What happened
Major U.S. lenders including JPMorgan Chase & Co. are restricting agentic AI access to prevent unauthorized transactions, protect customer accounts and reduce security risks, Bloomberg reported.
Why it matters
The restrictions suggest banks see AI agents as a harder security challenge to manage than earlier digital threats, according to the report.
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The move by major U.S. lenders comes after a year in which stablecoins were widely expected to pull deposits away from banks. That threat appears to have faded: Circle Internet Group, the issuer of USD Coin, is now valued at $22 billion, down three-fifths from its June 2025 peak. Banks found stablecoins relatively easy to fend off. AI agents, by contrast, may prove harder to tame, and the new restrictions suggest lenders are treating them as a more immediate operational risk to customer accounts.
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