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John Sotoodeh

Managing Partner and Head of Financial Services, Catalyze Labs | Co-Founder, CovenantFlow

Managing Partner and Head of Financial Services at Catalyze Labs, and a co-founder of CovenantFlow. The writing here is about AI inside banking operations — covenant management and credit portfolio monitoring, where agents change how a bank works, and what generative AI realistically offers institutions without a frontier research budget.

4 articles2025

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Financial Services

6 min read

Unlocking Hidden Operational Value in Banking with AI-Native Covenant Management

20–30% of commercial loans see at least one covenant breach, and manual review cycles miss many for months. Embedding domain knowledge into automation turns a cost centre into early risk insight.

John Sotoodeh

Financial Services

8 min read

The Rise of Generative AI in Customer-Facing Banking

Generative AI in banking is projected to grow from $1.29B in 2024 to $21.57B by 2034. For small and mid-sized institutions, low-code tooling closes the technology gap with far smaller pilots.

John Sotoodeh

Financial Services

3 min read

AI in Managing Credit Portfolios

AI is reshaping credit portfolio management: early-warning signals that surface risk before missed payments, and automated outreach when they do.

John Sotoodeh

Agentic Workflows

4 min read

The Transformative Power of AI and AI Agents in Banking: Delivering Speed, Security, and Strategic Advantage

How AI and AI agents change the way banks innovate, compete and deliver value — starting with real-time transaction monitoring and fraud prevention.

John Sotoodeh

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