Report: 66% of Banks Remain Stuck at the AI Pilot Stage

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New data indicates roughly two-thirds of banks are still stuck in AI pilots even as nearly 80% plan to innovate with AI in financial-crime compliance by 2026. The pilot-to-production gap is the dominant story in enterprise AI adoption, not model capability. For builders, the takeaway is that deployment, governance, and integration — not raw model quality — are the current bottleneck.