Tnw - Fintech and ecommerce # pt-br <![CDATA[Purchase volumes on Muse came in “above what any of us expected”, Mark Zuckerberg said. Meta had to ask Stripe to raise its credit limits. He spoke on Meta’s third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. More than 10 million people in the US and Canada have set up the AI agent since its 8 September launch.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-muse-10-million-users-stripe-limits-profit]]> <![CDATA[October 23, 2026 - 10:47 am]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 22:03:37]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft has nominated Stripe co-founder and president John Collison to its board, the company disclosed on Wednesday in its annual proxy statement. The same filing asks shareholders to approve a $90.6m pay package for chief executive Satya Nadella, down about 6% from $96.4m a year earlier, The Information reported.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/john-collison-microsoft-board-nadella-pay]]> <![CDATA[October 23, 2026 - 9:38 am]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 22:03:37]]> <![CDATA[Walmart will let AI agents shop for customers on Walmart.com and at Sam’s Club, each with its own profile, spending limit and purchase history. The retailer announced Agent Profiles, a gateway built for agents and a set of terms they must follow on Wednesday.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/walmart-ai-agents-shop-agent-profiles]]> <![CDATA[October 23, 2026 - 8:52 am]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 22:03:37]]> <![CDATA[eBay will cut about 9% of its workforce, around 1,000 jobs, according to an internal memo from CEO Jamie Iannone first reported by Reuters. It follows 800 job cuts in February. eBay says it wants to focus on its fastest-growing areas. It reports results on 28 October.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/ebay-layoffs-9-percent-second-round]]> <![CDATA[October 21, 2026 - 4:15 pm]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 22:03:37]]> <![CDATA[Visa, BILL and Billtrust have started a live pilot in which AI agents pay approved supplier invoices from start to finish. The agents pay through suppliers’ own payment portals. The three companies call it the first live pilot of its kind.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/visa-bill-billtrust-ai-agent-payments-pilot-invoices]]> <![CDATA[October 21, 2026 - 10:02 am]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 22:03:37]]> <![CDATA[Sierra, the AI customer service startup led by Bret Taylor, has partnered with Stripe so its agents can take card payments during phone calls. Customers type their card number on the keypad and the data goes straight to Stripe. Healthcare billing firm Cedar is an early user.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/sierra-stripe-payments-ai-agent-calls]]> <![CDATA[October 20, 2026 - 6:54 pm]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 22:03:37]]> <![CDATA[Amazon plans to hire more than 300,000 US workers for the holiday season, up 20% from last year, with seasonal staff paid an average of $20 an hour. It is adding health cover for seasonal workers who stay into January. Overall US seasonal retail hiring is forecast to fall again.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/amazon-holiday-hiring-300000]]> <![CDATA[October 20, 2026 - 3:31 pm]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 22:03:37]]> <![CDATA[Revolut customers across Europe were unable to open the fintech’s app or use their cards on Tuesday morning after a service disruption affected several of its features.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/revolut-outage-app-card-payments]]> <![CDATA[October 20, 2026 - 8:50 am]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 22:03:37]]> <![CDATA[A cybersecurity researcher watched a Chinese-speaking hacker break into the websites of more than 100 companies, leaving almost all the work to AI agents. Snorre Fagerland, principal threat researcher at NorForge, set out the findings on Monday in a report on Cairn, the open-source AI platform the hacker used.]]> <![CDATA[https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-agents-hacker-cairn-100-sites-deere-norforge]]> <![CDATA[October 19, 2026 - 1:58 pm]]> <![CDATA[23/10/2026 22:03:37]]>