For Financial Services

Authorization for AI Agents in Financial Services.

Your AI can move money. We decide if it should. Sub-millisecond, PCI-aware, audit-grade.

PCI-DSS aligned·SOC 2 Type II (in progress)·PSD2 compliant·GDPR·KVKK
The problem

Agents moving money is already happening. Most infrastructure wasn't built for it.

These aren't hypothetical risks. They're architectural gaps that exist today in every major payment stack running AI agents.

01

Unauthorized high-value transfers

An LLM agent with payment scope misinterprets a support ticket and initiates a $89,100 wire to a scammer's account. No existing IAM system catches this — the agent had valid credentials.

02

Compliance blind spots

Every payment action by an agent is a regulatory event. Who approved it? Under what policy? At what time? Can you produce cryptographic proof 3 years later?

03

Real-time fraud velocity

Traditional fraud systems operate in minutes. An agent can initiate hundreds of transfers in the same window. Post-hoc fraud detection isn't good enough anymore.

How it fits

How PermitNetworks fits in payment flows

PermitNetworks sits inline between your AI agent and the payment rail. It adds < 2ms to the payment flow — below the threshold of any existing latency SLA.

Customer / CSR

initiates request

AI Agent

billing-agent-01

< 2ms added

PermitNetworks

policy engine

Payment Rail

Visa / ACH / SWIFT

Policy evaluation

  • Policy evaluation
  • Velocity checks
  • Amount thresholds
  • Cryptographic permit

Audit log

Merkle-anchored · cryptographically verifiable · 7+ year retention

~0.3msAgent → PermitNetworks
~0.6msPolicy evaluation
~0.4msPermitNetworks → Rail
< 2msTotal overhead
Capabilities

Financial-specific capabilities

Built for the constraints of regulated payment systems, not adapted from general-purpose authorization tools.

Payment velocity controls

Per-agent, per-minute, per-hour, per-day transaction limits. Configurable by amount AND count. Hot-reload without deployment.

Amount-based approval escalation

Under $5K → auto-approve. $5K–$50K → manual review. Over $50K → dual approval. All configurable per agent role.

Merchant category blocking

Block gambling, crypto, adult content, or any MCC code by agent or role. Declarative policy — no code changes required.

Regulatory audit export

Export every decision with cryptographic proof in SAR, SWIFT MT, or ISO 20022 XML format. Auditor-ready in minutes.

Dual-approval workflows

For high-risk actions, require two separate agents (or agent + human) to co-sign with Ed25519 signatures before a permit is issued.

Anomaly detection hooks

Integrate with existing fraud systems (Sift, Stripe Radar, Featurespace) — PermitNetworks calls them during the decision flow.

Compliance

Compliance & standards

We mark what's live and what's in progress. No ambiguity.

StandardHow we support itStatus
PCI-DSSTokenized payment data, no PAN storedAligned
PSD2 SCAStrong customer authentication hooksSupported
SOC 2 Type IIAnnual audit, Merkle-verified logsIn progress (2026)
GDPR / KVKKData residency options, 72-hour breach notificationCompliant
SOXImmutable audit trail, change managementSupported
Reg E / Reg ZTransaction logging for disputesSupported
Private beta

Design Partner Program

We're working closely with a small group of design partners in banking, payments, and fintech infrastructure. If your team is deploying AI agents that touch money, we want to talk.

Direct access to engineering team
Co-design of policy language features
Free tier during private beta
Preferred pricing at GA
NDA-protected engagement
Integration

Drop-in SDK integration

One authorize call before the payment. One confirm call after. Everything else is policy configuration — no logic changes in your payment flow.

import { PermitClient } from "@permitnetworks/sdk";

const permit = new PermitClient({
  apiKey: process.env.PERMIT_API_KEY,
  agentId: "billing-agent-01",
});

// Before making a payment, ask for authorization
const decision = await permit.authorize({
  action: "payment.create",
  resource: `customer:${customerId}`,
  amount_cents: 245000, // $2,450
  metadata: {
    merchant: "stripe",
    description: "Invoice #4521",
    category: "5411", // MCC: Grocery stores
  },
});

if (decision.effect === "allow") {
  await stripe.paymentIntents.create({ amount: 245000, ... });
  await permit.confirm(decision.id); // Close the audit loop
} else {
  throw new Error(`Payment blocked: ${decision.reason}`);
}
TypeScript / Node.jsPythonGo (coming soon)REST API
Performance

Built for payment-grade workloads

Numbers that hold at card-network scale, not just startup traffic.

RequirementIndustry needPermitNetworks
Authorization latency< 10ms< 1ms (p99)
Availability99.99%99.99% SLA
ThroughputBurst to 100K TPS50K req/s per gateway
Audit retention7 years7+ years, anchored
Key rotationQuarterlyDaily (automated)
FAQ

Questions fintech CTOs ask us

Direct answers. No marketing language.

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