Eastern Bankshares says agentic AI makes synthetic-identity fraud easier

Filed 2026-03-02Published here 2026-10-29Period 2025-12-31

... “Agentic AI” has further exacerbated risks by allowing bad actors to more easily use sophisticated and iterative methods of facilitating fraud through the creation of synthetic identities and “deepfake” images and documentation.

From Item 1A, Risk Factors, Eastern Bankshares, Inc., Form 10-K, filed 2026-03-02. Read the filing on sec.gov

4 other companies in this log have a RISK FACTOR entry filed in the 90 days to 2026-03-02.

2026-03-02 Santander Holdings USA, Inc., 10-K
2026-02-27 Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida, 10-K
2026-02-26 UMB Financial Corp., 10-K
2026-02-06 BILL Holdings, Inc., 10-Q

The quotation is copied verbatim from the filing; an ellipsis marks words left out. The headline says only what the quoted passage says. How entries are found and checked. Corrections: desk@cfonews.ai.

The filing

Company (EDGAR): Eastern Bankshares, Inc. (EBC)
CIK: 1810546
Form: 10-K
Filed: 2026-03-02
Accession: 0001628280-26-013126
Document: sec.gov
Filing index: sec.gov

Background

Other risk factor entries

2026-10-21RISK FACTOR
Winnebago says unreliable AI outputs could affect forecasting and financial reporting
sec.gov 10-K, Item 1A, Risk Factors, filed 2026-10-21
2026-09-10RISK FACTOR
IBEX names AI-enabled social engineering among routes to fraudulent payments
sec.gov 10-K, Item 1A, Risk Factors, filed 2026-09-10
2026-08-31RISK FACTOR
Super Micro Computer says AI output errors could reach its financial reporting
sec.gov 10-K, Item 1A, Risk Factors, filed 2026-08-31
2026-08-13RISK FACTOR
Cabaletta Bio warns of deepfakes impersonating executives, banks and vendors
sec.gov 10-Q, Item 1A, Risk Factors, filed 2026-08-13