Your institution, inside the AI tools your clients already use

Written By Shannon Hewlko

Paywhere's FinovateFall 2026 demo, start to finish

Your commercial clients are already working in Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini. The question is whether their financial institution shows up there too.

At FinovateFall 2026 in New York, Brett Vasconcellos and Nick Lazo showed what that looks like. A small business opens Claude, checks its balances and asks the assistant to pay its bills. The assistant stages three payments totaling $10,900: one wire, two ACH. Nothing moves until the client approves the batch on the institution's own confirmation page.

The demo runs six minutes. Here is what it covers.

Discoverable by name. Paywhere connects your bank or credit union’s existing systems to the major AI ecosystems. Your institution appears in the connector directory alongside services like QuickBooks, Stripe and PayPal, and clients work with their accounts in plain language.

Approval stays with the institution. The assistant can read accounts and stage payments. It cannot move money on its own. Your FI sets higher limits for payments a person is actively approving and lower limits for anything an unattended agent initiates.

Visibility into every agent. The Paywhere admin view shows which AI agents are calling and why, with intents like payroll, cash flow management and accounts payable. That tells your institution how clients actually use AI with their accounts, and how to price and package what you offer.

Chapters

0:00 Paywhere at FinovateFall 2026
0:50 Your institution in the AI connector directory
1:20 Key features: connectivity, tiered permissions, intent recognition
1:45 The demo business: Nick's HVAC
2:05 Checking balances and transactions in Claude
3:00 "Pay my bills": the AI stages a batch payment
4:00 Approving payments at the institution
4:10 Cash flow forecast and scenarios
4:55 Admin view: AI agent intents
5:55 Closing

Your clients have already chosen their AI tools. Paywhere lets your institution meet them there, with the controls set by you.

See the full product overview at paywhere.com/product, or follow Paywhere on LinkedIn.

Nick's HVAC is a sample business created for this demo. All account data shown is demo data.

Shannon Hewlko

Shannon’s passion for design and the creative process was sparked while working abroad with the talented and inspiring team at Heatherwick Studio - a design architectural practice in London, England. Upon returning to Canada, Shannon embraced her interest and natural talent by studying at the Alberta College of Art and Design, where she graduated with a degree in Visual Communications and a double major in Advertising and Graphic Design.

Through her evolving roles at Trigger, CP Rail, Western Sky Creative and Anstice Communications, Shannon honed her ability to create compelling stories through visual design that not only complement communications’ tactics but elevate a brand’s essence. Shannon’s fun-loving, adventurous approach to her work, coupled with her drive for consistent project execution and cultivating cohesive brands, is unique, motivating and inspiring.

On a personal note, Shannon is an aspiring triathlete and there is no doubt that she passes those long hours biking, swimming and running by dreaming up ideas and developing strategies for her many projects. When she’s not training for her next triathlon, Shannon stays in shape by picking up mad dance skills from her two-year-old niece, Tootie, at their weekly dance off in her sister’s living room.

https://www.hewlko.com
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