Payments: Artificial Intelligence

Summary

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to establish liability and consumer redress arrangements for transactions initiated by an autonomous software agent acting outside the scope of its mandate.

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1. 1 September 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to establish liability and consumer redress arrangements for transactions initiated by an autonomous software agent acting outside the scope of its mandate.

   Source: Commons

2. 4 September 2026

   Answer

   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...

   Source: Written answer

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• Bob Blackman · Conservative · Commons
• · Treasury · Answering body
• Lucy Rigby · Labour · Answering member

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