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Guides for banks, lenders, insurers and wealth managers building AI agents with Agent Serve: KYC, AML, credit, claims, complaints and reporting. Published by Valnora & Elric, makers of Agent Serve, the AI workspace where teams build, deploy, and manage AI agents.
BFSI articles
- BFSIMixed
AML alert triage that keeps the analyst in charge
Most of an AML analyst’s day goes on collecting context, not judging it. Here is a triage setup where a workflow gathers the evidence, a Relay drafts the case and the analyst makes the call.
· 5 min read
- BFSIMixedDeep dive
Reconcile failed card disputes before the chargeback deadline
Disputes that fail reconciliation tend to sit in a side queue until the chargeback window has closed. Here is an end-to-end setup that finds them early, ranks them by deadline and drafts the pack, with an analyst signing every filing.
· 12 min read
- BFSIDashboard
Loan pricing scenarios your pricing committee can actually read
Pricing decisions often rest on a spreadsheet only one analyst fully understands. Here is a scenario model built on a dashboard, where every assumption is visible and every scenario sits next to the others.
· 5 min read
- BFSIMulti-workflow
Claims triage in three workflows, with the handler deciding cover
A new claim arrives as an email, a form and a few photos. Here is how three workflows turn that into a structured file, a policy check and a routed queue, while every cover and settlement decision stays with a claims handler.
· 5 min read
- BFSIMixedDeep dive
Clear the KYC periodic review backlog without adding analysts
Periodic reviews pile up because every file starts from scratch, even when nothing has changed. Here is a setup that refreshes the data, drafts the file and routes it by risk, so analysts spend their time on the reviews that need judgement.
· 12 min read
- BFSIWorkflow
Checking every suitability report before the file review does
File reviews in wealth management usually sample a few advice files a quarter. Here is how one workflow can check every suitability report for missing elements, and why the judgement on suitability stays with a person.
· 5 min read
- BFSIDashboard
Static, layered or commitment-based: an FX hedging dashboard for each policy
The hedge policy decides what a treasury dashboard has to show. This guide compares three common policy designs and sets out the panels, rules and monitors that keep each one honest.
· 5 min read
- BFSIMulti-workflow
Suspicious activity narratives start with evidence, not prose
A suspicious activity narrative is an argument built on facts. Get the facts in order first, and a model can help with the writing without ever deciding what gets reported.
· 6 min read
- BFSIRelay
Periodic third-party risk reviews, prepared by a Relay
Most third-party reviews stall on paperwork: expired certificates, unread reports and evidence nobody has chased. A Relay can do the preparation while the risk owner keeps the decision.
· 6 min read
- BFSIDashboard
A complaints root cause dashboard that shows where to fix, not just what broke
Counting complaints tells you volume. Grouping them by root cause, product and journey step tells you what to change. Here is a dashboard built for the second question.
· 5 min read
- BFSIMulti-workflow
Which regulatory reporting prep step to hand to AI agents first
Regulatory returns are signed by people, but most of the weeks before sign-off go on checking, tying out and explaining. Here is how to choose which of those steps to give to workflows first.
· 5 min read
- BFSIRelay
Client meeting briefs for relationship managers, prepared by a Relay
Relationship managers walk into client meetings with whatever they found in ten minutes between calls. A Relay can prepare the same brief every time, from the same sources, and leave the advice to the adviser.
· 5 min read
- BFSIMixedDeep dive
Stop SLA breaches in the complaints queue before they happen
Most complaint breaches are visible weeks before they happen, in a queue nobody has time to read. Here is a setup that computes every deadline, flags risk early and puts the at-risk list in front of the right person.
· 12 min read
- BFSIDashboard
Branch performance dashboards that regions and head office read the same way
Branch reviews go wrong when every region brings its own spreadsheet. Here is a branch dashboard built on shared definitions, with a watchlist rule and reports each regional manager can trust.
· 5 min read
- BFSIWorkflow
A KYC onboarding review workflow in six steps
Onboarding files arrive incomplete, and reviewers spend their time finding out what is missing. This playbook builds one workflow that checks the file first and routes it by risk to the right person.
· 5 min read
- BFSIMulti-workflowDeep dive
Prepare the weekly credit committee pack automatically
Every week the committee secretary rebuilds the same pack from memos, spreadsheets and emails. Here is a setup where four workflows assemble it from the source systems and the secretary decides when it goes out.
· 12 min read
- BFSIRelay
The submissions inbox is where underwriting capacity goes to wait
Commercial underwriters lose hours to an inbox of broker submissions before any risk is assessed. This long read argues for a Relay that reads, sorts and briefs, while underwriters keep every decision.
· 5 min read
- BFSIDashboard
A fraud desk dashboard for card teams: queue, losses and rule alerts in one view
A card fraud desk lives on four numbers: what is waiting, how old it is, what was confirmed and what it cost. Here is a dashboard that shows all four, with rules and monitors that speak up before the queue does.
· 6 min read
- BFSIMulti-workflowDeep dive
Close the month-end accruals gap between accounts payable and the general ledger
Accruals live in the gap between what was received and what was invoiced. Here is a setup where three workflows build the accrual list, a controller approves it, and next month’s true-up runs on its own.
· 13 min read
- BFSIWorkflow
Answering policy questions in bank operations: which setup fits which question
Operations staff ask the same policy questions every day, and a wrong answer becomes a breach. This guide compares four ways to answer them, and shows when a cited, logged Q&A workflow is the right choice.
· 6 min read
- BFSIWorkflow
Drafting commercial credit memos with a workflow the credit officer signs off
A commercial credit memo takes days, and most of that time goes on copying numbers and restating policy. This playbook builds one workflow that does the drafting and leaves the credit judgement with the officer.
· 5 min read
- BFSIMixed
Data lineage a supervisor can follow: questions risk and finance teams ask
Supervisors keep asking banks to show where a risk number came from. These field notes answer the questions risk and finance teams raise when they try to keep that evidence current, and where Agent Serve fits.
· 6 min read
- BFSIMulti-workflow
Model documentation that keeps up with the models: an inventory-first approach
Model documentation is usually written once, for validation, and then left behind as the model changes. This long read argues for building it from the inventory and the artefacts, and shows three workflows that do it.
· 5 min read
- BFSIDashboardDeep dive
Keep KPI definitions consistent across every dashboard with one semantic model
When finance, risk and the business each compute the same ratio their own way, the board pack argues with itself. Here is a setup where every dashboard reads one governed definition, and drift is caught before the next meeting.
· 13 min read
- BFSIMixed
Collections compliance in consumer lending: choosing how to check calls and letters
Collections is where conduct rules meet customers under pressure. This guide compares four ways to check calls and letters, what each one catches, and how they combine in Agent Serve.
· 7 min read