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Banking
Banking Regulators Tighten Oversight of Possible AI Risks
October 13, 2026

Banking watchdogs are reportedly ramping up efforts to control increasing risks from artificial intelligence (AI). This heightened oversight is being driven in part by the threat of cyberattacks on banks or rogue AI agents hindering financial stability, Reuters reported Tuesday (Oct. 13), citing sources familiar...

Cross-border Payments
Treasury’s Next Big Challenge Is Connecting the Systems It Already Has
October 13, 2026

Watch more: Need to Know with Bank of America’s Daniel Stanton Companies have upgraded their treasury systems while the payment networks, banks and data they rely on remain fragmented. The sheer number of ways to move money has increased. Wires and domestic clearing systems remain....

Artificial Intelligence
Paymentology Says AI Agents Must Earn the Right to Move Money
October 13, 2026

Watch more: What’s Next In Payments | Paymentology | Tim Joslyn Payments infrastructure has become an expert at answering questions centered on human behavior. Is this really the cardholder? Is this account authorized? Is the transaction fraudulent? Artificial intelligence agents introduce another question. Even if...

Artificial Intelligence
Entrust Says Millions of AI Agents Will Test the Limits of Enterprise Controls
October 13, 2026

Watch more: Building a Trusted Foundation for Agentic AI Companies have spent the past several years making it possible for employees to safely use artificial intelligence to retrieve information, summarize documents and generate recommendations. Agentic AI is turning that operating model on its head because...

Artificial Intelligence
Mashreq’s AI Agents Cut Integration Time Up to 70%
October 12, 2026

Every new payment rail, app feature or partner a bank adds has to be wired into the systems already running it. Most of that wiring is still done by hand, and so is the cleanup when a connection breaks. Mashreq is handing more of that...

Loyalty & Rewards
Delta CEO Credits Loyalty Program For Record September Quarter
October 12, 2026

Delta Air Lines’ loyalty program helped the company sustain its earnings while dealing with higher fuel costs during the quarter that ended in September, CEO Edward Bastian said Friday (Oct. 9) during an earnings call. “Our growing loyalty ecosystem is one of the most important...

Artificial Intelligence
Banks Stop Counting AI Hours and Start Counting Returns
October 12, 2026

For years, banks have sold investors on artificial intelligence (AI) with usage counts and hours saved. Few have said how much money it makes; at least, not on an earnings call. That is starting to change. Bank of America has 130 to 140 AI projects...

Artificial Intelligence
Meta Adds Memory and Focus to New Frontier Models for Agents
October 12, 2026

Meta introduced two new frontier models for personal and professional artificial intelligence agents, the company said in a Monday (Oct. 12) press release. Muse Wonder was made available Monday to developers and builders through the Meta Model API and Muse Code, while Muse Wonder Full...

Retail
Louis Vuitton Trademark Dispute Leads to Sales Slump in China
October 12, 2026

Luxury retail company LVMH saw quarterly sales slump following a trademark dispute in China. Organic revenue for the company’s fashion and leather goods unit fell 5% year over year in the third quarter, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton announced in a Monday (Oct. 12) press...