Via LLRX – AI in Finance and Banking – February 28, 2026 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions. Five highlights from this post: We present the first representative international data on firm-level AI use; Chaining Tasks, Redefining Work: A Theory of AI Automation; Public Finance in the Age of AI: A Primer; Toward Expert Investment Teams: A Multi-Agent LLM System with Fine-Grained Trading Tasks; Toward Expert Investment Teams: A Multi-Agent LLM System with Fine-Grained Trading Tasks; and U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban.