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Meta and Sierra Build Standard for How Personal Agents Interact With Businesses

Meta and Sierra Build Standard for How Personal Agents Interact With Businesses
Meta and Sierra Build Standard for How Personal Agents Interact With Businesses
October 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

An open standard that defines how personal agents interact with businesses is being developed by Sierra, Meta, Genesys, Instinct, Rocket, Shopify, Stripe and Walmart, Sierra...

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Treasury Program Blocks $175 Million in Federal Payments Bound for Dead People
Treasury Program Blocks $175 Million in Federal Payments Bound for Dead People
October 06, 2026  |  Disbursements

The Treasury Department’s new payment verification process stopped $175 million in payments that would have gone to deceased individuals during the past fiscal year, the...

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Fed’s Bowman Decries ‘Antiquated’ Analysis Blocking Rural Bank Mergers
Fed’s Bowman Decries ‘Antiquated’ Analysis Blocking Rural Bank Mergers
October 06, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

There is more work to be done in modernizing the bank regulatory and supervision framework, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle W. Bowman said Tuesday (Oct. 6)....

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CarMax Lets AI Take the Call, Not the Sale
CarMax Lets AI Take the Call, Not the Sale
October 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

A shopper who calls a CarMax store to ask about hours or whether a car is still on the lot now reaches an artificial intelligence...

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Lambda Targets $14.5 Billion Valuation in Final Pre-IPO Round
Lambda Targets $14.5 Billion Valuation in Final Pre-IPO Round
October 06, 2026  |  Investments

Cloud computing company Lambda is raising as much as $4 billion in a funding round that will value the company at $14.5 billion, excluding the money raised,...

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Auto Dealers Pull Banking Into Their Operating Software
Auto Dealers Pull Banking Into Their Operating Software
October 06, 2026  |  Transportation

Dealer management systems house the information tied to the operation’s financial activity. Customer balances, repair orders, vendor invoices and accounting records can originate there even...

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Anthropic Expands Discounts and Support for Founders
Anthropic Expands Discounts and Support for Founders
October 06, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic expanded its Claude Startups program to more founders, the company said via its Claude account in a Tuesday (Oct. 6) post on social platform...

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Stripe to Power Small Business Underwriting With FedEx Supply Chain Data
Stripe to Power Small Business Underwriting With FedEx Supply Chain Data
October 06, 2026  |  Partnerships

FedEx Dataworks, the insights and intelligence subsidiary of FedEx Corp., and Stripe plan to leverage their respective platforms to expand access to financing for small...

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