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Announces Finance Control Console Preview to Provide Centralized, Human-in-the-Loop AI Governance and Unified Observability
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LOS ANGELES, June 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL) today announced new governance and observability capabilities within its Agentic Financial Operations Platform™, further advancing the trust infrastructure finance organizations need to deploy, govern, and scale AI across the Office of the CFO.
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As finance teams transition from deploying a handful of AI agents to managing potentially hundreds of thousands across BlackLine, partner, customer-developed, and third-party applications, the challenge shifts from automation to governance and control. The Finance Control Console™ provides a centralized layer and command center designed for safeguarding and monitoring agentic activities at scale, enforcing policies, managing risk, and maintaining accountability across this increasingly complex ecosystem. To meet the non-negotiable compliance and reporting demands of the Office of the CFO, the Console delivers the deep transparency and auditability that finance teams require.
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The Mandate for AI Integrity
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As AI adoption accelerates, finance leaders face a clear mandate: unlock the productivity of AI without compromising financial integrity. Every AI-driven action affecting the financial record must be traceable, explainable, and compliant with established controls. To safely integrate AI into core operations, CFOs must solve for deep operational context, continuous governance, and auditor trust.
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By providing the governance, accountability, and transparency required to put AI to work safely, BlackLine’s expanded Agentic Financial Operations Platform enables organizations to accelerate AI adoption with confidence while maintaining control over every action and outcome.
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“We believe the next era of finance will be powered by AI, but governed by finance,” said Owen Ryan, Chief Executive Officer of BlackLine. “CFOs cannot and will not delegate their financial accountability to ungoverned, black-box AI models. Organizations that successfully scale AI will be those that combine intelligent automation with uncompromised accountability and control. By establishing this trust infrastructure, BlackLine is delivering the independent control layer that enables finance teams to safely put AI to work, govern every action, and maintain confidence in every outcome.”
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The Foundation for Trusted Agentic Financial Operations
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The BlackLine Agentic Financial Operations Platform™, powered by Studio360 and Verity™ AI, provides the operational foundation required to safely deploy and govern AI across the Office of the CFO. The platform is built on two foundational layers:
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- System-Agnostic Data Layer Connects structured and unstructured financial data, workflows, policies, controls, and operational context across enterprise systems. By combining financial intelligence with business context, the platform provides the foundation AI needs to operate accurately within complex finance environments.
- Financial Operating System – Orchestrates financial workflows, AI agents, and composable services within finance-defined controls, policies, and governance frameworks. This enables organizations to automate increasingly complex financial processes while operating within the deterministic guardrails established by finance leadership.
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Together, these capabilities provide the operational foundation required to safely deploy AI across the Office of the CFO.
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