Your Money in the Age of AI - A Talk for Adults

This free talk is designed to help you recognise when AI is shaping a financial decision about you and support you in understanding your rights. We hope this talk will help you feel more confident and in control, with a free one-page guide to take away. 

Bank branches are closing, banking has moved online onto apps, and AI is now built into the financial products we all use. Algorithms set credit limits and approve loans, chatbots dispense "advice", and AI-enabled scams are harder to spot. This event will help you recognise when AI is shaping a financial decision about you and how to judge it critically. We aim to support you in understanding your rights and knowing how to complain.

The talk will share how AI already shapes financial decisions about you, how to spot scams, and how to get a fair deal. This talk is aimed at older adults, covering topics such as online banking, AI scams (e.g., voice-cloning scams that impersonate relatives), protecting savings and safeguarding pensions.

This session is informal, assumes no prior knowledge, and is led by independent university researchers with no product to sell. This is a space where it is fine to ask the questions you might feel embarrassed to ask elsewhere.

• Dr Will Matcham, Lecturer of Economics at Royal Holloway (University of London)
• Peter Coleman, Citizens Advice Bureau

Adults seeking help with banking technology and managing personal finances.

Older adults intimidated by the move to online banking and concerned about AI scams.

This talk is free, held in-person only. There's no need to book for this event, just turn up.

For specific questions about this event:

• Email: William.Matcham@rhul.ac.uk
• Telephone: +44 1784 911858 

• Thursday 5th November 2026
• 12:30 - 14:30 (90-minute talk, with break)