BioCatch Launches AiRE to Detect AI Agents in Digital Banking

BioCatch launched AiRE, a capability for detecting AI agents in digital banking sessions, as a survey found 80% of banking professionals said their institutions had encountered attacks involving agentic AI.

Available through integrations BioCatch customers already use, AiRE examines behavior during banking sessions for anomalies. It checks for patterns such as simulated input, browser permission settings, infrastructure linked to agents and declarations from agents themselves. BioCatch said the capability is designed to cover cloud-hosted agents, including Muse.

Almost half of the AI-agent activity BioCatch detected in customer sessions took place during account opening. Other activity appeared during logins, account management and transactions such as electronic transfers, wire payments and faster payments. BioCatch did not give the total number of interactions measured or the time span behind the account-opening figure.

The launch comes months after BioCatch released survey findings on June 10. The online survey gathered responses from Jan. 7-27, 2026, from 1,440 manager-level-or-higher banking professionals in 25 countries across five continents. Respondents worked in fraud, anti-money-laundering, risk and compliance roles.

80% of those surveyed reported that attackers had used agentic AI against their institutions. That result reflects respondents’ reports about their own institutions; it is not a verified share of banks or a count of attacks. The survey also found 84% viewed AI agents as the banking industry’s leading vulnerability for attackers to exploit over the coming year. 72% expected it would be very difficult to tell legitimate AI-supported activity from malicious or manipulated actions.

“Artificial intelligence capabilities for consumers, institutions, and bad actors alike are evolving rapidly,” said Ayelet Eliezer, BioCatch’s chief product officer.

The launch follows U.S. banks’ move toward read-only access for outside AI agents, which allows agents to view account data without transaction controls. AiRE launched Nov. 10 and is available through existing customer integrations.