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Banks Race to Set Rules for AI Payments
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20 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 20 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Banks and payment providers in Asia are establishing the first industry working group to set standards for autonomous AI agent payments, addressing unresolved liability, authentication, and fraud detection gaps as AI systems execute millions of transactions independently.
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If you're building AI agents that move money or settle transactions, the liability question that kills your deal is now being answered by banks themselves - get in front of EPAA's working group before the standards lock and your product becomes non-compliant.
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Fintech · ai-agents · payments · liability-framework · authentication · regulatory-gap