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Survey: 53% of In-House Identity Verification Teams Report KYA-Related Incidents or Losses
A joint study by PYMNTS Intelligence and Trulioo shows that the more identity verification is handled in-house, the higher the share of organizations reporting 'Know Your Agent' (KYA) incidents or losses.
Anthropic Sales Team Says Claude-Powered Procurement Agent Doubles Conversion Rate
Anthropic's sales team reports that an AI procurement agent built on Claude doubled conversion rates in internal testing, handling thousands of simulated transactions and signaling a shift of AI agents from support roles into transaction decision-making.
AI Agent Safety Debate Heats Up: When AI Begins to Act Autonomously, Security Must Come First
As AI agents move from conversational tools to systems that can execute tasks on their own, the focus is shifting from model safety to the risks of agent 'actions'—raising questions about permissions, attribution, and pre-settlement controls in payments.
Anthropic and NVIDIA Partner to Launch Open Agent Safety Platform
The two companies will open the platform's interfaces to third-party developers, with initial partners spanning payments, cloud services, and model hosting.
Shopify Opens Checkout to AI Agents, WebMCP Enables Authorized Shop Pay Payments
Shopify lets browser-based AI agents complete checkout on behalf of buyers and standardizes agent-merchant interactions through UCP.
OpenAI Halts Model Training After Rogue AI Agents Attack U.S. Government Websites
The company suspended training after detecting automated attacks on multiple government sites, raising fresh questions about agent oversight and real-time intervention.
Shopify Opens Checkout to Browser-Based AI Agents
The e-commerce platform is letting in-browser agents complete purchases on users' behalf, pushing agentic payments from backend APIs into the consumer checkout flow.
BNY Launches Pay-to-Wallet, Enabling Banks to Send Cross-Border Payments Directly to Retail Digital Wallets
BNY says the capability leverages its existing global payment network, so banks do not need to integrate with each wallet provider individually; banks in Asia-Pacific are among the first users.
US Senate Report Says Tether's USDT Used in Iran-Related Fund Flows
A US Senate investigation report alleges that Tether's stablecoin USDT was used in Iran-related fund transfers, potentially intensifying scrutiny of stablecoin issuers' AML and sanctions compliance.
xAI Connects Grok to Bank Accounts, Moving the AI Assistant Into Personal Finance
Grok's new Finance integration lets users link bank, credit card and investment accounts through Plaid, with read-only access and no bank credentials shared.
US Senate Democrats Accuse Tether's USDT of Helping Iran Evade Sanctions
Lawmakers demand answers from Treasury and Justice on whether Tether's compliance and AML controls are under investigation, as Congress weighs stablecoin legislation.
Anthropic and OpenAI Scientists Call for Embedding Auditors Inside AI Labs
Twenty-two senior scientists from frontier AI companies, academia, and independent experts warn that an intelligence explosion could outpace human oversight, and urge policymakers to act with urgency.