AI agents can cut drop-offs and speed routine operations- KYC follow-ups, mandate failures, soft collections, nudges- when kept on a short leash. Use tight scopes, escalation ladders, immutable action logs and kill switches. Avoid autonomy in credit decisions, custody moves and binding advice.
Expected salted peanuts on your flight but got popcorn instead? That silent downgrade has a name: Skimpflation. Prices stay similar, but service thins-slower support, fewer perks, smaller care. Learn to spot it, look beyond the sticker and defend your time and trust.
Repeated KYC procedures, slow refunds, costly cross-border transfers....they make modern finance feel stitched together with paper. The Finternet- a faster, fairer & accountable by design network of financial networks where identity, consent & settlement travel smoothly- fixes this.
