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Mastercard and Extend Team to Improve Bank and Business Software
Mastercard has chosen spend management/virtual card FinTech Extend as one of its financial operations platform partners. The collaboration, announced Monday (Oct. 19), is designed to bring new spend and expense management tools directly to
PYMNTS · Published 10/20/2026, 02:01Big Banks Won’t Let Outside AI Agents Move Money
A customer who hands a login to an artificial intelligence agent now gets turned away at four of the biggest names in banking in the United States. Charles Schwab sees the attempts firsthand. Across all its clients, the brokerage blocks the
PYMNTS · Published 10/20/2026, 01:30DHS Bans DeepSeek Across Federal Government Networks
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an order banning federal civilian agencies from acquiring products and services developed by DeepSeek and requiring them to remove the company’s products from their information technology
PYMNTS · Published 10/20/2026, 01:29Nvidia-Backed Double AI Debuts AI ‘Code Execution’ Models
Israeli startup DoubleAI is reportedly set to introduce what it describes as a new category of artificial intelligence (AI). The company, whose backers include Nvidia and Dell, calls this new category “code execution” models (CEMs) which pl
PYMNTS · Published 10/20/2026, 00:39US Exchanges to Extend Trading Hours, Raising the Stakes for Financial Firms
U.S. stock exchanges are preparing to extend trading to 23 hours a day, five days a week, creating new opportunities for investors while requiring financial firms to adapt their technology, risk controls and overnight operations. The Securi
PYMNTS · Published 10/20/2026, 00:25Fifth Third Plans to Beat AI Disruptors at Their Own Game
The banking industry will respond to the rise of artificial intelligence-driven cash optimization tools by using relationships with customers and offering the same services these tools offer, with the added benefit of bank-grade information
PYMNTS · Published 10/20/2026, 00:21Banks Can Slow Stablecoin Growth by Paying Depositors More, BIS Paper Finds
Banks campaigning to prevent stablecoins from draining their deposit base may already hold a simple but powerful competitive tool. A new working paper published by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) finds that higher bank deposit
PYMNTS · Published 10/20/2026, 00:20Mastercard Extends Risk Capabilities to Stablecoin Payments
Mastercard introduced a risk intelligence solution designed to enable more secure stablecoin payments, the company said in a Monday (Oct. 19) press release emailed to PYMNTS. The new Stablecoin Security solution combines payment and blockch
PYMNTS · Published 10/20/2026, 00:00Google Helps Huntington Bank Deploy AI-Powered Operating System
Huntington National Bank has debuted a new operating system designed for small businesses. The 1866 Studio, named for the year the bank was founded, was built using Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) platform, the tech giant annou
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 23:52Stablecoins Move From Making Payments to Making Loans
More digital assets are moving into lending strategies, turning stablecoin and cryptocurrency holdings into credit exposure for investors seeking yield. The growth shows how the uses for digital assets are expanding. Stablecoins and other t
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 23:49Skyfire and Forter Team to Strengthen Agentic Commerce Decisioning
Skyfire, a financial stack for agentic commerce, has announced a partnership with fraud prevention company Forter. The integration expands on Forter’s fraud management for agentic commerce capabilities, which now uses Skyfire’s know your ag
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 23:30Congress’ AI Expertise Gap Hampers Push for Meaningful Regulation
Pressure on Congress to address artificial intelligence is exposing a weakness in its ability to respond. Many lawmakers lack the technical knowledge and specialized staff needed to evaluate the technology, scrutinize industry claims and tr
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 23:26UK’s FCA Plans Regulatory Framework for Agentic Finance
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority plans to develop a framework for agentic finance that encompasses agent identity, delegated authority, accountability and execution, Jessica Rusu, chief data, information and intelligence off
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 22:45Hackers Use AI Agents to Do Hacking for Them
New research shows the growing use of AI-powered hacking systems in cybercrime operations. The trend was uncovered in an investigation by cybersecurity firm NorForge, findings from which were published Monday (Oct. 19). The company’s invest
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 22:35TikTok Turns to Shoplazza to Power Agentic Commerce Offering
Commerce operating system Shoplazza says it is teaming with TikTok to “support new agentic commerce shopping experiences.” The collaboration is designed to shorten the journey between product discovery and purchase and help merchants capita
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 21:59Treso Wants Financial Products to Pay for Doctors’ Software
Independent medical practices operate like small businesses, but the financial tools available to them rarely account for how healthcare works. Physicians must manage insurance reimbursements, medical supplies and operating expenses across
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 21:00Why B2B Checks Still Move $15 Trillion a Year
The check was supposed to be dead by now. Instead, it has become a $15 trillion reminder that moving money and settling a business obligation are not always the same thing. According to research briefs from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleve
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 21:00JPMorgan Brings Its Deposit Token to the Ethereum Blockchain
JPMorganChase is reportedly expanding its blockchain payments footprint by bringing its deposit token to Ethereum. JPM Coin will now be available to the bank’s institutional clients on the Ethereum network, JPMorgan representatives told Blo
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 20:46AI Agents Could Fill Treasury’s Looming Talent Gap
Watch more: Monday Conversation With Fifth Third Bank’s Katherine Weislogel There’s a workforce problem brewing in corporate treasury departments, and it has little to do with finding the next generation of finance executives. It’s about th
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 16:03Brazilian Retailers Can Lose the Sale Even After Shoppers Enter the Store
The shopper standing in a Brazilian store may be looking at merchandise on the shelf, but the merchant no longer has that shopper to itself. PYMNTS Intelligence’s August 2026 “Global Digital Shopping Index: Brazil Playbook,” produced in col
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 16:01Credit Unions Could Win Younger Members Through Payments
Credit unions could find a more receptive audience for digital currencies by offering members something they already recognize: a digital wallet. That’s the opportunity outlined in “Digital Currency at the Credit Union: The Gap Between Inte
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 16:00AI Agents Are Going to Work at City Hall
Government services have always moved slowly. Long queues, paper forms and manual reviews define an experience most citizens dread. Tighter budgets and shrinking workforces are making that model harder to sustain. AI agents are arriving in
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 16:00Why Insured Workers Still Skip Healthcare
Employers know exactly what their health plan costs. What they usually don’t know is what it costs them when an employee needs care and doesn’t get it because a credit check got in the way of the bill. That happens more often than most bene
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 16:00Santander Turns to Nvidia to Build New AI Banking Capabilities
Santander has teamed with Nvidia to come up with capabilities for evaluating artificial intelligence models and agents for banking. This work by the Santander AI lab is designed to help determine which AI model is best suited for a task and
PYMNTS · Published 10/19/2026, 13:00