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Delta and Amazon Join Banks in Blocking Third Party AI Agents

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Major banks and companies including Charles Schwab, Citigroup, Delta Air Lines, and Amazon have blocked third-party AI agents from accessing customer accounts and services. The restrictions aim to prevent agents from moving funds from low-yield checking accounts to higher-yield fintech alternatives, with JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo holding $1.6 trillion in non-interest deposits. Firms cite security concerns and agent traffic volumes reaching 10x to 50x that of human users.

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  1. SOURCE@ft“not permit ‘third-party AI agents or assistants to log into a customer’s account or transact directly within our digital banking platforms'”x.com
  2. SUPPORT@trikcode“Delta is blocking AI agents from booking flights”x.com
  3. SUPPORT@emollick“This doesn’t seem to be a very robust strategy in the era of AIs that can use your computer on your behalf.”x.com
  4. SUPPORT@martin_casado“either companies will adapt, or Darwin will take care of them.”x.com
  5. SUPPORT@buccocapital“The second/third place has huge incentive to grab market share by allowing agent access.”x.com
  6. SUPPORT@rohanpaul_ai“Jamie Dimon warned that thousands of “rogue agents” could otherwise operate inside the bank”x.com
  7. SUPPORT@dan_jeffries1“ask the agent to give you a detailed step by step guide to moving your money and click it yourself.”x.com
  8. SUPPORT@code_star“preventing agents under the guise of legitimate business to reverse engineer services, products, or probe security.”x.com
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