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Agent Skill security audit and clean release guide
Learn how to isolate, statically check, verify licenses, declare capabilities, manually review, and cleanly rebuild third-party Agent Skills to avoid installing unknown code directly into production environments.
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Feishu Base OpenAPI reference
Feishu Base OpenAPI reference for checking apps, tables, views, records, and fields. Confirm tenant, base, and field permissions for order collaboration; it does not replace business approval.
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Official n8n Shopify node documentation
Official n8n Shopify node documentation for checking workflow triggers, credentials, and store-write boundaries. Store owners must authorise credentials, order, and product writes; the docs do not execute actions for you.
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Tax loophole fears cloud UK marketplace VAT reform
UK retailers warn that proposed marketplace VAT exemptions could weaken tax enforcement and reduce funding for business rates relief. The post Tax loophole fears cloud UK marketplace VAT reform appeared first on Retail Insight Network.
Retail Insight Network · Published 10/23/2026, 09:36OpenAI Aims to Lock In $30 Billion Funding Round by Next Week
OpenAI is close to finalizing a funding round in which it could raise as much as $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion pre-money valuation, CNBC reported Thursday (Oct. 22), citing unnamed sources. OpenAI told investors Thursday that it aims to s
PYMNTS · Published 10/23/2026, 09:20FTC Data Shows Investment Scams Fuel Fivefold Surge in Seniors’ Fraud Losses
Fraud losses reported by older adults increased fivefold between 2020 and 2025, leaping from $600 million to $3 billion, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Monday (Oct. 19). The FTC shared this data in a press release outlining finding
PYMNTS · Published 10/23/2026, 08:53Uber Deploys OpenAI Agents to All 30,000 Employees
Uber has made OpenAI’s ChatGPT Work available to all its 30,000 employees around the world after initially piloting it with 1,000 employees, OpenAI said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. ChatGPT Work is an agent designed to take on com
PYMNTS · Published 10/23/2026, 07:50Credit Card Delinquencies Creep Up to 2.6% Among Major Issuers
Credit card delinquencies crept up in September, while net charge-offs declined, according to the latest edition of Seeking Alpha’s Credit Pulse, released Thursday (Oct. 22). This report tracks monthly delinquency and charge-off rates at se
PYMNTS · Published 10/23/2026, 07:37Nvidia and Reflection Make Open Models Enterprise-Ready
Chinese labs have led the open-weight artificial intelligence (AI) race for most of the year. This week, the U.S. stacked up its own entries, with Nvidia and Reflection releasing models built for enterprise work. DeepSeek and MiniMax respon
PYMNTS · Published 10/23/2026, 07:08American Airlines Says Loyalty Program Drives Revenues and Margins
American Airlines’ loyalty program, AAdvantage, differentiates the company from its rivals and provides a competitive advantage, executives said Thursday (Oct. 22) during a third-quarter earnings call. “We said we’d lead in loyalty, and we
PYMNTS · Published 10/23/2026, 06:03Bitcoin-Backed Loans Add Debt to Leveraged Crypto Trading
Bitcoin holders borrowing to finance leveraged trading retain their original investment and take on another source of exposure. Their coins continue to fluctuate, the financed position produces its own gains or losses, and the dollar loan r
PYMNTS · Published 10/23/2026, 05:10Procter & Gamble Sees Resilient Consumer Demand Despite Higher Commodity Costs
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) company Procter & Gamble expects the costs of raw materials, energy and transportation to be higher throughout its fiscal year 2027, the firm said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release outlining its results for
PYMNTS · Published 10/23/2026, 04:03FinTechs Face Tough Licensing Choices as They Outgrow Early Setups
Launching a FinTech often starts with a simple plan. Get the right state licenses, team up with a bank and start moving money. But success brings a new problem. Once a company adds overseas customers, large business clients or cryptocurrenc
PYMNTS · Published 10/23/2026, 02:55Coast Secures $35 Million to Expand Financial Platform for Physical Economy
Financial technology firm Coast announced in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release that it has raised $35 million in a new growth equity funding round to expand its payment and expense management platform built for physical economy businesses.
PYMNTS · Published 10/23/2026, 02:15Cloudflare Reports Millions of Exploit Attempts After PHP Flaws Disclosed
Cloudflare reported millions of attempts to exploit newly disclosed vulnerabilities in PHP, or Hypertext Preprocessor, as companies and governments raced to secure websites and online services built on the widely used programming language.
PYMNTS · Published 10/23/2026, 01:12DOL Data Shows Jobless Claims Drop to Near 1960s Lows
There were 6,000 fewer initial claims for unemployment last week than the previous week, with multiple media reports saying the labor market remains about as steady as it has been since the 1960s. There were 194,000 initial claims for unemp
PYMNTS · Published 10/23/2026, 01:10Currency Costs Test the Promise of Cross-Border Payment Bundles
Small businesses in the United States purchasing overseas want faster payments, lower fees and better exchange rates. Financial providers are combining accounts, currency management and spending services around that activity. The PYMNTS Int
PYMNTS · Published 10/23/2026, 00:42Beyond Yoga aims to have ‘many’ stores. They’ll probably be yellow.
CEO Nancy Green says the brand color is reflective of a broader focus on joy — and making progress over perfection.
Retail Dive · Published 10/23/2026, 00:34David’s Bridal to spin off Pearl into stand-alone, publicly traded company
David’s Bridal CEO Kelly Cook is expected to become the chief executive of Pearl, which will own the wedding retailer’s intellectual property and brand.
Retail Dive · Published 10/23/2026, 00:29Affirm Inks Exclusive Deal with Sam’s Club as Competition for BNPL Shoppers Intensifies
Affirm’s new exclusive partnership with Sam’s Club gives the buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider a new foothold in warehouse retail, where shoppers make purchases ranging from household essentials to big-ticket electronics. The deal, announc
PYMNTS · Published 10/23/2026, 00:01Pressure mounts to increase online retail tax as Budget looms
Pressure is mounting on Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey to tax online retail more heavily in the upcoming Autumn Budget. The post Pressure mounts to increase online retail tax as Budget looms appeared first on InternetRetailing.
InternetRetailing · Published 10/22/2026, 23:59TerraPay Adds Payee Verification to J.P. Morgan’s Liink Network
TerraPay announced it has integrated its payee verification service with Kinexys by J.P. Morgan’s Liink network, expanding financial institutions’ ability to check bank account and digital wallet details before sending cross-border payments
PYMNTS · Published 10/22/2026, 23:58Tractor Supply taps former Home Depot exec as chief digital, technology officer
Fahim Siddiqui will oversee digital operations and work to bolster long-term growth by improving the retailer’s customer experience.
Retail Dive · Published 10/22/2026, 23:43DeepSeek Raises $15 Billion Ahead of Planned Shanghai IPO
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek has raised $15 billion in its second private funding round and is accelerating plans for a Shanghai listing in early 2027, potentially reaching public markets before OpenAI. The financin
PYMNTS · Published 10/22/2026, 23:30Nasdaq Revenue Rises 14% as Financial Technology Business Expands
Nasdaq reported higher third-quarter revenue and earnings Thursday (Oct. 22), supported by growth in its financial technology and capital markets businesses as the exchange operator continues investing in technology and market infrastructur
PYMNTS · Published 10/22/2026, 23:29Treasury tallies $270M in suspicious financial aid transactions
The department flagged the potentially fraudulent activity as it seeks to stop criminals from stealing student financial aid payments.
Payments Dive · Published 10/22/2026, 22:52Paze sets big targets after revamp
The wallet’s bank owners are battling Apple and PayPal with an extensive marketing push, touting it as a more secure payment method.
Payments Dive · Published 10/22/2026, 22:49
