payment lifecycle and outlines 13 high-value AI use cases<\/b> spanning supplier onboarding, accounts payable and receivable, virtual commercial cards, payment routing, foreign exchange management, compliance screening, fraud detection, reconciliation, and conversational operational support. It also demonstrates how AI agents can automate complex workflows\u2014from extracting information across multiple document formats and conducting compliance checks to initiating payments, optimising FX execution, and completing reconciliation\u2014while operating within enterprise governance and control frameworks.<\/p>\n

The white paper further highlights that trusted adoption of agentic payments depends on more than technological capability. It identifies governance, transparency, security, and ecosystem collaboration as essential foundations for enterprise deployment, supported by frameworks such as Know Your Agent (KYA), payment tokenisation, auditability, and cross-industry interoperability.<\/p>\n

Sunrate.AI portfolio currently includes the Payment Agent<\/b>, FX Agent<\/b>, Compliance Agent<\/b>, Onboarding Agent<\/b>, and Chat Agent,<\/b> designed to help enterprises automate and optimise critical payment and treasury processes while maintaining compliance and operational control.<\/p>\n

Mastercard has also been actively building the foundations for trusted agentic commerce \u2013 combining AI capabilities with verifiable authorisation, clear accountability and proven payments security. Its work in this area, including Agent Pay<\/b> (alongside Agent Pay for Machines<\/b>) and Verifiable Intent<\/b>, are proof points in how Mastercard is enabling AI to participate in commerce safely and transparently.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Our mission is to make global payments seamless, compliant, and intelligent,” said Paul Meng, Co-founder and CEO of Sunrate<\/b>. “As businesses continue expanding internationally, AI agents will fundamentally reshape how enterprises manage global payments\u2014enabling smoother capital flows, reducing operational friction, and embedding real-time intelligence into every payment decision. This white paper represents an important step in helping the industry understand how Agentic AI can be deployed responsibly at enterprise scale.”<\/p>\n

“Agentic commerce is changing how businesses\u00a0make and execute payment decisions, but speed\u00a0without accountability creates new categories\u00a0of risk,” said Anouska Ladds, Executive Vice President, Commercial & New Payment Flows, Asia Pacific, Mastercard<\/b>. “As AI starts to act\u00a0on behalf of businesses,\u00a0autonomous payment\u00a0decisions need a clear,\u00a0auditable chain of identity,\u00a0intent\u00a0and action.\u00a0That’s\u00a0what allows organisations\u00a0to delegate with genuine\u00a0confidence \u2014 and what will\u00a0determine\u00a0whether agentic\u00a0commerce scales past pilots.”<\/p>\n

Released under WAIC 2026’s theme, “Intelligent Partners, Co-creating the Future<\/b>,” the white paper provides business leaders with practical guidance on adopting AI-driven payment capabilities, covering implementation approaches, governance considerations, and real-world enterprise applications.<\/p>\n

By combining Sunrate’s expertise in global payments and treasury management with Mastercard’s trusted payment infrastructure and network capabilities, the collaboration reflects a shared commitment to accelerating the next generation of intelligent, secure, and autonomous B2B global payments.<\/p>\n

Click\u00a0here<\/a> to check the white paper.<\/p>\n

About Sunrate<\/b><\/p>\n

Sunrate is a leading global payment and treasury management platform for businesses worldwide. Founded in 2016, Sunrate has enabled companies to operate and scale both locally and globally in 190+ countries and regions with its cutting-edge infrastructure, global network, and unified solutions.<\/p>\n

Sunrate operates through offices across key markets, including Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and London. The company partners with the top global financial institutions, such as Citibank, Standard Chartered, Barclays, J.P. Morgan. Sunrate is also the principal member of Mastercard and Visa. To learn more about Sunrate, visit https:\/\/www.sunrate.com\/.<\/a><\/p>\n

About Mastercard<\/b><\/p>\n

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers,\u00a0we’re\u00a0building a resilient economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital\u00a0payments\u00a0choices, making transactions secure, simple,\u00a0smart\u00a0and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.\u00a0<\/p>\n

www.mastercard.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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