Tagged: agentic ai

August 30, 2026 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Meta (NASDAQ:META) is said to be internally testing a consumer AI agent designed to complete everyday work on the open web, according to an employee memo described by BI. Internally labeled Hatch — a working name, not the expected public brand — the system is… Read More

August 27, 2026 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payouts.com and the Casper Association have joined forces to give autonomous AI systems a practical way to pay for digital goods and services. The collaboration, announced in late August 2026, positions Casper Network as a settlement layer for Payouts.com’s AgentWallet and Digital Employees products. Together… Read More

August 26, 2026 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Google Cloud has introduced a specialized artificial intelligence solution tailored for professionals in the financial sector, marking a significant step in applying advanced agentic technology to regulated industry workflows. Announced on August 25, 2026, the offering—known as Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services—targets capital markets and… Read More

August 24, 2026 @ 2:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore’s DBS Bank (SGX: D05) has expanded the use of specialised agentic artificial intelligence tools to support roughly 1,500 relationship managers and credit risk managers worldwide in handling corporate credit assessments.The initiative, announced in mid-August 2026, follows a successful pilot involving 150 staff members. The… Read More

August 19, 2026 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has announced his return to a hands-on leadership role, taking the helm as CEO of Flop Labs. The new venture centers on developing Flop Network and its native token, FLOP, positioned as essential infrastructure for what Hayes describes as the coming… Read More

August 19, 2026 @ 6:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PPRO announced a collaboration with BLIK aimed at advancing agentic commerce capabilities specifically for domestic payments in Poland. The partnership focuses on integrating the popular Polish mobile payment system into the growing ecosystem of AI-driven shopping experiences, where autonomous agents handle discovery, selection, and transactions… Read More

August 13, 2026 @ 12:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Two former executives from the mobile banking Fintech MoneyLion have secured more than $10 million in funding to launch Astraeus, an artificial intelligence-powered infrastructure platform aimed at wealth management companies. The New York-based startup seeks to solve longstanding issues of fragmented technology systems that hinder… Read More

July 25, 2026 @ 10:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is expanding its tools for the emerging agentic economy, with a particular focus on allowing businesses to receive payments from autonomous AI systems. In an official update, the company outlined three coordinated releases aimed at businesses, individual users, and developers.Starting this week, Coinbase… Read More

July 20, 2026 @ 1:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The debut of Moonshot AI’s latest flagship artificial intelligence model has sent ripples through global financial markets, highlighting the growing influence of rapid AI advancements on traditional investment narratives. Released around mid-July 2026, the Kimi K3 demonstrated impressive capabilities that prompted immediate concerns among investors… Read More

July 16, 2026 @ 4:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital payments processor Visa (NYSE: V) has highlighted how stablecoins could unlock a new wave of ultra-small-scale transactions, particularly suited to an economy driven by intelligent, self-operating AI systems. As artificial intelligence evolves from helpful tools into proactive agents capable of handling complex tasks independently,… Read More

July 9, 2026 @ 2:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Spanish financial institution CaixaBank has successfully completed its inaugural transaction executed by an artificial intelligence agent acting on behalf of a cardholder. This development, achieved through close collaboration with Visa (NYSE: V), signals an important advance in the emerging field of agentic commerce across Europe…. Read More

July 7, 2026 @ 11:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA has completed the first real-world transaction initiated by an artificial intelligence agent on behalf of one of its cardholders. Conducted in collaboration with Visa (NYSE: V), this test demonstrates that AI systems can now securely handle purchases using existing payment networks and live merchant systems…. Read More

July 6, 2026 @ 1:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a report on artificial intelligence (AI) called the Mills Review, named after Sheldon Mills, the Executive Director of Competition at the FCA who Chaired the initiative. The FCA claims this is the first type of review by… Read More

July 5, 2026 @ 4:30 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Agentic AI could disrupt enterprise software revenue models, putting up to $234 billion of enterprise application spending at risk between now and 2030, according to Gartner. The research firm said the exposed spending would account for roughly 20% of enterprise application software-as-a-service spending by 2030,… Read More

June 27, 2026 @ 4:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent report released in Q2 2026 delivers a strong and seemingly concerning message for private equity investors: the once-attractive revenue cycle management (RCM) sector faces profound disruption from agentic artificial intelligence, specifically Agentic AI. The report projects that the overall RCM revenue pool could… Read More

June 26, 2026 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights has released its latest “Book of Scouting Reports” focused on the inaugural cohort of the Anthropic AWS Agentic AI Accelerator. The report delivers detailed profiles of the 40 early-stage startups selected for the equity-free program, offering investors and ecosystem players a data-driven view… Read More

June 24, 2026 @ 9:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology company, has introduced Adyen Agentic, which is described as a new suite of modular APIs built to help businesses sell through conversational AI platforms and autonomous shopping agents without overhauling their existing commerce systems for every new channel…. Read More

June 24, 2026 @ 9:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Backbase has acquired Kasisto, a firm specializing in agentic artificial intelligence tailored for banking and financial services, marking a significant step forward in the evolution toward intelligent, action-oriented banking systems. Announced recently this month, the move integrates Kasisto’s advanced agentic platform, specialized financial expertise, and… Read More

June 23, 2026 @ 12:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of a seemingly significant step toward more effectively enabling autonomous AI systems to participate directly in the digital economy, Alchemy has introduced AgentCard, a virtual payment and identity platform integrated with Visa’s (NYSE: V) network. Announced recently this month, the solution provides AI agents… Read More

June 21, 2026 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Stripe has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to introduce new tools that allow content creators and publishers to earn revenue from interactions with autonomous AI systems. Announced on June 15, 2026, this collaboration integrates Stripe’s payment infrastructure into AWS’s Web Application Firewall… Read More