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CaixaBank Extends Cybersecurity Partnership with Palo Alto Networks to Counter AI-Driven Threats
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CaixaBank Extends Cybersecurity Partnership with Palo Alto Networks to Counter AI-Driven Threats

CaixaBank has strengthened its strategic partnership with Palo Alto Networks to improve its defenses against threats linked to advanced artificial intelligence.

Glia Introduces AI Prospecting Tool for Community Banks and Credit Unions
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Glia Introduces AI Prospecting Tool for Community Banks and Credit Unions

Glia has launched Prospect Snapshot, an AI tool that gives community and regional banks a profile of a potential business customer using only their name and address.

Sinch Joins SpaceX Super Intelligence Network as Marketplace Partner
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Sinch Joins SpaceX Super Intelligence Network as Marketplace Partner

Sinch has been named a Marketplace Partner in the SpaceX Super Intelligence (SpaceXSI) Partner Network, the company announced on November 4.

The Risks of Rogue AI: Can We Make Autonomous Agents Safe Before They Cause Damage?
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The Risks of Rogue AI: Can We Make Autonomous Agents Safe Before They Cause Damage?

AI systems are becoming increasingly capable of acting independently. They process business information, manage customer requests, and even start making purchases and initiating payments. But as AI agents gain access to sensitive data and financial tools, a difficult question emerges: how much autonomy can we safely give them?

Mastercard and OpenAI Team Up on Agentic Payments and AI Services
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Mastercard and OpenAI Team Up on Agentic Payments and AI Services

Mastercard has entered a strategic partnership with OpenAI to work on agentic payments and broader AI initiatives.

PhotonPay Raises $40 Million in Series C Round Led by Blockchain Capital
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PhotonPay Raises $40 Million in Series C Round Led by Blockchain Capital

PhotonPay has secured $40 million in a new funding round as it looks to expand its payment infrastructure for businesses.

Ant Group Upgrades LingGuang to 2.0, Turning Its AI Assistant into a Proactive Personal Agent
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Ant Group Upgrades LingGuang to 2.0, Turning Its AI Assistant into a Proactive Personal Agent

Ant Group has released LingGuang 2.0, an update that turns its multimodal AI assistant into a more proactive personal agent.

Stripe Adds Free Instant Transfers Between Businesses via Profile Handles
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Stripe Adds Free Instant Transfers Between Businesses via Profile Handles

Stripe has launched a plug-in enabling free instant transfers between businesses using Stripe profile handles.

MoneyGram Partners with AiPrise to Modernize Global Verification
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MoneyGram Partners with AiPrise to Modernize Global Verification

MoneyGram has partnered with AiPrise, an AI-powered compliance and verification platform, to modernize verification and fraud prevention across its global network.

Anthropic Makes Claude Proactive With Duet App
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Anthropic Makes Claude Proactive With Duet App

Unlike chatbots we’re used to that only respond to your prompts, Claude Duet proactively reaches out with a morning briefing or notifications of important events, and identifies tasks that require your attention.

Walmart to Let AI Agents Shop for Its Customers
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Walmart to Let AI Agents Shop for Its Customers

Walmart Agent Profiles allows third-party AI agents (autonomous AI-powered assistants) to independently search for products and make purchases on the user’s behalf

Mastercard Opens Early Access to Agent Pay for Machines for AI Agent Payments
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Mastercard Opens Early Access to Agent Pay for Machines for AI Agent Payments

Mastercard has begun the phased rollout of its payment solution, with Agent Pay for Machines now in early access.

Anthropic Took Two-Thirds of AI Platform Card Spend in July, and What That Means for Corporate Cards for AI and API Spend in 2026
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Anthropic Took Two-Thirds of AI Platform Card Spend in July, and What That Means for Corporate Cards for AI and API Spend in 2026

Anthropic took the lead in business AI spend in July, and by a wide margin. In anonymized card data from Slash, which covers the businesses paying on its corporate cards, Anthropic, the company behind Claude, took 67.86% of identified AI platform spend, up from 47.59% in June. OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, fell from 49.92% to […]

Microsoft Launches Protection Against Its Own AI Agents
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Microsoft Launches Protection Against Its Own AI Agents

Microsoft has introduced new security tools designed to protect enterprise customers from the growing threat posed by AI agents.

Movere Launches AI Platform for Payment Acceptance and Business Expansion into New Markets
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Movere Launches AI Platform for Payment Acceptance and Business Expansion into New Markets

Movere has launched an AI-native platform that allows businesses to accept payments and scale into international markets through a single integration.

Beyond Automation: AI’s Expanding Role in Banking Operations
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Beyond Automation: AI’s Expanding Role in Banking Operations

By Tamsin Crossland, Principal AI Architect, Icon Solutions. The relationship between Banks and AI has entered a new phase. No longer confined to innovation teams and proof-of-concept projects, AI is becoming increasingly embedded in day-to-day operations, particularly within payment functions.

An AI agent in payments and fintech is a software program that can act on behalf of a person or business to handle financial tasks automatically. These digital AI tools can make decisions and carry out financial transactions for you quickly, securely, and without constant human input, given they are supported by next-gen payment systems.