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CaixaBank Creates Dedicated Artificial Intelligence Office to Drive Responsible AI Deployment
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CaixaBank Creates Dedicated Artificial Intelligence Office to Drive Responsible AI Deployment

The newly created CaixaBank office will act as a central hub for all AI‑related activities across the group.

Amazon AI Tool Backlash: How E-Commerce Giant Justifies Unauthorized Listings?
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Amazon AI Tool Backlash: How E-Commerce Giant Justifies Unauthorized Listings?

Amazon may have introduced agentic AI shopping features, but third-party merchants are not that excited about it.

Pros and Cons of AI-Assisted Shopping
Fintech & Ecommerce

Pros and Cons of AI-Assisted Shopping

People can be divided into two categories: those who love shopping and those who hate it. Interestingly, both types could benefit from AI assistance in the purchase process. However, there are also hidden pitfalls in AI-assisted shopping you should know about.

Seekr and Stephano Slack AI Partnership Set to Transform Financial Auditing and Advisory Services
Finance & Economics

Seekr and Stephano Slack AI Partnership Set to Transform Financial Auditing and Advisory Services

Seekr and Stephano Slack have announced a strategic collaboration to bring artificial intelligence (AI) into financial auditing and advisory workflows, dramatically speeding up processes and improving accuracy for firms across the middle market.

Visa Deepens Agentic Commerce Push With Fiserv Partnership and AWS Integration
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Visa Deepens Agentic Commerce Push With Fiserv Partnership and AWS Integration

Visa, together with Fiserv and Amazon Web Services (AWS), is advancing agentic commerce by making it easier for AI agents to securely shop and pay on behalf of users in real-world settings.

Visa’s Agentic Commerce Breakthrough Signals New Era of AI-Driven Shopping
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Visa’s Agentic Commerce Breakthrough Signals New Era of AI-Driven Shopping

Visa announces major progress in secure, AI-enabled commerce, enabling digital agents to complete transactions on behalf of consumers and setting the stage for widespread agentic shopping by 2026.

Beyond KYC: Trulioo on Powering Secure Agent-Led Payments in the AI Era
Fintech & Ecommerce

Beyond KYC: Trulioo on Powering Secure Agent-Led Payments in the AI Era

In this conversation, Zac Cohen, Chief Product Officer at Trulioo, shares insights on how the company is advancing secure, AI-driven payments through its integration with Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2).

Agents, Robots, and the Rest of Us: The Skills You’ll Actually Need in an AI-Driven Workplace
Articles

Agents, Robots, and the Rest of Us: The Skills You’ll Actually Need in an AI-Driven Workplace

In a world where AI can already write emails, summarize reports, code apps, and process invoices, the real question isn’t “Will AI replace my job?”. It’s “Which parts of my job are worth keeping human?”

AI Is Everywhere But True Scaling Remains Rare: Proves McKinsey Research
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AI Is Everywhere But True Scaling Remains Rare: Proves McKinsey Research

If you’ve been following the AI hype, you know that lots of companies now say they’re using AI in multiple areas. But the reality is that most of them are still in their early adoption days, far from full-range enterprise-grade scaling of AI tools.

Trulioo Joins Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) to Advance Trust in AI-Driven, Agent-Led Payments
Fintech & Ecommerce

Trulioo Joins Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) to Advance Trust in AI-Driven, Agent-Led Payments

Trulioo integrates with Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) to strengthen the identity layer needed for secure AI-driven transaction execution.

AWS Pushes Into the AI Agent Economy With Major Infrastructure and Autonomy Upgrades
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AWS Pushes Into the AI Agent Economy With Major Infrastructure and Autonomy Upgrades

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled a powerful combination of next-generation AI chips and autonomous software agents, marking one of its most significant steps yet toward building a fully intelligent cloud ecosystem.

Why Major Central Banks Are Still Sitting on the Sidelines of the AI Boom
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Why Major Central Banks Are Still Sitting on the Sidelines of the AI Boom

As AI in banking 2025 surges worldwide, central bank AI adoption remains modest, showing that the institutions tasked with economic stability are still holding back from deep algorithmic integration.

AI Commerce Gains Momentum With New Developments From Worldpay, Checkout.com, GNOMI and Digi Power X
Science & Technology

AI Commerce Gains Momentum With New Developments From Worldpay, Checkout.com, GNOMI and Digi Power X

Agentic AI commerce is moving from concept to infrastructure. Over the last few days, four separate announcements show how payments, market intelligence, platform tooling, and compute capacity are being aligned to let AI agents discover, decide, and pay on behalf of people.

While Payment Providers Get Ready for Agentic Commerce, Most People Aren’t Open to Letting AI Shop for Them
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While Payment Providers Get Ready for Agentic Commerce, Most People Aren’t Open to Letting AI Shop for Them

AI shopping agents are officially becoming a thing. Big payment providers are building the infrastructure to let digital agents handle your purchases, compare prices, and even snag the best deals, without you lifting a finger. While it all sounds extremely exciting, here’s a bummer – most people aren’t exactly lining up to hand over the […]

Mastercard Agent Pay Global Rollout Proceeds to Next Stage in UAE
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Mastercard Agent Pay Global Rollout Proceeds to Next Stage in UAE

Mastercard confirmed that its Agent Pay platform, a breakthrough in agentic, AI-powered payments, is now live in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), making it the first market outside the U.S. to adopt this next-generation payments innovation.

EMVCo Sets Sights on Agent-Driven Payments as AI Takes the Wheel
Fintech & Ecommerce

EMVCo Sets Sights on Agent-Driven Payments as AI Takes the Wheel

EMVCo, the global technical body behind the standards used to make billions of card-payments safe and consistent, announced that it is actively working on ways its specifications can better support the rise of so-called agentic payments, where AI agents act on a shopper’s 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.