HR 8671
Advanced toward a vote
Requires the Federal banking agencies to study how banks and credit unions use advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence to detect and prevent fraud, and allows a voluntary pilot program to help smaller community institutions access those tools.
Official title: Bank Fraud Technology Advancement Act of 2026
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
07-MAY-2026
Referred
07-MAY-2026
Approved by committee
13-MAY-2026
Reported
18-JUN-2026
On the calendar
18-JUN-2026
- Requires the Federal banking agencies to report to Congress within 18 months on how insured banks and credit unions use artificial intelligence, machine learning, and similar tools to catch fraud.
- Directs the study to examine whether smaller community institutions face higher costs or other barriers, and to consider shared services and consortium-based fraud platforms.
- Allows the agencies to jointly create a voluntary pilot program for institutions with less than $10,000,000,000 in total assets, which expires within 3 years after the report.
- Defines advanced fraud detection technology and includes the National Credit Union Administration in the term Federal banking agency.
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Reported to House, 18-JUN-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Financial Services Committee (House)
Finance and Financial Sector
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1 Democrat