{"slug": "citi-becomes-latest-us-bank-to-restrict-ai-agents-from-accessing-accounts", "title": "Citi becomes latest US bank to restrict AI agents from accessing accounts", "summary": "Citigroup has become the latest US bank to restrict AI agents from accessing customer accounts, according to the Financial Times. US lenders fear chatbots could shift billions of dollars in deposits to higher-yielding accounts.", "body_md": "# Citi becomes latest US bank to restrict AI agents from accessing accounts\n\nSource: \n\n[Financial Times Technology](https://www.ft.com/technology)\nUS lenders fear chatbots could shift billions of dollars in deposits to higher-yielding accounts \n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/citi-becomes-latest-us-bank-to-restrict-ai-agents-from-accessing-accounts", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/citi-becomes-latest-us-bank-to-restrict-ai-agents-from-acces-5me0", "published_at": "2026-10-16 14:58:54+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-16 17:23:58.497339+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Citigroup", "Financial Times"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/citi-becomes-latest-us-bank-to-restrict-ai-agents-from-accessing-accounts", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/citi-becomes-latest-us-bank-to-restrict-ai-agents-from-accessing-accounts.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/citi-becomes-latest-us-bank-to-restrict-ai-agents-from-accessing-accounts.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/citi-becomes-latest-us-bank-to-restrict-ai-agents-from-accessing-accounts.jsonld"}}