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AI Financial Assistant brings conversational financial guidance into the banking apps consumers already trust for spending and saving.
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The Visa Value‑Added Service applies benchmarking insights informed by one of the world’s largest payment networks to deliver personalized recommendations.
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Aligned with Visa’s AI and data governance standards, the feature is designed to operate within secure banking environments to meet the needs of banks and their consumers.
Visa , a global leader in digital payments, announced AI Financial Assistant, a new value‑added service designed to help financial institutions evolve their apps for an AI‑driven era. The feature helps banks bring AI-powered financial insights to cardholders under their own brand, look and feel with no custom development required.
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AI Financial Assistant brings conversational financial guidance into the banking apps consumers already trust for spending and saving.
More than 66% of surveyed Americans who have used generative AI are turning to AI for financial advice,1 yet consumers view banks as the most trusted institutions to safeguard personal data.2 In fact, 85% say they are willing to share even more data with their bank if there was a clear AI value proposition.3 AI Financial Assistant allows banks to extend that trust into natural, conversational experiences within secure banking environments.
“Consumers are already turning to AI for financial advice—but banks have the full financial picture, can act on it, and are among the most trusted institutions consumers rely on,” said Michele Herron, Senior Vice President and Head of North America Value-Added Services at Visa. “AI Financial Assistant brings those strengths together, combining personalized insights based on a consumer’s own data and pairing it with the ability to act, all right within their bank’s app. By simply turning on this service, banks can strengthen relationships with their customers and transform from a passive ledger to a generative AI–enabled financial hub.”
Turning insights into action, inside the mobile banking app
As part of its initial rollout, AI Financial Assistant enables ways for cardholders to:
- Stay on top of spending, automatically: Proactive monthly insights surface meaningful changes without setup or manual effort.
- Ask and understand instantly: Responses to natural‑language questions are grounded in a cardholder’s own financial activity.
- Act in the moment: Lock a card or set alerts directly within the conversation. Future planned enhancements include the ability to connect spending insights and subscription management through Enhanced Subscription Manager.
A modern, unified digital banking experience
AI Financial Assistant is the latest feature of Visa Digital Issuer Solutions, delivering a single chat-based entry point inside the banking app. Financial institutions can connect their FAQs and documents via deep links to surface relevant banking product information, providing cardholders with answers to questions like “Are there any car loan benefits for existing customers?” or “Do you have high-yield savings accounts to help me save for a car?”
While financial institutions can deploy individual capabilities on their own through Visa’s Digital Enablement Software Development Kit (SDK), AI Financial Assistant acts as a central layer that connects existing and new features within the SDK as they come online.
Operating under Visa’s AI and data governance standards, AI Financial Assistant is informed by Visa’s global network of more than 300 billion annual transactions. It combines cardholder behavior, real-time data, and the financial institution’s own data to deliver highly personalized guidance with the security, compliance, and fraud protections banks require.
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