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AI Safety Regulations Gain Momentum in Congress Ahead of Midterms

October 12, 2026
Congress
Meta and Sierra’s Poppy Lets Customers Set Limits for AI Agents
Artificial Intelligence // October 12, 2026

When a personal artificial intelligence agent makes a purchase or fixes a problem for someone, it often signs in as that customer and clicks through pages built for people, according to a Friday (Oct. 9) blog post by customer service AI company Sierra. The business...

FedEx Adds Duty and Tax Payments to APAC Import Tool
Shipping // October 12, 2026

FedEx customers in nine Asia-Pacific (APAC) markets can now use the FedEx Import Tool to handle document submission, clearance processing, shipment status tracking, and duty and tax payment, the company said in a Monday (Oct. 12) press release. These capabilities follow FedEx’s addition of an...

Mastercard and WEX Launch APAC-Focused Fleet Management Partnership
Partnerships // October 12, 2026

Mastercard and WEX launched a fleet management partnership focused on the Asia-Pacific region, according to a Monday (Oct. 12) press release. The collaboration is designed to combine universal fuel, vehicle fleet maintenance, tolling, parking and more into one payment experience, the release said. “For decades,...

FIS Wants to Help CFOs Forecast Cash Flow With Agentic AI
Back-office // October 12, 2026

FIS has debuted an agentic artificial intelligence solution to help finance teams manage collections, liquidity, risk and cash flow. FIS Agentic Insights Suite comes with a new cash flow forecasting module that projects cash across “multiple time horizons,” the company said in a Monday (Oct. 12) news...

Interviews & Exclusives
Do Banks Need AI Employees More Than They Do Core Upgrades?

October 12, 2026
Watch more: Monday Conversation With Kastle’s Rishi Choudhary Rishi Choudhary, Co-Founder and CEO of Kastle, believes that banks have been approaching AI modernization from the wrong end of the technology stack: the legacy end. For years, he said, the industry’s transformation agenda has been dominated by the dilemma of just how banks can introduce new capabilities […]

Finance Teams Embrace AI but Many Still Struggle to Unlock Working Capital

October 12, 2026
Corporate treasury is approaching an uncomfortable reality about artificial intelligence. Almost every firm has it, but relatively few companies can demonstrate that it is making them financially better off. Findings...

Leela CEO Says AI Can Give FinTechs a 10-Person Compliance Team

October 12, 2026
Compliance remains labor-intensive for financial institutions, which must satisfy multiple regulators and meet extensive documentation requirements. Leela is built to perform much of that work rather than simply provide information....

AI Agents Give Main Street Businesses Big Business Muscle

October 12, 2026
Running a small business has always meant doing more with less. The owner takes the morning shift, answers customer emails on lunch, reconciles the books at night and handles scheduling...

Quick Reads
FedEx Adds Duty and Tax Payments to APAC Import Tool

October 12, 2026
FedEx customers in nine Asia-Pacific (APAC) markets can now use the FedEx Import Tool to handle document submission, clearance processing, shipment status tracking, and duty and tax payment, the company said in a Monday (Oct. 12) press release. These capabilities follow FedEx’s addition of an integrated duty and tax payment function to the FedEx Import […]

Mastercard and WEX Launch APAC-Focused Fleet Management Partnership

October 12, 2026
Mastercard and WEX launched a fleet management partnership focused on the Asia-Pacific region, according to a Monday (Oct. 12) press release. The collaboration is designed to combine universal fuel, vehicle...

FIS Wants to Help CFOs Forecast Cash Flow With Agentic AI

October 12, 2026
FIS has debuted an agentic artificial intelligence solution to help finance teams manage collections, liquidity, risk and cash flow. FIS Agentic Insights Suite comes with a new cash flow forecasting module...

Citi Readies Audit to Seek End of Federal Oversight and Speed Growth

October 12, 2026
Citi aims to submit an internal audit to banking regulators by the first quarter of 2027, if not earlier, in hopes that the regulators will lift the consent orders the...