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testing</category><category>AI governance</category><category>FINOS</category><category>agentic AI</category></item><item><title>From CSV to Real-Time: Curve Provider Architecture for Multi-Source Bond Markets</title><link>https://bondfoundry.esploro.group/blog/curve-provider-architecture/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bondfoundry.esploro.group/blog/curve-provider-architecture/</guid><description>How BondFoundry ingests yield curves from ECB, US Treasury, Bloomberg BVAL, Refinitiv RDP, and CSV — with stale-curve detection that survives the morning.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>yield curves</category><category>market data</category><category>fixed income</category><category>architecture</category><category>Bloomberg</category><category>Refinitiv</category></item><item><title>Why Fixed-Income Desks Need FINOS AI Governance Now</title><link>https://bondfoundry.esploro.group/blog/finos-aigf-fixed-income/</link><guid 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control</category><category>AI governance</category><category>buy-side</category><category>fixed income</category><category>FINOS</category></item><item><title>The Four Pillars of Governed AI in Finance</title><link>https://bondfoundry.esploro.group/blog/four-pillars-governed-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bondfoundry.esploro.group/blog/four-pillars-governed-ai/</guid><description>Policy gate, audit chain, HITL envelopes, and the AIGF coverage gate — the four primitives every agentic-AI system in a regulated workflow needs.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI architecture</category><category>fintech</category><category>FINOS</category><category>AI governance</category><category>agentic AI</category></item><item><title>How to Build an AI Agent Your Auditor Will Actually Approve</title><link>https://bondfoundry.esploro.group/blog/auditor-approved-ai-agent/</link><guid 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