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Interview · 25 September 2026

# Time to invest in AI for the finance function

Original title, in French: “L'heure est aux investissements dans l'IA pour la fonction finance”

**Publication**

L'Agefi (France) · subscribers only

**Author**

[Marie-Amélie Fenoll](https://www.agefi.fr/auteur/marie-amelie-fenoll)

**Published on**

25 September 2026 · read in the page structured data · updated on 25 September 2026

## Summary

According to Xavier Niffle, a partner at KPMG France in charge of innovation and co-author of a study on the subject, 2026 is the year adoption of artificial intelligence in companies' finance function moves to scale.

Summary based on the article's title and standfirst, as the text is not accessible.

[Read the article on L'Agefi →](https://www.agefi.fr/cash-risk/actualites/lheure-est-aux-investissements-dans-lia-pour-la-fonction-finance)

## Classification

**Country**

France

**Company size**

All sizes

**Industries**

Banking, insurance, asset management, finance departments

**Companies**

KPMG France (study author)

**Keywords**

finance function, artificial intelligence, scaling up, KPMG, investment

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to L'Agefi and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.