Something is missing from most AI education in banking.
European banks are deploying agentic AI systems right now — multi-agent credit underwriting, autonomous AML monitoring, AI-driven onboarding. But most of the professionals and students who will govern, build, or work alongside these systems have never been taught what actually separates a production agentic system from a Jupyter notebook exercise.
The BAI Technical Briefs are a ten-issue, twice-monthly reading programme drawn directly from the introductory module of the BAI Summer School 2026. Nine briefs publish before the Summer School opens on 1 July. A tenth — The Governance Paradox — arrives on 21 July, eleven days after the programme closes.
The briefs are preparation. The programme is practice. The capstone is reflection.
"The question for banks is no longer whether to adopt agentic AI. It is whether they understand what they are adopting — and whether their governance structures are ready for systems that act, not merely advise."
BAI Summer School 2026What the Series Delivers
The Series at a Glance
Briefs total — 9 pre-programme + 1 capstone
Banking on AI™ subscribers across Europe, North America, and Asia
Academic credits available through ZHAW School of Management and Law
EU AI Act full application — the deadline driving every brief
10-Issue Editorial Calendar
Briefs 1–9: Pre-programme deep dive (17 March – 7 July 2026) | Brief 10: Post-programme capstone (21 July 2026)
Pre-programme deep dive · Briefs 1–9 · 17 March – 7 July 2026
What Makes an AI System "Agentic"?
The foundational distinction that changes everything: from systems that advise to systems that act. Why this is not a technical upgrade but a categorical shift in governance requirements.
The Principal-Agent Problem, Reimagined
Jensen and Meckling's 1976 framework meets LLM deployment. When your agent is an algorithm, misaligned incentives become misspecified objectives — consequences play out at machine speed before anyone notices.
Documented Banking Applications: What the Leaders Are Actually Doing
An evidence-based tour of production deployments reshaping global banking — with documented outcomes. JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Capital One, Morgan Stanley.
Building Agentic Systems in Banking: A Technical Framework
How production agentic systems are actually constructed. The five-layer architecture, three orchestration patterns, and the tool stack that separates what banks deploy from what universities teach.
Wells Fargo: Building a Multi-Agent System in Practice
A deep technical case study reconstructing Wells Fargo's multi-agent loan re-underwriting system — annotated code patterns, governance decisions embedded in each layer, lessons for any production deployment.
The Delegation Dilemma: When Technically Correct Is Commercially Catastrophic
£4 million in damage. No technical violations. Every decision within delegated authority. The governance failure scenario that reveals why existing frameworks were designed for the wrong kind of AI.
Monitoring at Machine Speed: Why Weekly Dashboards Are Already Too Slow
Agentic systems can cause material financial damage in 48 hours. The shift from governance by audit to governance by design — with the specific mechanisms that close the gap.
The EU AI Act: What 2 August 2026 Actually Means for Financial Services
EU AI Act Articles 9–15 mapped to specific compliance obligations. GDPR Article 22. DORA. The accountability gap left by the withdrawn AI Liability Directive.
The Workforce Equation: From Makers to Checkers
JPMorgan's framing of the new division of labour. The three human capabilities agentic AI is elevating to strategic importance — and why traditional banking training programmes are not building them.
Post-programme capstone · Brief 10 · 21 July 2026
The Governance Paradox: Moving Fast Without Breaking Everything
The central strategic tension of 2026: the speed and scale creating competitive advantage are precisely the properties making governance harder. Designed to land after the programme — when Anglet becomes the frame through which its argument is read.
Why Brief 10 publishes on 21 July
Brief 10 is not pre-reading. It is a reflective capstone — written to land differently once you have spent ten days building and governing agentic systems in practice. Ten issues of preparation. Ten days of programme. One capstone for reflection.
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