Banks are seeking to use AI as a tool for both protection and competition

Institutional capital is returning to crypto as Bitcoin ETFs surge, prediction markets mature and banks accelerate tokenized finance adoption.

Fund says preparations needed for ‘inevitable’ AI-enabled breaches of financial institutions’ cyber defences

Anthropic is expanding Claude into financial services with AI agents for banks, insurers, asset managers, and fintech teams.

Anthropic’s latest set of Claude AI agents are built for banks, investment managers, and insurers.

Global lenders explore private deals and risk transfers to cut exposure to AI boom

Link lets users connect cards, banks, and subscriptions, then authorize AI agents to spend securely via approval flows.

Australia’s financial regulator has warned financial firms that AI agent governance and assurance practices are poorly governed. The warning comes as banks and superannuation trustees expand AI in internal and customer-facing operations. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority said it conducted a targeted review of selected large regulated entities in late 2025 to assess AI adoption […] The post AI agent governance takes focus as regulators flag control gaps appeared first on AI News.

The EU’s 20th sanctions package includes transaction bans on 20 Russian banks and four financial institutions in third countries linked to sanctions circumvention. For the first time, the bloc has imposed a sector-wide ban on Russian crypto service providers and platforms, while also prohibiting transactions involving RUBx and support for the digital rouble. The European [...]