MAS publishes the Safeguards for Agentic Finance industry white paper, developed with leading FIs and FinTechs, setting out a practical framework for the safe deployment of AI agents in financial services

The paper introduces a set of runtime safeguards designed to ensure AI agents operate securely, transparently and within defined governance and risk parameters through mechanisms such as policy enforcement, real-time monitoring, human oversight, auditability and interoperability. The initiative aims to foster trusted adoption of agentic AI while supporting innovation, operational resilience and effective risk management across the financial sector…