Finance Teams Adopt Generative AI
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A report published on October 21, 2026, shows that the use of generative AI by finance departments in cash flow management has increased significantly: the usage rate rose from 16% in 2025 to 80% in 2026. In cash flow decisions, 64% of finance teams use AI-generated insights or recommendations, up from 44% a year earlier; 28% of CFOs believe AI-generated insights have the greatest impact, a proportion close to the 29% for BI dashboards. Meanwhile, Agentic AI usage fell from 6% in 2025 to 5% in 2026, indicating that generative AI is now widely used to support analysis and decision-making, while autonomous execution of cash management remains relatively uncommon.
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- PYMNTSFinance departments embrace generative AI, but stop short of autonomous cash management
Generative AI use by finance teams for cash flow management rose from 16% in 2025 to 80% in 2026, but Agentic AI use fell from 6% to 5%, and autonomous execution remains uncommon. 64% of finance teams use AI-generated insights or recommendations in cash flow decisions, up from 44% a year earlier; 28% of CFOs consider its impact the greatest, close to BI dashboards at 29%.
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