Tether Invests in Platforms for AI-Agent Payments and Cross-Border Transfers
Tether Capital has made two strategic moves to expand stablecoin-based infrastructure.
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OpenAI AI Agent Found Someone Else’s Crypto Wallet and Spent Test ETH Without Permission
An internal research AI agent from OpenAI independently located a third-party cryptocurrency wallet on the Ethereum Sepolia test network and used its funds to pay transaction fees for deploying smart contracts.
JPMorgan Blocks Third-Party AI Agents from Accessing Customer Accounts
JPMorgan Chase has barred third-party artificial intelligence agents from directly accessing retail customer accounts. CEO Jamie Dimon made the announcement during the bank’s third-quarter earnings call.
Singapore Completes Second Tokenized Bill Issuance Settled in wCBDC
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has completed two pilot issuances of tokenized bills, settled using wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC).
Meta Unveils Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full Models for AI Agents
Meta has announced two new models — Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full. These are the company’s most capable models to date, designed to power personal and professional AI agents.
Microsoft Exec: AI Faces Weaker Safety Rules Than Everyday Products
Microsoft President Brad Smith has said that milk and washing machines currently face stricter safety rules than artificial intelligence.
PwC: AI Faces Biggest Cybersecurity Preparedness Gap
A new PwC survey suggests that massive AI systems and cybersecurity investments are not yet translating into resilience against threats, as organizations are not so well prepared for attacks on their AI infrastructure yet.
BlackRock: AI Agents Could Lift Demand for Blockchain Infrastructure
BlackRock’s Digital Assets Research team has published a whitepaper arguing that agentic AI may become a structural source of demand for blockchains and other programmable payment infrastructure.
Airwallex Reworks Business Accounts for Agentic Finance
Managing money across several companies, currencies and bank accounts can become a full-time job if goes unautomated. Airwallex is now trying to make that process easier with AI agents.
Nvidia Launches Open Agent Safety Platform After String of AI Agent Security Incidents
Nvidia has released a new software platform designed to keep AI agents from breaking out of the boundaries they’re supposed to operate within. The company unveiled the Open Agent Safety Platform on Monday, positioning it as a direct response to a run of security incidents that have hit some of the biggest names in AI […]
How Speed is Replacing Card Payments with Lightning for 10,000+ Global Businesses
For payment ops teams and developers: how Lightning-powered settlement infrastructure is changing the economics of business payments.
Sygnum’s Thomas Frei Says AI Agents Should Inform, Not Act, on Material Transactions
“The agent should make people faster and better informed, not become the party that acts,” believes Thomas Frei, Head of AI and Data Analytics at Sygnum. In which context does it apply: reveals PaySpace Magazine interview.
The Next Billion Stablecoin Users May Not Be Human
The race to win stablecoins is aimed at consumers. The customer that matters most is a machine. By Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget
Danske Bank and Mastercard Complete Denmark’s First AI Agent Payment
Danske Bank and Mastercard have completed Denmark’s first payment in which an AI agent carried out both the purchase and the payment on behalf of a consumer, marking an early live test of agentic commerce inside a regulated Nordic bank.
Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI and Google Face Antitrust Suit Over Alleged Pact to Slow AI Development
Four of the industry’s leading AI labs: Anthropic, OpenAI, Elon Musk’s xAI (referred to in the filing as SpaceXAI), and Google, are facing a proposed federal class action accusing them of illegally coordinating to slow the pace of AI model improvement, a move the plaintiffs say violates Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
Amazon Blocks Meta Muse AI Agent From Shopping on Its Platform
Amazon has cut off Meta’s new Muse AI agent from shopping on Amazon.com, deepening an industry-wide standoff over who controls the customer relationship as AI agents purchase on consumers’ behalf.
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.
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