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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 personal data feeding a pricing algorithm, with a product page showing the required notice that the price was set by an algorithm using personal data

Algorithmic pricing · Oct 29

New York's Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Law, Explained

What GBL § 349-a requires when an algorithm uses personal data to set a price, who is exempt and how it is enforced.

Refund API state diagram from request through pending processing to completed or failed outcomes

Payment APIs · Oct 29

Payment API Refunds: Full, Partial and Pending States

How Stripe, Adyen, PayPal and Square handle full, partial and asynchronous refunds.

Three-step diagram showing staking rewards received, dominion and control, then a later disposal as separate tax events

Staking rewards · Oct 29

Crypto Staking Rewards Taxes: How the IRS Rule Works

When staking rewards become income, how fair market value sets the amount and why a later disposal is separate.

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