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AI agents could put $500 billion of US banks’ cheap-deposit value at risk
A post sharing an FT piece says agents could sweep idle balances into money-market funds, potentially raising banks’ costs.
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Sharing an FT piece, a post argues AI agents could help savers secure better deposit rates or sweep idle cash into money-market funds. It calculates that repricing $1.6 trillion in non-interest-bearing deposits at 3% would cost JPMorgan, Bank of America and Wells Fargo about $47 billion annually. The post’s $500 billion figure estimates cheap-deposit franchise value across US banks, not annual lost profit; that value disappears only if core deposits permanently earn market rates.
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