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Major U.S. banks have found third-party AI agents operating within customer accounts, and five of them are already blocking them: read-only access is the only door they are leaving open. AI labs are hunting for revenue before going public: Anthropic is setting up a consultancy with private equity firm Hg to roll out AI at European companies, and OpenAI is closing up to $30 billion at a valuation of $1.25 trillion, $150 billion less than a month ago. And American Express is cutting 3,500 jobs while its rivals automate expense management with agents. This follows the Friday, Oct 23 radar.

Five major banks block AI agents: some were already inside customer accounts

Major U.S. banks are detecting third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, according to Axios. They usually get in with the customer's permission and login credentials—something most banks' terms prohibit—and in some cases they have called customer service or done things the user never asked for. Many banks can't tell whether that activity is coming from the person or the agent. Citi, JPMorgan, and Bank of America are already blocking external agents like Meta's Muse, as are Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab. Citi says it has blocked all agent access except for the read-only access it already allowed through open banking providers, is proposing a "know your agent" process modeled on know-your-customer checks, and PNC's CEO says that no bank will let an agent operate without a human in the loop. It goes a step further than what we reported on Monday, October 19, when only JPMorgan and Schwab had shut the door: now we know agents were already inside. For your business: if someone has connected an assistant or agent to the company's online banking with a username and password, disconnect it today. It violates the bank's terms and, if it moves money, it will be hard to prove it wasn't you. To read balances and transactions, use the regulated route: in Europe, the PSD2 payments directive requires banks to open that access to authorized providers, with your consent; ask your accounting software provider whether it already uses it to import your bank statements. Payments always need a person to approve them. An agent that reconciles your accounts through the official channel is INTEGRATED; one that logs in with your credentials isn't UNATTENDED: it's impersonating you. Source

Anthropic teams up with private equity firm Hg on a consultancy to roll out AI at European companies

Anthropic has agreed to back an independent European consultancy alongside Hg, a London-based private equity firm, the Financial Times reports, citing people familiar with the plan; neither company commented. The new company will place AI engineers and consultants within client companies to design new products or push forward projects already underway, and will also work with Hg's portfolio companies. It is expected to launch before the end of 2026, with offices in London and Berlin, mainly targeting software companies that sell to other businesses, plus white-collar industries. Anthropic will fund its share from its own balance sheet. This follows the model it already used in the U.S. with Ode, backed by Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman, and the one OpenAI has used since May with its Deployment Company: the model makers are now competing head-on with Accenture and the big consulting firms. For your business: the company that makes the model now wants to install it for you too, and naturally it will recommend its own. Whoever builds a project for you, ask them in writing which model they're using, why, and how you'd switch to another one. And keep your own test set built from your real cases: if a process only works with the model of whoever built it, it isn't INTEGRATED; it's locked in. Source

OpenAI closes in on up to $30 billion, but at $150 billion less than it was asking a month ago

OpenAI is close to finalizing a round of up to $30 billion at a pre-money valuation of $1.25 trillion, led by investors from the United Arab Emirates and Coatue, according to people familiar with the deal cited by CNBC. A month ago, the same round was being discussed at $1.4 trillion. The company wants signatures by the end of next week, the final size could still change, and it's negotiating in parallel a deal for more computing capacity in the UAE: its goal is to spend about $600 billion on compute through 2030. The round is being pitched as a bridge to its IPO, expected in 2027, while Anthropic is aiming for a valuation of $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion in its own listing. This is a follow-up to our Tuesday, October 20 flash: both are competing for the same capital, and now investors are setting the price. For your business: the two biggest AI labs need to show revenue before they go public, and that hands leverage to the buyer. If you're about to sign up for enterprise plans or API access, negotiate a 12-month fixed price and volume discounts in writing now. And spell out in your contract what happens if the terms change: a listed company has to answer for its margins every quarter. Source

American Express cuts 3,500 jobs to compete with those already automating expenses with agents

American Express will cut about 3,500 of its approximately 78,000 employees worldwide, roughly 4.5%, the company said alongside its third-quarter results. CEO Stephen Squeri said the company needed to become "a more agile and efficient organization" to win over the next few years. Asked about competition in corporate cards, he pointed to Brex and Ramp and summed up what they had unlocked: automation and expense management. His answer: more agents on Amex's platform. In Spain, the same process is now reaching small businesses: Sage has just launched Sage Expenses, which in Sage 50 handles the expense from the receipt photo to bookkeeping and reimbursement, including per diems and mileage, according to PYME actual. For your business: expense management is one of the first processes the market automates because it repeats monthly and has clear rules. If someone is still typing in receipts and matching them with card statements, measure how many hours it eats up each month and ask your accounting or card provider what they already automate. Taking a photo of a receipt and having it booked automatically is INTEGRATED; having an expense within your rules approved without anyone looking at it is UNATTENDED. Source

What to watch tomorrow

Whether OpenAI confirms the round and the final figure next week, and whether European banks explain how they will let their customers' agents in. And Anthropic's public IPO prospectus, which the financial press expects any day now.