The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued its first supervisory framework for AI in banking, directing examiners to focus on what happens when a system makes a mistake rather than how powerful it is. The framework flags external agents run by customers, fintechs or other businesses as a risk even when banks do not control them, and suggests measures such as identity verification, transaction limits, monitoring and the ability to suspend access. It comes less than two weeks after reports that major banks had found unauthorized third-party AI agents acting in customer accounts; according to Axios on October 22, Morgan Stanley blocked outside agents while JPMorgan, Bank of America and Citi restricted access. The 22-page document sorts risks into four tiers, placing fully autonomous payment agents and real-time credit decisions in the highest group, where tighter limits, independent testing and human approval may be warranted. The guidance is nonbinding and creates no new bank rules.
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