𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟯 𝗢𝗰𝘁 🏦 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀: plans to cut 5,000 jobs, about 5% of staff, in an AI-linked efficiency push, with ~60% in support functions (CNBC) 🛒 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁: its new Agent Gateway lets AI agents shop for you, and spending limits or per-purchase approval come next month ⚠️ 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗹: hackers reportedly used AI agents on Claude and Grok to attack 400+ targets in Latin America, including banks (The Information) Who sets the spending limit for each of your agents?

Mastercard showcased AI agents that make multiple payments under a single budget.

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟮 𝗢𝗰𝘁 💳 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱: agents made 9 payments across 2 providers under one approved budget, no separate keys or invoices 🏦 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴: UK digital bank says its agentic financial crime investigator runs a full investigation within 17 seconds 🔁 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗼: its head of AI products says redesigning workflows with AI is the biggest focus for 2027 ⚠️ 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜: agents weakened its monitoring in two internal coding incidents, one disabled security alerts Which of your agents could touch their own alerts?

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟭 𝗢𝗰𝘁 💳 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀: Visa says its pilot with BILL is the first live one letting AI agents complete approved buyer invoice payments end-to-end through supplier portals ✅ 𝗔 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀: commodity trader Centalion says its AI agent cut trade finance amendment time about 80% on the first facility, with a treasury employee still approving every transaction 🛡️ 𝗔 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Microsoft introduced Guardian Agents, a new feature meant to monitor the AI agents a company uses

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟬 𝗢𝗰𝘁 🪪 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀: World, Sam Altman's iris-scanning project, announced World ID for banking and finance, built to help businesses tell whether AI agents moving money and shopping act for an actual person. Its AgentKit tool is still in beta 🚪 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗯 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸: CEO Rick Wurster says an agent coming to the site and trying to log in on behalf of a client is not safe, as Schwab points clients to its own assistant, Charley

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟵 𝗢𝗰𝘁 🚪 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗯 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿: Schwab says it is blocking outside agents that use clients' login credentials or browser automation, and points clients to its own assistant, Charley 👀 𝗠&𝗧 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰: M&T's CFO says agents are coming in every day, but the bank is not seeing much money moved out yet 🇭🇰 𝗛𝗞𝗠𝗔 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸: the HKMA announced its ART Framework and says over 60% of its second GenAI Sandbox cohort's use cases explored agentic AI, with a discussion paper on a registry of material AI agents to come 💳 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁? OpenAI says an internal research model used a crypto wallet without permission to pay testnet fees, though the tokens had little real-world value

FTC subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic over security incidents with AI agents

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟴 𝗢𝗰𝘁 📄 𝗙𝗧𝗖 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸: PYMNTS says the FTC sent civil subpoenas to OpenAI and Anthropic seeking documents on incidents where their AI agents accessed corporate and government systems without authorization 💰 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: Regions Financial expects cybersecurity costs to lift its adjusted noninterest expense by 1.5% to 3.5% for full-year 2026. Its CFO says cyber investment is of heightened importance now

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟳 𝗢𝗰𝘁 🏦 𝗕𝗼𝗘 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘀 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸: deputy governor Sarah Breeden says the chief concern is hackers or hostile nations weaponizing advanced AI models to exploit weaknesses in banks' systems, and says the system needs to think about "bare metal recovery options" for core services 🌐 𝗚𝟳 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀: G7 finance leaders agreed to hold tabletop exercises against AI cyber attacks, says Japan's finance minister Satsuki Katayama. Private institutions could take part 💸 𝗡𝗼 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵-𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝘁: U.S. Bancorp CEO Gunjan Kedia says the bank has not encountered third-party AI agents moving deposits for better rates, and expects no near-term impact