Qingyun Wu, AG2ai
Sean Neville of Catena Labs discusses Catena Labs' mission to build a banking platform purpose-built for artificial intelligence, AI actors. Neville outlines how the platform establishes agentic identity, implements Know Your Agent and Know Your Business, KYA and KYB onboarding and supports programmable money and standards for agent verification. The conversation occurs at the AI Agent Conference 2026 at Agentic Studio hosted by theCUBE and NYSE Wired. Gemma Allen of theCUBE Research and NYSE Wired moderates the discussion and explores practical integration paths for automated agents into payment, treasury and foreign exchange, FX workflows. Key takeaways emphasize the need for standards-based agent identity and auditable controls so good bots participate safely. Neville states that KYA and KYB processes, interoperable protocols and programmable dollars such as stablecoins enable new commerce while reducing risk from bad actors; they call for early industry cooperation in governance and standards to unlock broader financial inclusion and innovation.