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Meta’s Agentic Strategy Is Coming for the Main Street Back Office

Meta’s Agentic Strategy Is Coming for the Main Street Back Office
Meta’s Agentic Strategy Is Coming for the Main Street Back Office
September 29, 2026  |  Facebook / Meta

Big Tech’s social and commerce platforms already dominate the web. Now, they want to help run Main Street. Meta made that ambition explicit Monday (Sept....

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Citi Rewires Global Payments Through Single Swift Connection
Citi Rewires Global Payments Through Single Swift Connection
September 29, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Citi now enables its bank clients to access multiple cross-border instant payment markets through a single account structure, the bank said in a Tuesday (Sept. 29) press release. This solution also...

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McDonald’s Puts AI in Charge of the Drive-Thru
McDonald’s Puts AI in Charge of the Drive-Thru
September 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

McDonald’s will deploy ArchIQ, an artificial intelligence-powered restaurant operating system, across its network, with U.S. rollout starting in 2027. Its drive-thru voice agent, Archy, takes...

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Thomson Reuters Wins AI Copyright Battle
Thomson Reuters Wins AI Copyright Battle
September 29, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

A U.S. appeals court upheld a ruling for Thomson Reuters in its copyright lawsuit against Ross Intelligence that centers on artificial intelligence training, Reuters reported...

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5 Things to Know as Money Movement Runs on Different Clocks
5 Things to Know as Money Movement Runs on Different Clocks
September 29, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Money can move at 2 a.m. on Sunday. The systems needed to fund, convert, settle and account for that flow of funds may have another...

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OpenAI Launches Dots to Capture AI Agent Market
OpenAI Launches Dots to Capture AI Agent Market
September 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI has introduced artificial intelligence agents called “dots,” saying in a Tuesday (Sept. 29) press release that they are “built to handle everything.” Dots are...

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Outgoing SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Says Crypto Use Will Lock In Regulations
Outgoing SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Says Crypto Use Will Lock In Regulations
September 29, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Outgoing Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce believes that as people get used to using cryptocurrencies under newly implemented rules, it will be...

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OpenAI Annualized Revenue Nears $70 Billion Amid Enterprise Growth
OpenAI Annualized Revenue Nears $70 Billion Amid Enterprise Growth
September 29, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI is reportedly enjoying revenue gains as it courts enterprise customers. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup is on pace to generate annualized revenue of almost...

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