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Artificial Intelligence
Nvidia Builds a Watchdog to Keep AI Agents in Bounds
September 28, 2026

Nvidia is moving the artificial intelligence kill switch deeper into the machinery, giving businesses a way to stop autonomous agents even when the software directing them fails to keep them within bounds. The company’s Open Agent Safety Platform, announced in a Monday (Sept. 28) press...

Artificial Intelligence
Meta Launches Platform Aimed at Attracting Enterprise Customers
September 28, 2026

Meta is following the launch of its Muse model with a new business concentrated on offering artificial intelligence tools to enterprise clients. “Meta Enterprise Platform will use our strengths that few other companies have: advanced models, leading agents, large-scale infrastructure, and years of working closely with...

Banking
BofA Debuts Intelligence Tools for CashPro Clients
September 28, 2026

Bank of America has introduced two new intelligence capabilities for customers using its CashPro tool and its Global Payments Solutions (GPS) employees. The banking giant on Monday (Sept. 28) announced the debut of Payments Insights a new CashPro capability designed to give corporate and commercial customers “actionable...

Artificial Intelligence
FTC Chair Says Companies Cannot Blame AI Agents for Their Actions 
September 28, 2026

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson is drawing a line for businesses using artificial intelligence agents: Giving software the power to act does not make the software responsible when something goes wrong. At a Reuters event Friday (Sept. 25), Ferguson pushed back on descriptions of AI agents as...

B2B Payments
Mastercard Intros B2B Analytics Tool for Supplier Payment Insights
September 28, 2026

Mastercard has introduced a card acceptance analytics platform to offer customers insights into supplier payments. Advanced B2B Analytics is designed to let issuers “drive commercial card spend at scale,” capture added revenue and help corporate customers find ways to optimize working capital, Mastercard said in...

Artificial Intelligence
HSBC Deploys AI to Enhance Trade Finance Operations
September 28, 2026

HSBC has unveiled Smart Checking, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool focused on enhancing trade finance operations. The new offering is designed to “transform and standardize” how trade finance documentation is processed, traced and reviewed at the bank, HSBC announced Monday (Sept. 28). “Documentary trade at...

Artificial Intelligence
AI Turns Scattered Payment Data Into Smarter Routing Decisions
September 28, 2026

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Spreedly’s Adam Hiatt Artificial intelligence’s near-term payments value may come less from autonomous checkout than from making the payment stack itself more intelligent and machine-readable. “There’s a ton of payments optimization potential in these payments rails, particularly in...

Fintech Investments
Middle Market Firms Struggle Most to Justify Financial Tech Upgrades, PYMNTS Finds
September 28, 2026

Middle market companies are the most active embedded finance upgraders, but they also report the greatest difficulty connecting those investments to business strategy. Among firms with $250 million to $1 billion in annual revenue, 45% cite strategic alignment, decision making and return on investment as...

Artificial Intelligence
AI May Be the Classroom’s Most Unlikely Ally
September 28, 2026

Education has always been slow to change. The basic structure of the classroom, a teacher at the front, students in rows, a fixed curriculum delivered on a fixed schedule, has survived every wave of technology that promised to transform it. AI is different. Not because...