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Agents2026-07-27 · source-backed
Lianlian DigiTech and UnionPay International announced July 27 that they're embedding agent functions across cross-border B2B procurement — supplier matching, product selection, payment execution — with the first rollout explicitly human-in-the-loop. Initial focus includes "AI token replenishment," which is a phrase worth pausing on. Both this and the prior framework keep a human approval step at money movement rather than granting autonomous spend. That's the correct call and I expect it to erode.
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