The companies said<\/a> the new \u201cFinancial Crimes AI Agent\u201d can reduce investigations from hours to minutes. The system automatically gathers evidence across banking systems, checks activity against known money laundering typologies and highlights higher-risk cases for review.<\/p>\n\u201cBMO and Amalgamated Bank will be among the first institutions to deploy the agent, with broader availability planned for H2 2026,\u201d FIS said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The company said Anthropic has embedded its Applied AI team and forward-deployed engineers within the company. The firm is helping FIS design the platform and develop future AI agents.<\/p>\n
The initiative combines FIS\u2019s banking infrastructure, transaction data and compliance systems with Anthropic\u2019s Claude AI models. FIS said client data will remain inside infrastructure controlled by the company.<\/p>\n
Anthropic and FIS<\/p>\n
Jonathan Pelosi, the Head of Financial Services at Anthropic, said FIS selected Claude because the model could \u201creason through complex investigations accurately, explain its work, and operate safely inside regulated workflows\u201d.<\/p>\n
He added that Anthropic worked closely with FIS so \u201cevery conclusion the agent reaches links back to its source data, and every decision stays with the investigator.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stephanie Ferris, FIS CEO and President, said banks increasingly want AI systems that can take actions independently.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Financial Crimes AI Agent is the first proof of what this architecture can deliver for financial institutions. [Those] that are ready to become the agent-first bank of the future. It\u2019s a new era in banking,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
FIS said the project forms part of a broader strategy to build AI agents for regulated banking operations. The company said it would provide governance, infrastructure and deployment systems, while Anthropic would supply the AI reasoning technology.<\/p>\n
The platform will use FIS\u2019s \u201cOrchestrated Intelligence\u201d system to manage data, governance and AI deployment across banking environments.<\/p>\n
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