Vancouver-based provider of identity verification technology Trulioo revealed this week that it is joining Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) initiative.
The Protocol aims to provide an open and standardized framework for digital payments that connects institutions and merchants through a unified and secure infrastructure—creating a “common language” for AI agents to initiate and complete financial transactions on behalf of users while maintaining transparency and compliance across ecosystems, according to a statement from the firms.
“The future of commerce belongs to agents that can think, act, and transact independently, but only if they can be trusted,” posits Vicky Bindra, who replaced Steve Munford as chief executive officer of Trulioo in April.
Founded in 2011, Trulioo currently covers 195 countries and can verify 14,000 ID documents and 700 million business entities while checking against more than 6,000 watchlists.
The company is ranked as one of British Columbia’s top employers.
As part of AP2, Trulioo will bring its expertise in identity verification infrastructure to demonstrate how Digital Agent Passport technology can be used to convey trust for agent-led transactions.
“By joining AP2, we’re helping define the identity backbone for autonomous payments, where verified agents transact transparently, responsibly, and at machine speed,” Bindra stated.
In tandem with Trulioo’s Know Your Agent framework, the Passport will introduce a verifiable trust layer within AP2, according to Bindra, serving as a “neutral trust fabric” designed to ensure every digital agent is authenticated and authorized.
“This is the architecture, and the future, of trusted agentic commerce,” she said. “We’re proud to be working with Google to bring verified identity to agentic payments.”
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