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Wolters Kluwer Releases CCH Tagetik Global inTouch 2026 Polling Results: Trusted Data Emerges as Top Prerequisite for Finance AI agents as Readiness Gap Persists
NEW YORK, May 21, 2026--Wolters Kluwer today released new polling insights from finance leaders who attended CCH Tagetik’s Global inTouch 2026 conference, finding that 47% of finance professionals see trusted data as the leading prerequisite and challenge to adopting autonomous agents. Governance and controls, security and permissions, and systems integration follow as the next most cited factors.
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