Payments: Artificial Intelligence
Commons · Question 25982 · Tabled 1 Sep 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 4 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Bob Blackman
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the legal framework for payments initiated by autonomous software agents.
Answer
Answered by Lucy Rigby, 4 Sep 2026
Payments are a fundamental component of a thriving financial sector, and the Government wants the UK to be at the forefront of the safe development of agentic payments. The Government’s National Payments Vision is for a trusted, world-leading payments eco...