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      <news:publication><news:name>Tech CEO Daily</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication>
      <news:publication_date>2026-10-01T21:00:00.203Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Plaid brings bank account access to Decagon AI agents inside customer support chats</news:title>
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