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Agentic AI in finance speeds up operational automation

In finance, achieving operational automation by integrating agentic AI requires a data-centric foundation to drive real value. Financial infrastructure provider SEI has engaged IBM to modernise its internal operations via AI and automation. The joint initiative focuses on process redesign and targeted system updates to deliver consistent client experiences, building a modern and data-enabled foundation […]

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City Union Bank launches AI centre to support banking operations

Banks have spent years buying analytics tools and automation software. Now some are taking a different step: building internal spaces where AI can be tested directly on real banking problems. One example emerged in India this month. City Union Bank recently entered a four-party agreement to create a Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence in

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JPMorgan expands AI investment as tech spending nears $20B

Artificial intelligence is moving from pilot projects to core business systems inside large companies. One example comes from JPMorgan Chase, where rising AI investment is helping push the bank’s technology budget toward about US$19.8 billion in 2026. The spending plan reflects a broader shift among large enterprises. AI is no longer treated as a small

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AI agents prefer Bitcoin shaping new finance architecture

AI agents prefer Bitcoin for digital wealth storage, forcing finance chiefs to adapt their architecture for machine autonomy. When AI systems gain economic autonomy, their internal logic dictates how corporate capital flows. Non-partisan research by the Bitcoin Policy Institute evaluated how these frontier models would transact if operating as independent economic actors. The study tested

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Santander and Mastercard run Europe’s first AI-executed payment pilot

An artificial intelligence system has, for the first time in Europe, completed a payment inside a live banking network without a human entering the final command. Banco Santander and Mastercard confirmed that they had executed a live end-to-end payment initiated and completed by an AI agent, a software system operating within the bank’s own regulated

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AI adoption in financial services has hit a point of no return

AI adoption in financial services has effectively become universal–and the institutions still treating it as an experiment are now the outliers. According to Finastra’s Financial Services State of the Nation 2026 report, which surveyed 1,509 senior executives across 11 markets, only 2% of financial institutions globally report no use of AI whatsoever.  The debate is

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Upgrading agentic AI for finance workflows

Improving trust in agentic AI for finance workflows remains a major priority for technology leaders today. Over the past two years, enterprises have rushed to put automated agents into real workflows, spanning customer support and back-office operations. These tools excel at retrieving information, yet they often struggle to provide consistent and explainable reasoning during multi-step

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Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank test agentic AI for trade surveillance

Banks are testing a new type of artificial intelligence, like agentic AI, that does more than scan for keywords or follow preset rules. Instead of relying only on static alerts, some trading desks are beginning to use systems designed to reason through patterns in real time and flag conduct that may need human review. Bloomberg

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Deploying agentic finance AI for immediate business ROI

Agentic finance AI improves business efficiency and ROI only when deployed with strict governance and clear return on investment targets. A recent FT Longitude survey of 200 finance leaders across the US, UK, France, and Germany showed 61 percent have deployed AI agents merely as experiments. Meanwhile, one in four executives admit they do not

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Mastercard’s AI payment demo points to agent-led commerce

A recent demonstration from Mastercard suggests that payment systems may be heading toward a future where software agents, not people, complete purchases. During the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Mastercard showed what it described as its first fully authenticated “agentic commerce” transaction. In the demo, as reported by Times of India, an AI agent searched

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