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AI agents to reshape financial competition around customer choice

AI agents that compare deposits, loans, investments and insurance products and execute transactions on behalf of consumers are spreading, and this could change how financial firms compete, a report said. It said competition may shift from keeping customers in a firm\'s app to deciding who organises customers\' product choices. The report also warned that dominant general-purpose AI agents could become new gatekeepers and called for rules to build trust.