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A hand above a payment approval switch, connected through a green gate beside an invoice.

AI agents · Sep 26

Before an AI Agent Makes a Payment: Permissions, Limits and Approval

An agent can prepare a payment. Separate controls must decide whether it is allowed to send it.

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Diagram of two parallel payment rails, FedNow settling in a Federal Reserve master account and RTP settling in a prefunded account, with shared traits: 24/7, final, ISO 20022 and a $10 million network ceiling

FedNow · Oct 13

FedNow vs RTP for Developers: Two Instant Rails, Two Rulebooks

FedNow and RTP both settle instantly, 24/7. Their rulebooks, settlement, naming rules and fees differ.

Diagram: a processor's hosted card field and card data vault stay in PCI DSS scope, while the merchant's systems receive only a token and the card's last four digits

PCI DSS · Oct 13

PCI DSS Scope and Tokenization: What Leaves Your Plate, What Stays

What tokens take out of PCI DSS scope, what stays in, and how a hosted card form decides SAQ A or A-EP.

Diagram of a four-step retrieval pipeline over financial documents (parse, retrieve, generate, cite), the failure at each step, and three checks: filter by period, recompute figures, match each citation.

RAG · Oct 12

RAG for Financial Documents: Where Retrieval Breaks

What FinanceBench, DocFinQA and other studies found about retrieval over filings, and the checks that catch it.

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A payment is more than a button. It depends on permissions, institutions, software, and the route to a recipient. NY Presswire follows those connections across AI, Fintech, Crypto, and Tech.

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