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term: "Payment Mandate"
category: "Commerce and checkout"
url: https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/payment-mandate
source: AgenticOpenFinance glossary
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# Payment Mandate

> In AP2, the mandate that authorises payment for a checkout, verified by the credential provider, network and processor.

In the Agent Payments Protocol, a Payment Mandate is the mandate used to authorise payment for a particular checkout against a specific payment instrument. Its content is created by the shopping agent, shown to the user on a trusted surface and verified by the credential provider, the network and the merchant's payment processor. In its open form it carries constraints such as a budget and allowed instruments, and in its closed form it binds a specific amount to a finalised checkout.

Related terms: [Checkout Mandate](https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/checkout-mandate.md), [Closed mandate](https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/closed-mandate.md), [Open mandate](https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/open-mandate.md), [Dynamic linking](https://agenticopenfinance.com/glossary/dynamic-linking.md)