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November 20261 story

Claude gets read-only access to bank accounts in US beta

Anthropic’s Personal Finance links bank and card accounts through Plaid, on the Pro, Max and Ultra plans. Anthropic says it can’t move money. Chats in its hub are not used for training, but chats outside the hub follow the user’s privacy settings.

Anthropic announced Personal Finance on November 5. Users in the US can link accounts through Plaid and ask Claude about spending, bills and fees. Anthropic says access is read-only. Claude sees balances and up to two years of transactions for the accounts a user chooses.

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October 20262 stories

BusinessOct 22

Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs, partly because of AI, it says

The British bank says about 5% of its staff will go, and about 60% of the cuts are in support jobs, including developers. Its leaders say AI makes people more productive, but call it only “the icing on the cake”.

Barclays announced the cuts with its results for July to September, when its profit before tax rose 12%. The bank says the cuts are part of a plan to save more than £1.1 billion in 2027.

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Safety & SecurityOct 9

Maker closes AI hacking tool linked to Korean bank hacks

CrowdStrike says an unknown attacker used ARTEX, an open-source AI agent, against South Korean financial firms. Regulators say data on more than 68,000 people leaked, and the tool’s developer stopped public updates.

ARTEX is an AI agent for testing computer systems for security holes, and it was free to download as open source. CrowdStrike says an unknown attacker used it, with AI models such as DeepSeek’s, against South Korean financial firms from late September. South Korea’s government says the tool was highly likely used. On October 8, its developer said ARTEX would become closed-source.

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September 20261 story

Safety & SecuritySep 8

Goldman’s CIO says banks can use open AI models

The condition is four layers of safety controls.

Marco Argenti says companies should test models, protect the place where they run, limit agent permissions, and control data access. This is a proposed approach, not a public standard.

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