Finance Leaders Adopt Agentic AI For Automation

Finance leaders are increasingly deploying agentic AI to automate accounts payable and other finance workflows, a Basware and FT Longitude report finds. Agentic agents delivered an average 80% ROI versus 67% for general AI last year, with 72% of leaders identifying accounts payable as the primary starting use case. The report stresses governance, data quality, and buy-vs-build trade-offs for scaling.