Technology Magazine August 2026 | Page 121

THE THREE PHASES TO BECOMING FRONTIER

THE THREE PHASES TO BECOMING FRONTIER

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Empowering employees with AI agents

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AI agents taking on specific tasks under human direction and helped the bank deliver its best results in October 2025.”
Many financial sevices firms are exploring innovation in agentic AI with scenarios spanning a broad range of business services, including advisory and customer service, as well as operations, such as trading, payments, treasury and more.
“ Microsoft recently partnered with PayPal, Stripe and Shopify to use agentic AI-powered commerce

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AI agents owning complete business processes