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The Human Side of Finance: Taking Financial Services to the Frontier

Stephen O'Keane
Stephen O'Keane
Head of Banking Sector, Business Applications
12 March 2026

The Human Side of Finance: Taking Financial Services to the Frontier

Agentic AI in Financial Services eBook

Financial services is entering a new chapter. Not one defined by tools, channels, or the latest waves of technology hype, but by a more fundamental shift: the emergence of agentic AI and hybrid human–agent operating models. This is what we call becoming a Frontier Firm.

AI is accelerating, agents are emerging, but finance is a high-trust environment. This links back to risk, fear, culture, and behavioural change around AI adoption (as prevalent in market discussions and papers), and is exactly the reason why I started this Human Side of Finance series.

Having already covered emotionally complex customer cases and how to empower the digital relationship manager, the real shift happens when organisations embrace agentic AI.

So, edition three moves us to the next horizon: What does it mean for financial services to operate at the Frontier — where human judgement and AI agents work together to unlock new value?

Access this edition as an eBook to learn:

  • Why this matters now for Financial Services
  • Where human judgement meets agentic AI
  • Balancing the Agentic vs. Human ratio
  • How to approach the Frontier with a practical framework

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