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Convergence™

AI Agents & Agentic Systems in Banking and Finance

Join working professionals receiving bi-weekly insights on agentic AI, blockchain convergence, European banking leadership, and hands-on deployment skills — developing the collaborative intelligence that most academic programmes can't address.

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What You'll Receive

Why Subscribers Read It

Content built for a mixed cohort of engineers, managers, and finance professionals — not a generic AI digest.

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European banking focus, with case studies drawn from major European and global banking institutions
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Blockchain-AI convergence, covering DeFAI, central bank DLT trials, and smart contracts
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Industry tools & frameworks actually used in production — LangGraph, LangChain, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK
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Collaborative intelligence development, bridging engineering and management perspectives
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Self-assessment quizzes revealing readiness gaps with practical application
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Programme previews & insights for BAI Summer School 2027 in Anglet, France

The Opportunity

Talent Gap

Banking leaders widely report collaborative intelligence talent gaps across their organisations

10 Issues

Bi-weekly newsletters running through the season, leading into the summer programme

Take Stock

Self-assessment quizzes reveal technical or business readiness gaps

Real-World Skills

Current industry practice — not academic theory removed from production reality

10-Issue Editorial Calendar

Phase 1: Value Propositions (Issues 1–4)  |  Phase 2: Course Deep Dives (Issues 5–10)

Issue 1 · Phase 1

The Technical-Strategic Gap

📝 Quiz: Technical-Strategic Fluency Assessment

Engineers who can't write business cases vs. managers who can't evaluate architectures.

Issue 2 · Phase 1

European Banking Leadership

📝 Quiz: European Banking AI Fluency

How major European banks and the ECB are scaling AI use cases and DLT trials.

Issue 3 · Phase 1

Blockchain-AI Convergence

📝 Quiz: Blockchain-AI Integration Fluency

The DeFAI acceleration and central bank digital ledger initiatives reshaping settlement.

Issue 4 · Phase 1

From Models to Systems

📝 Quiz: Production Deployment Readiness

LangGraph, MCP, OpenAI Agents SDK — the tools banks actually deploy in production.

Issue 5 · Phase 2

Agency in Artificial Intelligence

📝 Quiz: Agent Architecture Understanding

Reactive → deliberative → multi-agent systems, and how orchestration models are evolving.

Issue 6 · Phase 2

Web3 & DeFi Fundamentals

📝 Quiz: DeFi & Web3 Knowledge

Smart contracts, protocol fundamentals, and central bank digital infrastructure initiatives.

Issue 7 · Phase 2

Industry Tools & Frameworks

📝 Quiz: Industry Tools Proficiency

The production agentic stack, from orchestration frameworks to governance tooling.

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Issue 8 · Phase 2

Ethics & Governance

📝 Quiz: Ethics & Governance Judgment

Algorithmic bias, fairness tradeoffs, and accountability when AI agents handle money.

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Issue 9 · Phase 2

The Capstone Challenge

📝 Quiz: Capstone Readiness Assessment

A preview of the NordBank AG simulation students will face inside the Kore Artemis sandbox.

📅 Publishing soon
Issue 10 · Final

Final Pre-Event Call

📝 Quiz: Programme Readiness Check

Ten days that could change your career — places are limited, application deadline approaching.

📅 Publishing soon

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About BAI Summer School 2027

AI Agents & Agentic Systems in Banking and Finance

July 1–10, 2027  |  Anglet, Basque Coast, France

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