Global AI in Financial Services Report
81% of surveyed financial firms adopt AI at some level; 40% report advanced adoption versus 20% of regulators.
52%industry respondents in active adoption of agentic AI; 23% at Scaling or Transforming
Risk
April 2026
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A A Global AI Pulse Q1 2026
Maturity split: 54% are in early stages (research 11%, experimentation 22%, strategic planning 21%), 39% are scaling or driving adoption, 8% have established ROI.
95% vs 8%organizations with an AI strategy vs organizations reporting established AI ROI
March 2026
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B Response to AI Agents RFI
Five overarching recommendations: scale governance with degrees of autonomy, keep human control and accountability, monitor continuously after deployment, use defense-in-depth and containment, and assess risk at system level rather than model level.