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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: a supplier invoice with hidden instructions flows into a language model, followed by three controls that still hold (least privilege, human approval, deterministic output checks) and weaker filters that can be bypassed

Prompt injection · Oct 19

Prompt Injection in Financial LLM Apps: The Defenses That Hold Up

OWASP and NIST say prompt injection cannot be reliably filtered. These controls still protect financial data.

Diagram of Form 1099-DA boxes, from token identifier and gross proceeds to cost basis for covered assets, beside a 2025 to 2027 phase-in timeline and items left off the form

Form 1099-DA · Oct 19

Form 1099-DA Explained: What Crypto Brokers Report to the IRS

Who files Form 1099-DA, what each box reports, why cost basis is often blank and what changes for 2026 sales.

Diagram of the NYDFS Circular Letter 7 three-step fairness test, with a retest loop, and the three disclosures an applicant notice should include

NYDFS · Oct 18

NYDFS Circular Letter 7: What New York Expects From AI Underwriting

What New York expects when AI or outside data shapes insurance underwriting: fairness tests, governance and notices.

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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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