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PNC CEO says agent-only banking transactions will never happen

Original: PNC CEO: Agent-only transactions ‘will never happen’ The Pittsburgh-based regional bank has made big bets on # AI intern

PNC chief executive Bill Demchak says fully autonomous AI agents conducting banking transactions on customers' behalf will never happen, warning they could mess with people's lives. The Pittsburgh-based regional bank has invested heavily in AI internally, but Demchak draws a firm line at letting agents transact autonomously. His comments add a banking industry voice to the debate over how much financial decision-making should be handed to AI systems.

Why now: Banks are actively deciding how far to let AI agents act on customers' behalf, making a CEO's outright rejection newsworthy.

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• PNC CEO: Agent-only transactions ‘will never happen’ The Pittsburgh-based regional bank has made big bets on # AI internally. But Bill Demchak said agents transacting could “mess with people’s lives.” https://www. bankingdive.com/news/pnc-ceo-b… · AlexJimenez@mas.to · 1

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