The original title is: "Agent-Ready Commerce, Part 7: Delegated Payment Needs More Than a Token"

Short summary

Delegated payment validation should go beyond checking token validity. Instead, platforms must evaluate each request against specific dimensions: actor, buyer, merchant, checkout snapshot, amount, currency, and time window. Safe systems must clearly distinguish between mandates (what's allowed), authority decisions (is this request allowed?), execution, and order commitment.

• •Authority validation requires multi-dimensional evaluation beyond token presence
• •Payment artifacts are evidence for authority decisions, not the decision itself
• •Safe systems separate mandate definition, authority evaluation, execution, and order commitment

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