During our recent Asia Tech Podcast @AGTPinsights interview, @MichaelWaitze raised an important question: Who is responsible when an AI agent transacts on someone's behalf? And how is the emerging field of agentic finance, or AiFi, evolving to address this? Recent reporting from @axios highlights a growing concern among major U.S. banks: AI agents accessing customer accounts and, in some cases, attempting transactions or actions that appear independent of user instructions. At Knight, we're developing a Know Your Agent (KYA) framework that extends beyond agent identification and authorization. While many emerging KYA approaches focus on verifying an agent's identity and authorization by its principal, Knight is developing a framework grounded in our underlying KYC/KYB and financial intelligence. Our approach also draws from Émile Durkheim's sociological theories of deviance, examining behavior in relation to established norms and social context. The principal's verified identity and financial context serve as the baseline for understanding agent behavior, identifying deviations, and assessing risk. We anticipate three increasingly important forms of interaction: ☑ Agent-to-Agent ☑ Human-to-Agent ☑ Agent-to-Human Our objective is to support continuity of financial activity while distinguishing the risks introduced by autonomous agents from those associated with their human or institutional principals. As agentic finance evolves, we believe identity and authorization alone will not be sufficient. The next layer of trust will depend on intelligence, behavioral context, and a deeper understanding of the principal behind the agent. That's the direction we're exploring at Knight. ♞ Watch the full interview here: youtube.com/watch?si=QotdaKY…

Thanks, Bernadette. Portable trust is the right goal. The hard part is getting the receiving side to rely on checks it didn't run itself. How are you solving that?

Good framing. The money moves at blockchain speed, but the compliance checks have to keep up, so sanctions screening, sender and recipient details, and KYC all need to travel with the payment, or the off-ramp holds the funds.

@KnightIntelco - $Knight - $540K 🟢 Knight's interview with Michael Waitze on the Asia Tech Podcast was published, with a snippet on the podcast's LinkedIn page. xitter.cf/BennyInHerBag/status/2… 🧵 42/93

I'm surprised it took this long to get noticed in the Middle East with what you're building: - huge expat population - very friendly towards crypto adoption - lots of remittance going out and in

By 2027, identity verification alone won't be enough. According to LexisNexis, an estimated 70% of fraud occurs after initial KYC is completed. Banks face millions in annual fraud losses, while AI is making impersonation and identity fraud easier to scale. Deepfake technology can now fabricate faces, identity documents, and supporting records with increasing sophistication. Yet many compliance processes still rely on manual reviews, fragmented systems, and PDF-based documentation. As Bernadette Pantaleon @BennyInHerBag , Founder and CEO of Knight, explains, fraudsters are continuously evolving their methods while many traditional compliance processes struggle to keep pace. The next frontier of financial security isn't just verifying who someone is at onboarding. It's understanding risk and financial behavior beyond that initial verification. That's the challenge Knight is building to address: Connecting financial context and intelligence across institutions, systems, and borders to enable more informed risk assessment. Watch the full interview in Asia Tech Podcast: youtu.be/b_na47Cp7-0?si=Qotd…

🥁 Drumroll please 🥁 Introducing the speakers and mentors joining us at Arbitrum's Founder House in collaboration with Robinhood Chain See everyone this weekend in Singapore 🇸🇬 @GThabot - Robinhood Chain Khairi - @Paxos @vibegrower - @Quicknode Caleb - @pendle_fi @ayobuenavista - @pendle_fi Steven Chan - SBI Digital Markets Rob - @GMX_IO @armin_0x - Arbitrum OpCo @coinflipcanada - Arbitrum OpCo @aboutlo - Arbitrum Foundation @Swagtimus - Arbitrum Foundation @0xjesstech - Arbitrum Foundation @kubesqrt - Arbitrum Foundation @_ryandesouza - @Offchain @0x_allan - @Offchain @zkLumi - @Offchain @seminoxyz - @Offchain @Jason_Wan123 - @Offchain @on_datawarlock - @Offchain

By 2027, identity verification alone won't be enough. According to LexisNexis, an estimated 70% of fraud occurs after initial KYC is completed. Banks face millions in annual fraud losses, while AI is making impersonation and identity fraud easier to scale. Deepfake technology can now fabricate faces, identity documents, and supporting records with increasing sophistication. Yet many compliance processes still rely on manual reviews, fragmented systems, and PDF-based documentation. As Bernadette Pantaleon @BennyInHerBag , Founder and CEO of Knight, explains, fraudsters are continuously evolving their methods while many traditional compliance processes struggle to keep pace. The next frontier of financial security isn't just verifying who someone is at onboarding. It's understanding risk and financial behavior beyond that initial verification. That's the challenge Knight is building to address: Connecting financial context and intelligence across institutions, systems, and borders to enable more informed risk assessment. Watch the full interview in Asia Tech Podcast: youtu.be/b_na47Cp7-0?si=Qotd…

Can't wait to hear what comes out of Singapore. Really enjoying the $Knight journey. Or maybe it's more of a quest, a journey with purpose.