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Finextra: Allica introduces fully-automated agentic AI loan decisions in minutes
Allica Bank has begun live testing an end-to-end agentic AI system that takes an unstructured email loan application, assesses it and returns a credit decision within minutes, with no human in the loop.
Finextra: ANZ hires first chief data and AI officer
ANZ bank is the latest bank to hire a Chief Data and AI Officer.
Finextra: Former Google exec named as Citi CIO
Brian Saluzzo has been announced as the new CIO of Citi, joining them from Google.
TechCrunch: Zoom teams up with World to verify humans in meetings
Zoom has announced a partnership with World, Sam Altman’s human ID verification company, to ensure that the people attending meetings are actually human and not AI-generated imposters.
Finextra: Citi Wealth gets new AI-powered team member
Citi has joined forces with Google to develop an AI-powered avatar to help its Citi Wealth clients.
Finextra: Lloyds appoint Sameer Gupta as chief data and AI offficer
The chief data and AI officer rotation continues.
Finextra: Aussie watchdog warns of rise in AI scam threats
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (Asic) is warning the public that artificial intelligence is “super-charging” online scam threats after taking down almost thousands of phishing and fraudulent Websites.







