Banking + Payments

The ECB orders banks to submit AI-related cyber resilience action plans by Oct 31. Moody’s calls the move broadly credit positive; here’s what banks should do next.

ECB shifts AI assurance from model validation to continuous behavioural testing. What banks must change in QA, monitoring, and compliance under DORA and TIBER-EU.

The ECB has instructed EU banks to submit AI cyber defence plans under DORA. Learn what the requirement means, how regulators and the ESRB are responding, and five immediate steps for bank leaders.

MAS introduces SAFR, a runtime assurance framework for autonomous AI agents in banking, setting a practical global benchmark for risk, compliance and interoperability.

Specialized, smaller AI models can improve banking software testing, auditability, regulatory compliance and cut costs compared with general-purpose LLMs.

RBI issued AI/ML guidelines in late June requiring board accountability, model monitoring, stress testing and human oversight to curb credit risk in Indian banks.

Bank of England warns agentic AI is reshaping financial stability. What banking leaders and fintechs must do to defend markets, payments and cyber resilience.

NFRA [2026] No. 8 moves AI to board-level banking governance, limits PII in model training, treats credit decisions as high-risk, and signals global alignment.

How the FCA is shifting UK finance from pilot projects to proven, resilient AI at scale. Practical steps for compliance, testing, third-party risk and governance.

Backbase buys Kasisto to embed agentic AI into its Banking OS, enabling AI agents to handle end-to-end customer requests with governance, context and compliance.