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The Future of Finance Depends on Better Workflows, Not Better AI

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What's happening

The conversation in finance is shifting from chasing flashy AI tools to fixing the underlying workflows and data that make those tools useful. Bank of America and PYMNTS pieces say finance leaders face an overload of AI, real-time payments and automation options while the real barrier is poor data and clunky internal tools. Billtrust CTO John Landy told PYMNTS that AI cannot compensate for bad enterprise workflows, and PYMNTS coverage frames AI as an audit that exposes workflow and data weaknesses. Reddit and FinTech Global commentary add that analysts are evading internal systems by using public LLMs on sensitive spreadsheets, and fincite's Friedhelm Schmitt warns the industry is asking the wrong questions about AI in wealth management.

Why it's trending

Because a flood of AI products and leaked analyst usage is revealing that data quality and workflow design, not smarter models, are the immediate bottlenecks.

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contrarian take

If your finance team keeps buying AI, you're solving the wrong problem, stop treating models as miracle workers and fix the spreadsheets and approvals first.

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