# Bank of Montreal (BMO Financial Group) vs peers: AI and technology compared

Source: https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-group/vs-peers
Last updated: Oct 20, 2026

*Part of the [Bank of Montreal (BMO Financial Group) AI strategy profile](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-group). Peer group: Royal Bank of Canada, The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank Group), The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), CIBC Bank USA, Huntington Bancshares, Fifth Third Bancorp, U.S. Bancorp, PNC Financial Services.*

## How does Bank of Montreal (BMO Financial Group) compare with its peers on AI and technology?

BMO Financial Group scores 73.2 on this site's AI-index formula applied to all 140 profiles (#38), seventh of nine in its peer group. Fifth Third (81.3), Huntington (80.7) and RBC (80.2) are close together at the top, ahead of U.S. Bancorp (77.4), Scotiabank (75.5) and TD (75.3). The score measures what is on the record, not capability: BMO leads the group on its own primary disclosures and disclosed numbers but has the least independent coverage. Three things separate it from named peers. First, adoption: BMO reports AI use above 96% of employees (April 2026), 95% of teams using AI daily (August 2026) and more than 90% of its 53,000 staff on Microsoft Copilot (February 2026); RBC cites more than 72,000 employees on RBC Assist or Aiden and TD more than 40,000 on Copilot. Second, a dated money target: about C$1 billion a year of pre-provision, pre-tax income from AI by 2030 (September 2026), against RBC's C$700 million to C$1 billion of enterprise value by 2027 and TD's C$1 billion a year in the medium term, of which TD had delivered C$195 million in fiscal 2026 to July. Third, credit: Aura, a generative agent that drafts commercial credit assessments, is the first step toward roughly 50% less underwriting time by fiscal 2028. Where BMO trails: Evident's 2026 AI Index puts it in the top 20 (20th, per The Globe and Mail) and second of 50 for reported use-case outcomes, behind RBC (third overall) and TD (10th); and it reports 2,000-plus developers using AI against more than 7,000 engineers at TD and 5,500 at Scotiabank. ([BMO Financial Group](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-24-BMO-Launches-Return-on-Intelligence-Podcast-AI,-Quantum,-and-the-New-Rules-of-Decision-Making), [BMO Financial Group (BMO AI Hub)](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028), [The Globe and Mail (Canadian Press)](https://theglobeandmail.com/business/article-artificial-intelligence-literacy-tech-finance-employers), [Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Financial Post)](https://financialpost.com/press-releases/pr-newswire/rbc-maintains-top-three-leadership-position-globally-for-ai-maturity-in-financial-services), [Motley Fool (The Globe and Mail)](https://theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/TD/pressreleases/2205931/td-td-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript), [MarketBeat via Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-sees-loan-demand-surge-020206941.html), [PYMNTS](https://pymnts.com/earnings/2025/rbc-expects-to-gain-over-700-million-of-enterprise-value-from-ai), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/earnings/2026/td-bank-unlocks-141-million-dollars-ai-value-months-ahead-schedule/), [BMO (CNW via FT Markets)](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202610060700CANADANWCANADAPR_C6630-1), [The Globe and Mail](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-banking-ai-rbc-td-cibc-bmo-scotiabank-bottom-lines-report/), [Financial Post](https://financialpost.com/technology/td-ai-top-10-global-bank-index), [BMO Financial Group (investor relations)](https://www.bmo.com/ir/files/pdfs/BMOInvestorDayPresentation.pdf), [Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scotiabank-accelerates-enterprise-adoption-ai-120000272.html))

## Where does BMO Financial Group lead its peers on AI?

- **The highest disclosed staff adoption among Canadian peers.** BMO reports AI adoption above 96% of employees (April 2026) and 95% of teams using AI daily (August 2026), with about 10 million prompts since launch. RBC cites more than 72,000 employees on RBC Assist or Aiden (October 2026), TD more than 40,000 on Copilot (May 2026) and Scotiabank more than 71,000 with access to Scotia Intelligence (June 2026); none gives a share of the whole workforce as high. ([BMO Financial Group](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-24-BMO-Launches-Return-on-Intelligence-Podcast-AI,-Quantum,-and-the-New-Rules-of-Decision-Making), [BMO Financial Group (BMO AI Hub)](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028), [BMO Financial Group (investor relations)](https://www.bmo.com/ir/files/pdfs/BMOInvestorDayPresentation.pdf), [Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Financial Post)](https://financialpost.com/press-releases/pr-newswire/rbc-maintains-top-three-leadership-position-globally-for-ai-maturity-in-financial-services), [Motley Fool (The Globe and Mail)](https://theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/TD/pressreleases/2205931/td-td-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript), [Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scotiabank-accelerates-enterprise-adoption-ai-120000272.html))
- **Reported outcomes ranked second of 50 by Evident.** Evident's 2026 AI Index ranks BMO second of 50 banks for reported AI use-case outcomes and second for responsible AI, and BMO's Investor Day credits about $85 million of annualised fiscal 2025 revenue to personalised offers in Canadian personal and business banking. TD reports measurable impact for 20% to 25% of its use cases in the same index. ([BMO (CNW via FT Markets)](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202610060700CANADANWCANADAPR_C6630-1), [BMO Financial Group (investor relations)](https://www.bmo.com/ir/files/pdfs/BMOInvestorDayPresentation.pdf), [Financial Post](https://financialpost.com/technology/td-ai-top-10-global-bank-index))
- **A credit agent with a dated underwriting target.** Aura drafts commercial credit-assessment commentary as the first step toward roughly 50% less underwriting time and 70% of commercial processes powered by AI by fiscal 2028, with underwriters accountable for decisions. TD's agentic mortgage model cut pre-adjudication from an average of 15 hours to under three minutes (May 2026), a retail rather than commercial use. ([BMO Financial Group (BMO AI Hub)](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028), [TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2026-05-21-td-launches-agentic-ai-to-transform-real-estate-secured-lend))
- **AI framed against layoffs.** BMO's chief AI and quantum officer called AI-attributed layoffs 'lazy' in June 2026, and the bank says it aims to grow while keeping headcount roughly level. TD's restructuring programme includes a workforce reduction of about 3% (January 2026); Scotiabank's full-time staff fell to 81,734 from 87,317, a fall it did not attribute to AI and that includes sold operations. ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/its-lazy-bmos-milchanowski-on-ai-related-layoffs), [TD Bank Group (SEC filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/947263/000094726326000019/ex991.htm), [Scotiabank (The Bank of Nova Scotia)](https://scotiabank.com/content/dam/scotiabank/corporate/quarterly-reports/2026/q3/Q326_Shareholders_Report-EN.pdf))

## Where does BMO Financial Group trail its peers on AI?

- **Behind RBC and TD on the Evident ranking.** Evident's 2026 index puts BMO 20th of 50, per The Globe and Mail, while RBC is third for a fifth year and first in Canada, and TD returned to 10th from 13th. On this site's index BMO has the fewest independent sources in its nine-bank group, which is why it sits seventh despite leading on its own disclosures. ([The Globe and Mail](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-banking-ai-rbc-td-cibc-bmo-scotiabank-bottom-lines-report/), [Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Financial Post)](https://financialpost.com/press-releases/pr-newswire/rbc-maintains-top-three-leadership-position-globally-for-ai-maturity-in-financial-services), [Financial Post](https://financialpost.com/technology/td-ai-top-10-global-bank-index))
- **Fewer developers on AI tools than TD or Scotiabank.** BMO's Investor Day reports 2,000-plus software developers using AI against a 20% to 30% productivity target. TD reports more than 7,000 engineers using AI for development (May 2026), Scotiabank 5,500 engineers using AI for coding (June 2026), CIBC 4,000-plus developers with 20% productivity benefits, and RBC says AI has contributed to more than 24 million lines of code. ([BMO Financial Group (investor relations)](https://www.bmo.com/ir/files/pdfs/BMOInvestorDayPresentation.pdf), [Motley Fool (The Globe and Mail)](https://theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/TD/pressreleases/2205931/td-td-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript), [Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scotiabank-accelerates-enterprise-adoption-ai-120000272.html), [CIBC](https://www.cibc.com/content/dam/cibc-public-assets/about-cibc/investor-relations/pdfs/quarterly-results/2026/q326strategyinvestorpresentation-en.pdf), [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RY.TO/earnings/RY.TO-Q2-2026-earnings_call-571801.html))
- **A 2030 target where TD reports delivered value.** BMO's AI money figure is a target: about C$1 billion a year of pre-provision, pre-tax income by 2030. TD reports value already delivered, about C$170 million from 75 use cases in fiscal 2025 and C$195 million in fiscal 2026 to July against a C$200 million target, and CIBC reports 3 million hours saved by AI in fiscal 2026 to May. ([MarketBeat via Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-sees-loan-demand-surge-020206941.html), [TD Bank Group](https://td.com/content/dam/tdcom/canada/about-td/pdf/quarterly-results/2025/q4/2025-q4-td-transcript.pdf), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/earnings/2026/td-bank-unlocks-141-million-dollars-ai-value-months-ahead-schedule/), [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/cibc-cm-q2-2026-earnings-184517426.html))

## Where does BMO Financial Group rank against its peers on AI disclosure?

Scores from reference score: the AI-index formula applied to all 140 profiles (0–100; 45% of the weight on independent coverage). The index measures what each bank has put on the public record and what outside outlets have reported about its AI, not capability or spending; every count is of entries on that bank's profile, each of which cites its sources.

| Bank | Score | Rank | Independent sources | Own disclosures | Use cases in production | Moves, last 12 months | Named AI platform |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Fifth Third Bancorp](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third) | 81.3 | #16 of 140 | [27](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third#sources) | [17](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third#sources) | [10 of 13](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third#where) | [25](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third#timeline) | Jeanie and the Newline MCP server ([Fifth Third](https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/media-center/press-releases/2026/press-release-2026-08-12.html), [Fifth Third via FT Markets](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=600-202606170800BIZWIRE_USPRX____20260617_BW555789-1), [Fifth Third (Business Wire via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/fifth-third-newline-extends-mcp-120000221.html)) |
| [Huntington Bancshares](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington) | 80.7 | #18 of 140 | [19](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington#sources) | [17](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington#sources) | [15 of 17](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington#where) | [29](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington#timeline) | Agentic process transformation, run from finance ([Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/24/huntington-bancshares-cfo-ai-strategist/), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/huntington-banks-plan-to-obtain-a-return-on-generative-ai), [The Wall Street Journal (Deloitte CFO Journal)](https://deloitte.wsj.com/cfo/banking-on-ai-huntingtons-cfo-on-innovation-and-risk-oversight-80b35afb)) |
| [Royal Bank of Canada](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/rbc) | 80.2 | #20 of 140 | [19](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/rbc#sources) | [22](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/rbc#sources) | [11 of 15](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/rbc#where) | [26](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/rbc#timeline) | Lumina, ATOM and RBC Assist ([Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rbcs-proprietary-ai-foundation-model-140100158.html), [Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rbc-ranks-1-canada-3-110100192.html), [Royal Bank of Canada](https://rbc.com/newsroom/article.html?article=126074), [Royal Bank of Canada (SEC filing)](https://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000275/000119312525305934/d73208dex991.pdf), [NVIDIA](https://nvidia.com/en-us/case-studies/rbc-capital-markets)) |
| [U.S. Bancorp](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp) | 77.4 | #26 of 140 | [17](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp#sources) | [21](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp#sources) | [16 of 18](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp#where) | [26](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp#timeline) | In-house tools from the AI Center of Excellence ([U.S. Bank](https://www.usbank.com/about-us-bank/news-and-stories/article-library/us-bank-launches-design-assistant-an-ai-solution-to-empower-designers-at-scale.html), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/u-s-bank-gives-embedded-banking-clients-a-gen-ai-assistant), [U.S. Bank](https://www.usbank.com/about-us-bank/news-and-stories/article-library/ai-powered-statement-analyzer-simplifies-payment-services-for-small-businesses.html), [U.S. Bank](https://www.usbank.com/about-us-bank/news-and-stories/article-library/us-bank-launches-ai-driven-cash-forecasting-tool.html)) |
| [The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/scotiabank) | 75.5 | #33 of 140 | [13](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/scotiabank#sources) | [23](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/scotiabank#sources) | [12 of 17](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/scotiabank#where) | [23](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/scotiabank#timeline) | Scotia Intelligence and Scotia Navigator ([Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scotiabank-launches-scotia-intelligence-empowering-145000695.html), [Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scotiabank-accelerates-enterprise-adoption-ai-120000272.html), [Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/scotiabank-equips-employees-ai-powered-120000781.html), [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BNS/earnings/BNS-Q2-2026-earnings_call-566349.html), [PYMNTS](https://pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/scotiabank-equips-global-staff-with-new-scotia-intelligence-ai)) |
| [The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank Group)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-group) | 75.3 | #34 of 140 | [23](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-group#sources) | [17](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-group#sources) | [8 of 15](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-group#where) | [18](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-group#timeline) | Layer 6, TD AI Prism and the agentic RESL model ([TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2025-06-11-td-announces-launch-of-groundbreaking-predictive-foundation), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/td-banks-maksims-volkovs-is-4-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking), [TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2026-05-21-td-launches-agentic-ai-to-transform-real-estate-secured-lend), [Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/td-td-q3-2026-earnings-132153119.html), [Motley Fool (The Globe and Mail)](https://theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/TD/pressreleases/2205931/td-td-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript)) |
| [Bank of Montreal (BMO Financial Group) (this page)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-group) | 73.2 | #38 of 140 | [10](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-group#sources) | [28](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-group#sources) | [12 of 17](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-group#where) | [28](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-group#timeline) | BMO Institute for Applied AI & Quantum, Lumi and Aura ([BMO Financial Group](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-09-BMO-Establishes-Institute-for-Applied-Artificial-Intelligence-Quantum), [BMO Financial Group](https://www.bmo.com/en-ca/main/about-bmo/news-insights/blog/meet-lumi-assistant-bmos-award-winning-ai-tool-empowering-team-bmo/), [BMO Financial Group (BMO AI Hub)](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028), [Motley Fool via Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-bmo-q3-2026-earnings-174320317.html), [The Globe and Mail (Canadian Press)](https://theglobeandmail.com/business/article-artificial-intelligence-literacy-tech-finance-employers), [Bank of Montreal (SEC filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927971/000119312525307982/d938207dex992.htm)) |
| [CIBC Bank USA](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/cibc-us) | 71.7 | #45 of 140 | [12](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/cibc-us#sources) | [23](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/cibc-us#sources) | [14 of 17](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/cibc-us#where) | [22](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/cibc-us#timeline) | CAI, the CIBC AI platform, plus Smart Library and the Agents Marketplace ([CIBC](https://cibc.com/en/about-cibc/future-banking/ai/leadership/scaling-ai-cai-platform.html), [CIBC](https://www.cibc.com/en/about-cibc/future-banking/ai/leadership/enterprise-generative-ai.html), [CNW via FT Markets](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=600-202607280853CANADANWCANADAPR_C7795-1), [CIBC](https://cibc.com/content/dam/cibc-public-assets/about-cibc/investor-relations/pdfs/annual_meetings/2026/hkc-agm-2026-en.pdf), [CIBC](https://cibc.com/en/about-cibc/future-banking/ai/leadership/agentic-ai-humans-in-control.html), [CIBC](https://www.cibc.com/content/dam/cibc-public-assets/about-cibc/investor-relations/pdfs/quarterly-results/2026/q326report-en.pdf), [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/cibc-cm-q2-2026-earnings-184517426.html)) |
| [PNC Financial Services](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc) | 63.6 | #56 of 140 | [17](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc#sources) | [15](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc#sources) | [8 of 14](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc#where) | [24](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc#timeline) | PNC AI factory ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/why-pnc-is-building-its-own-ai-factory), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/pncs-solution-to-rising-ai-costs-build-its-own-ai), [PNC via FT Markets](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=600-202607070807PR_NEWS_USPRX____NE98867-1), [Investing.com](https://uk.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/pnc-at-barclays-conference-growth-ai-and-branch-push-93CH-4868299)) |

## On which parts of the AI record is BMO Financial Group ahead of or behind its peers?

Each row is one input of the index, counted on the profiles of BMO Financial Group and the 8 peers that are scored on the same basis. "Place" is BMO Financial Group's position in the group of 9 (1st = most).

| Component (weight) | BMO Financial Group | Peer median | Most in the group | Place |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Independent sources (45%) | 10 | 18 | [Fifth Third (27)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third) | 9th of 9 |
| Use cases in production (10%) | 12 | 11.5 | [U.S. Bank (16)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp) | 4th of 9 |
| Own primary disclosures (10%) | 28 | 19 | [BMO Financial Group (28)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-group) | 1st of 9 |
| Dated moves, last 12 months (10%) | 28 | 24.5 | [Huntington (29)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington) | 2nd of 9 |
| Disclosed numbers (5%) | 21 | 16.5 | [Scotiabank (22)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/scotiabank) | 2nd of 9 |
| Named AI leaders (5%) | 16 | 13.5 | [TD Bank Group (19)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-group) | 2nd of 9 |
| Use cases described (5%) | 17 | 16 | [U.S. Bank (18)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp) | 2nd of 9 |

## What has each bank in BMO Financial Group's peer group disclosed about its AI?

Facts from each bank's profile, cited to the profile's own sources. "Not disclosed" means the bank's public record, as cited on its profile, does not state it.

| Bank | Platform or assistant, as the profile names it | AI leaders named | Headline AI number disclosed | Patents on the record | Open AI roles |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bank of Montreal (BMO Financial Group)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-group) | BMO Institute for Applied AI & Quantum, Lumi and Aura ([BMO Financial Group](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-09-BMO-Establishes-Institute-for-Applied-Artificial-Intelligence-Quantum), [BMO Financial Group](https://www.bmo.com/en-ca/main/about-bmo/news-insights/blog/meet-lumi-assistant-bmos-award-winning-ai-tool-empowering-team-bmo/), [BMO Financial Group (BMO AI Hub)](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028), [Motley Fool via Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-bmo-q3-2026-earnings-174320317.html), [The Globe and Mail (Canadian Press)](https://theglobeandmail.com/business/article-artificial-intelligence-literacy-tech-finance-employers), [Bank of Montreal (SEC filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927971/000119312525307982/d938207dex992.htm)) | [16, incl. Kristin Milchanowski (Chief AI & Quantum Officer)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-group#people) ([BMO Financial Group](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-09-BMO-Establishes-Institute-for-Applied-Artificial-Intelligence-Quantum), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/bmos-kristin-milchanowski-is-39-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking), [BMO Financial Group](https://www.bmo.com/en-us/main/about-bmo/our-impact/clients/technology-innovation/return-on-intelligence/)) | Employee AI adoption: Above 96% (Apr 24, 2026) ([BMO Financial Group](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-24-BMO-Launches-Return-on-Intelligence-Podcast-AI,-Quantum,-and-the-New-Rules-of-Decision-Making)) | 6 patents listed on the profile, e.g. US 2026/0119566 A1 (Machine-learning database search and knowledge mining over query logs) ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20260119566A1/en)) | Not surveyed |
| [Royal Bank of Canada](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/rbc) | Lumina, ATOM and RBC Assist ([Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rbcs-proprietary-ai-foundation-model-140100158.html), [Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rbc-ranks-1-canada-3-110100192.html), [Royal Bank of Canada](https://rbc.com/newsroom/article.html?article=126074), [Royal Bank of Canada (SEC filing)](https://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000275/000119312525305934/d73208dex991.pdf), [NVIDIA](https://nvidia.com/en-us/case-studies/rbc-capital-markets)) | [12, incl. Dave McKay (President and CEO)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/rbc#people) ([Royal Bank of Canada](https://rbc.com/newsroom/article.html?article=126074), [Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rbc-ranks-1-canada-3-110100192.html), [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RY.TO/earnings/RY.TO-Q3-2026-earnings_call-609036.html)) | AI enterprise-value target by 2027 (net of investments): C$700 million to C$1 billion (Dec 3, 2025) ([PYMNTS](https://pymnts.com/earnings/2025/rbc-expects-to-gain-over-700-million-of-enterprise-value-from-ai), [Royal Bank of Canada](https://www.rbc.com/investor-relations/_assets-custom/pdf/2025q4strategicupdate.pdf)) | 5 patents listed on the profile, e.g. US 12,367,375 B2 (Structure learning for graph neural networks) ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US12367375B2/en)) | Not surveyed |
| [The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank Group)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-group) | Layer 6, TD AI Prism and the agentic RESL model ([TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2025-06-11-td-announces-launch-of-groundbreaking-predictive-foundation), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/td-banks-maksims-volkovs-is-4-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking), [TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2026-05-21-td-launches-agentic-ai-to-transform-real-estate-secured-lend), [Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/td-td-q3-2026-earnings-132153119.html), [Motley Fool (The Globe and Mail)](https://theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/TD/pressreleases/2205931/td-td-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript)) | [19, incl. Raymond Chun (Group President and CEO, TD Bank Group)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-group#people) ([Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/td-td-q3-2026-earnings-132153119.html), [TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2026-09-03-td-bank-group-announces-senior-leadership-appointments-to-fu), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/earnings/2026/td-bank-unlocks-141-million-dollars-ai-value-months-ahead-schedule/)) | Medium-term AI value target: C$1 billion a year (C$500 million revenue uplift, C$500 million cost savings) (Aug 27, 2026) ([PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/earnings/2026/td-bank-unlocks-141-million-dollars-ai-value-months-ahead-schedule/), [The Financial Brand](https://thefinancialbrand.com/news/banking-technology/td-bank-ai-genai-agentic-195829)) | 10 patents listed on the profile, e.g. US 2025/0119396 A1 (Charge card knowledge chatbot using a large language model) ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20250119396A1/en)) | Not surveyed |
| [The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/scotiabank) | Scotia Intelligence and Scotia Navigator ([Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scotiabank-launches-scotia-intelligence-empowering-145000695.html), [Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scotiabank-accelerates-enterprise-adoption-ai-120000272.html), [Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/scotiabank-equips-employees-ai-powered-120000781.html), [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BNS/earnings/BNS-Q2-2026-earnings_call-566349.html), [PYMNTS](https://pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/scotiabank-equips-global-staff-with-new-scotia-intelligence-ai)) | [14, incl. Scott Thomson (President and Chief Executive Officer)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/scotiabank#people) ([Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BNS/earnings/BNS-Q2-2026-earnings_call-566349.html), [Motley Fool via Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/scotiabank-bns-q3-2026-earnings-131521404.html)) | Employees with access to Scotia Intelligence AI tools: More than 71,000 (Jun 10, 2026) ([Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scotiabank-accelerates-enterprise-adoption-ai-120000272.html)) | 1 patent listed on the profile, e.g. US 12,242,799 B2 (Automated review of documents such as trade confirmations using word embeddings and named-entity recognition) ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US12242799B2/en)) | Not surveyed |
| [CIBC Bank USA](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/cibc-us) | CAI, the CIBC AI platform, plus Smart Library and the Agents Marketplace ([CIBC](https://cibc.com/en/about-cibc/future-banking/ai/leadership/scaling-ai-cai-platform.html), [CIBC](https://www.cibc.com/en/about-cibc/future-banking/ai/leadership/enterprise-generative-ai.html), [CNW via FT Markets](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=600-202607280853CANADANWCANADAPR_C7795-1), [CIBC](https://cibc.com/content/dam/cibc-public-assets/about-cibc/investor-relations/pdfs/annual_meetings/2026/hkc-agm-2026-en.pdf), [CIBC](https://cibc.com/en/about-cibc/future-banking/ai/leadership/agentic-ai-humans-in-control.html), [CIBC](https://www.cibc.com/content/dam/cibc-public-assets/about-cibc/investor-relations/pdfs/quarterly-results/2026/q326report-en.pdf), [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/cibc-cm-q2-2026-earnings-184517426.html)) | [12, incl. Kevin Li (President and CEO, CIBC Bank USA)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/cibc-us#people) ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/canadian-bank-cibc-promotes-kevin-li-to-lead-u-s-unit), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/u-s-units-strong-results-push-cibcs-profits-higher)) | Hours saved by AI tools, Q1 fiscal 2026: 1.2 million (Apr 16, 2026) ([CIBC](https://cibc.com/content/dam/cibc-public-assets/about-cibc/investor-relations/pdfs/annual_meetings/2026/hkc-agm-2026-en.pdf)) | 2 patents listed on the profile, e.g. US 2026/0236540 A1 (Generating a digital document: classification model, vector database and language generation model) ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20260236540A1/en)) | Not surveyed |
| [Huntington Bancshares](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington) | Agentic process transformation, run from finance ([Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/24/huntington-bancshares-cfo-ai-strategist/), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/huntington-banks-plan-to-obtain-a-return-on-generative-ai), [The Wall Street Journal (Deloitte CFO Journal)](https://deloitte.wsj.com/cfo/banking-on-ai-huntingtons-cfo-on-innovation-and-risk-oversight-80b35afb)) | [14, incl. Zach Wasserman (Chief Financial Officer)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington#people) ([Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/24/huntington-bancshares-cfo-ai-strategist/), [The Wall Street Journal (Deloitte CFO Journal)](https://deloitte.wsj.com/cfo/banking-on-ai-huntingtons-cfo-on-innovation-and-risk-oversight-80b35afb), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/podcast/its-a-tremendous-priority-huntington-cfo-wasserman-on-ai)) | AI agents in production / in development: 50 / 60+, ≈ 15 new a month (Apr 24, 2026) ([Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/24/huntington-bancshares-cfo-ai-strategist/)) | 6 patents listed on the profile, e.g. US 11,194,637 B2 (Extensible alerts platform) ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US11194637B2/en)) | [9 open AI roles (Oct 1, 2026); most in AI engineering](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington#roles) |
| [Fifth Third Bancorp](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third) | Jeanie and the Newline MCP server ([Fifth Third](https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/media-center/press-releases/2026/press-release-2026-08-12.html), [Fifth Third via FT Markets](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=600-202606170800BIZWIRE_USPRX____20260617_BW555789-1), [Fifth Third (Business Wire via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/fifth-third-newline-extends-mcp-120000221.html)) | [14, incl. Tim Spence (Chairman, CEO and President)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third#people) ([Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-11/fifth-third-sees-pretty-remarkable-outcome-of-ai-to-lower-cost), [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/12/09/fifth-third-bancorp-ceo-tim-spence-on-new-partnership-with-brex.html)) | Mobile app releases: 500+ in 2025, from ≈ 2 a year in 2021 (Jun 9, 2026) ([Fifth Third](https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/media-center/press-releases/2026/press-release-2026-06-09.html)) | 3 patents listed on the profile, e.g. US 11,868,865 B1 (Systems and methods for cash structuring activity monitoring) ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US11868865B1/en)) | [6 open AI roles (Oct 1, 2026); most in AI engineering](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third#roles) |
| [U.S. Bancorp](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp) | In-house tools from the AI Center of Excellence ([U.S. Bank](https://www.usbank.com/about-us-bank/news-and-stories/article-library/us-bank-launches-design-assistant-an-ai-solution-to-empower-designers-at-scale.html), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/u-s-bank-gives-embedded-banking-clients-a-gen-ai-assistant), [U.S. Bank](https://www.usbank.com/about-us-bank/news-and-stories/article-library/ai-powered-statement-analyzer-simplifies-payment-services-for-small-businesses.html), [U.S. Bank](https://www.usbank.com/about-us-bank/news-and-stories/article-library/us-bank-launches-ai-driven-cash-forecasting-tool.html)) | [13, incl. Prashant Mehrotra (EVP and Chief AI Officer)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp#people) ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/benchmarking-ai-adoption-what-u-s-banks-playbook-tells-us), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/beyond-token-maxing-how-u-s-bank-ai-chief-navigates-costs), [The Wall Street Journal (Deloitte CMO Journal)](https://deloitte.wsj.com/cmo/u-s-bank-chief-ai-officer-on-transformation-if-not-now-when-d6ab3469)) | Operations employees under the new COO: 16,000+ (Mar 26, 2026) ([Business Wire via FT Markets](https://markets-data-api-proxy.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202603261645BIZWIRE_USPRX____20260326_BW200557-1)) | 7 patents listed on the profile, e.g. US 2024/0144204 A1 (Check fraud detection comparing incoming check image and signature with a reference) ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20240144204A1/en)) | [12+ open AI roles (Oct 1, 2026); most in AI product & strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp#roles) |
| [PNC Financial Services](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc) | PNC AI factory ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/why-pnc-is-building-its-own-ai-factory), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/pncs-solution-to-rising-ai-costs-build-its-own-ai), [PNC via FT Markets](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=600-202607070807PR_NEWS_USPRX____NE98867-1), [Investing.com](https://uk.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/pnc-at-barclays-conference-growth-ai-and-branch-push-93CH-4868299)) | [10, incl. Bill Demchak (Chairman and CEO)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc#people) ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/why-pnc-is-building-its-own-ai-factory), [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-26/how-pnc-became-one-of-the-world-s-biggest-banks)) | AI share of the year-over-year increase in technology spending: ≈ 20% (Jan 16, 2026) ([MarketBeat (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pnc-financial-services-group-q4-163523838.html)) | 4 patents listed on the profile, e.g. US 2025/0094839 A1 (Applying rules via artificial intelligence for document processing) ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20250094839A1/en)) | [12+ open AI roles (Oct 1, 2026); most in ML & data science](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc#roles) |

## What are the latest dated moves on the AI record of BMO Financial Group and its peers?

The two newest dated entries of each bank since Oct 16, 2025, from the timelines of the profiles (which also log filings, results and deals that bear on the AI record), newest first.

| Date | Bank | Move |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 13, 2026 | [TD Bank Group](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-group) | Agentic AI extended to mortgage funding and discharge ([TD Bank Group (Canada Newswire via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/td-expands-agentic-ai-across-093000362.html), [Investing.com](https://investing.com/news/transcripts/td-bank-at-scotiabank-summit-profit-gains-ai-push-lift-outlook-93CH-4894177)) |
| Oct 12, 2026 | [Fifth Third](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third) | AI chief Jay Budzik describes the lending-model upgrade ([Northwestern McCormick School of Engineering](https://mccormick.northwestern.edu/computer-science/news-events/news/articles/2026/alum-spotlight-jay-budzik.html)) |
| Oct 8, 2026 | [RBC](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/rbc) | OSFI semi-annual risk outlook centres on frontier AI ([Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions](https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/about-osfi/reports-publications/annual-risk-outlook-semi-annual-update-fiscal-year-2026-2027)) |
| Oct 7, 2026 | [U.S. Bank](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp) | Venkatachari: from proving AI to industrializing it ([Forbes (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-bank-industrializing-ai-132012524.html)) |
| Oct 6, 2026 | [Scotiabank](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/scotiabank) | Evident AI Index 2026: 30th of 50 ([Financial Post](https://financialpost.com/technology/td-ai-top-10-global-bank-index)) |
| Oct 6, 2026 | [TD Bank Group](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-group) | Evident AI Banking Index 2026: TD returns to 10th ([Financial Post](https://financialpost.com/technology/td-ai-top-10-global-bank-index)) |
| Oct 6, 2026 | [RBC](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/rbc) | Evident AI Index 2026: third of 50, fifth year in a row ([Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Financial Post)](https://financialpost.com/press-releases/pr-newswire/rbc-maintains-top-three-leadership-position-globally-for-ai-maturity-in-financial-services), [American Banker](https://americanbanker.com/news/jpmorganchase-still-tops-ai-ranking-as-big-bank-lead-widens)) |
| Oct 6, 2026 | [BMO Financial Group](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-group) | Evident AI Index 2026: top 20 overall, #2 for reported outcomes ([BMO (CNW via FT Markets)](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202610060700CANADANWCANADAPR_C6630-1), [The Globe and Mail](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-banking-ai-rbc-td-cibc-bmo-scotiabank-bottom-lines-report/)) |
| Oct 1, 2026 | [Fifth Third](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third) | CMO: generative AI kept away from customers on purpose ([The Financial Brand](https://thefinancialbrand.com/banking-podcasts/fifth-third-succeeds-through-empowered-employees)) |
| Oct 1, 2026 | [CIBC](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/cibc-us) | First named US technology, data and AI chief ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/list/2026-the-most-powerful-women-in-banking)) |
| Sep 29, 2026 | [U.S. Bank](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp) | CFO Insights Report: AI spending running over budget ([U.S. Bank (Business Wire)](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260929120677/en/U.S.-Bank-CFO-Survey-Optimism-Climbing-as-Growth-and-Dealmaking-Gain-Momentum)) |
| Sep 29, 2026 | [Huntington](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington) | Named a Coverbase enterprise customer ([Coverbase (GlobeNewswire)](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/29/3370991/0/en/coverbase-adds-third-party-risk-veterans-as-enterprise-adoption-accelerates.html)) |
| Sep 25, 2026 | [PNC](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc) | Head of ATM Banking hired with an AI mandate ([Columbus Business First (bizjournals.com)](https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/potmsearch/detail/submission/6578669/Mark_Williamson)) |
| Sep 25, 2026 | [Huntington](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington) | Vakharia on AI in bank marketing ([Banking Dive](https://bankingdive.com/news/huntington-bank-marketing-digital-brand-customer-experience-vakharia/831361)) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | [BMO Financial Group](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-group) | C$1 billion a year from AI by 2030 ([MarketBeat via Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-sees-loan-demand-surge-020206941.html)) |
| Sep 15, 2026 | [CIBC](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/cibc-us) | Barclays conference: advisers from four to five meetings a day ([Investing.com](https://uk.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/cibc-at-barclays-conference-higher-returns-steady-growth-93CH-4870088)) |
| Sep 14, 2026 | [PNC](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc) | Barclays conference: agents at the centre of development, 5–10x ([Investing.com](https://uk.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/pnc-at-barclays-conference-growth-ai-and-branch-push-93CH-4868299)) |
| Sep 14, 2026 | [Scotiabank](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/scotiabank) | Barclays conference: Ask AI at 18,000 staff, mortgage verification 70% faster ([Investing.com](https://investing.com/news/transcripts/scotiabank-at-barclays-conference-strategy-lifts-margins-and-growth-93CH-4900067)) |

## How do BMO's AI value targets compare with RBC's, TD's and the US regionals'?

Each bank's own target or reported figure, as recorded on its profile. Definitions differ (pre-tax income, enterprise value, revenue plus cost, operating leverage), so compare dates and bases, not only amounts.

| Bank | Target | Delivered or reported so far | As of |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BMO Financial Group | About C$1 billion a year of pre-provision, pre-tax income from AI by 2030 | About $85 million of annualised fiscal 2025 revenue from personalised offers; about 50% expected run-rate cost cut in transaction resolution | March-September 2026 ([MarketBeat via Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-sees-loan-demand-surge-020206941.html), [BMO Financial Group (investor relations)](https://www.bmo.com/ir/files/pdfs/BMOInvestorDayPresentation.pdf)) |
| RBC | C$700 million to C$1 billion of AI enterprise value by 2027, net of investments | About C$300 million of extra credit from a newcomer credit model | December 2025; October 2026 ([PYMNTS](https://pymnts.com/earnings/2025/rbc-expects-to-gain-over-700-million-of-enterprise-value-from-ai), [Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Financial Post)](https://financialpost.com/press-releases/pr-newswire/rbc-maintains-top-three-leadership-position-globally-for-ai-maturity-in-financial-services)) |
| TD Bank Group | C$1 billion a year in the medium term (C$500 million revenue, C$500 million cost) | C$195 million in fiscal 2026 to July against a C$200 million full-year target | August 27, 2026 ([PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/earnings/2026/td-bank-unlocks-141-million-dollars-ai-value-months-ahead-schedule/)) |
| CIBC | Not stated as a dollar target | 3 million hours saved by AI in fiscal 2026 to date | May 28, 2026 ([Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/cibc-cm-q2-2026-earnings-184517426.html)) |
| Huntington | 10% to 15% cost reduction and 10% to 15% revenue increase from targeted use cases | 50 AI agents in production, 60-plus in development | September 2025; April 2026 ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/huntington-banks-plan-to-obtain-a-return-on-generative-ai), [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/24/huntington-bancshares-cfo-ai-strategist/)) |
| PNC | About 40 points of operating leverage from AI over 2025 to 2030 | About $1.4 billion of AI-addressable spend across 171 opportunities | January 2026 ([Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/pnc-bank-ceo-demchak-earnings-regional-scale-automation/810116/)) |

## How does BMO's employee AI reach compare with its peers'?

| Bank | Platform or tool | Reach as disclosed | As of |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BMO Financial Group | Microsoft Copilot, Lumi Assistant and in-house tools | Adoption above 96% of employees; more than 90% of 53,000 on Copilot; 95% of teams using AI daily | February-August 2026 ([BMO Financial Group](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-24-BMO-Launches-Return-on-Intelligence-Podcast-AI,-Quantum,-and-the-New-Rules-of-Decision-Making), [The Globe and Mail (Canadian Press)](https://theglobeandmail.com/business/article-artificial-intelligence-literacy-tech-finance-employers), [BMO Financial Group (BMO AI Hub)](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028)) |
| RBC | RBC Assist and Aiden | More than 72,000 employees, plus 10,000 technologists on other AI tools | October 6, 2026 ([Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Financial Post)](https://financialpost.com/press-releases/pr-newswire/rbc-maintains-top-three-leadership-position-globally-for-ai-maturity-in-financial-services)) |
| TD Bank Group | Microsoft Copilot and generative knowledge management | Over 40,000 colleagues on Copilot; over 20,000 client-facing colleagues on knowledge management | May-August 2026 ([Motley Fool (The Globe and Mail)](https://theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/TD/pressreleases/2205931/td-td-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript), [Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/td-td-q3-2026-earnings-132153119.html)) |
| Scotiabank | Scotia Intelligence | More than 71,000 employees with access; 14 million actions since its March 2026 launch | June-July 2026 ([Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scotiabank-accelerates-enterprise-adoption-ai-120000272.html), [Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/scotiabank-equips-employees-ai-powered-120000781.html)) |
| CIBC | CAI, the CIBC AI platform | 50,000-plus employees with access, about 20,000 daily users | July 31, 2026 ([CIBC via CNW (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cibc-introduces-first-enterprise-wide-143900920.html)) |
| Fifth Third | Colleague AI tools | More than 1 million prompts in June 2026 | June 30, 2026 ([Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/fifth-third-fitb-q2-2026-002717146.html)) |
| U.S. Bancorp | Persona-based AI training | 70,000 employees covered | September 2, 2026 ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/benchmarking-ai-adoption-what-u-s-banks-playbook-tells-us)) |

## How do BMO's credit and developer AI results compare with its peers'?

| Bank | Credit or underwriting AI | Developers and code | As of |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BMO Financial Group | Aura drafts commercial credit assessments; target about 50% less underwriting time by fiscal 2028 | 2,000-plus developers using AI, 20% to 30% productivity target | March-August 2026 ([BMO Financial Group (BMO AI Hub)](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028), [BMO Financial Group (investor relations)](https://www.bmo.com/ir/files/pdfs/BMOInvestorDayPresentation.pdf)) |
| TD Bank Group | Agentic mortgage pre-adjudication from an average of 15 hours to under three minutes | Over 7,000 engineers using AI; most active up 29% in throughput | May 2026 ([TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2026-05-21-td-launches-agentic-ai-to-transform-real-estate-secured-lend), [Motley Fool (The Globe and Mail)](https://theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/TD/pressreleases/2205931/td-td-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript)) |
| Scotiabank | Mortgage-underwriting verification almost 70% faster (management statement) | 5,500 engineers using AI for coding | June-September 2026 ([Investing.com](https://investing.com/news/transcripts/scotiabank-at-barclays-conference-strategy-lifts-margins-and-growth-93CH-4900067), [Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scotiabank-accelerates-enterprise-adoption-ai-120000272.html)) |
| RBC | Newcomer credit model: about 40% more limit increases for clients with under two years of Canadian credit history | AI has contributed to more than 24 million lines of code, with over 120,000 code reviews | May-October 2026 ([Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Financial Post)](https://financialpost.com/press-releases/pr-newswire/rbc-maintains-top-three-leadership-position-globally-for-ai-maturity-in-financial-services), [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RY.TO/earnings/RY.TO-Q2-2026-earnings_call-571801.html)) |
| CIBC | Not on the record here | 4,000-plus developers achieving 20% productivity benefits | August 27, 2026 ([CIBC](https://www.cibc.com/content/dam/cibc-public-assets/about-cibc/investor-relations/pdfs/quarterly-results/2026/q326strategyinvestorpresentation-en.pdf)) |
| PNC | Not on the record here | Agent-centred development at 5 to 10 times productivity; about 115 agents built its new mobile app | July-September 2026 ([Investing.com](https://uk.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/pnc-at-barclays-conference-growth-ai-and-branch-push-93CH-4868299), [Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/pnc-new-mobile-banking-app-personalization-agentic-ai/824713/)) |
| Fifth Third | Not on the record here | 45% prompt acceptance for new code; more than 87% of unit testing automated | June 30, 2026 ([Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/fifth-third-fitb-q2-2026-002717146.html)) |

## Which banks are BMO Financial Group's peers, and why these?

Bank of Montreal (BMO Financial Group) is compared here with Royal Bank of Canada, The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank Group), The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), CIBC Bank USA, Huntington Bancshares, Fifth Third Bancorp, U.S. Bancorp and PNC Financial Services: chosen by the editors for this page (see the note below the table). Bank of Montreal (BMO Financial Group) is classed as a universal bank headquartered in Canada.

The computed group mixed BMO with Standard Chartered, Santander, BBVA, BNP Paribas and Commonwealth Bank, so this page compares it with the Canadian banks its annual information form calls its direct competitors (RBC, TD, Scotiabank, and CIBC through its US bank, the only CIBC page here) and with the US super-regionals it meets in the Midwest and Chicago (Huntington, Fifth Third, U.S. Bancorp, PNC).

## Common questions

### Is BMO better than RBC at AI?

The record cannot settle capability. RBC scores 80.2 on this site's index against BMO's 73.2, and Evident's 2026 index puts RBC third of 50 against BMO 20th. BMO reports the higher staff adoption (above 96%) and ranks second for reported use-case outcomes; RBC reports more AI patents (635 AI-related filings since 2019) and a larger research arm. ([Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Financial Post)](https://financialpost.com/press-releases/pr-newswire/rbc-maintains-top-three-leadership-position-globally-for-ai-maturity-in-financial-services), [The Globe and Mail](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-banking-ai-rbc-td-cibc-bmo-scotiabank-bottom-lines-report/), [BMO (CNW via FT Markets)](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202610060700CANADANWCANADAPR_C6630-1), [BMO Financial Group](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-24-BMO-Launches-Return-on-Intelligence-Podcast-AI,-Quantum,-and-the-New-Rules-of-Decision-Making), [Royal Bank of Canada (SEC filing)](https://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000275/000119312525305934/d73208dex991.pdf))

### How does BMO's AI value target compare with RBC's and TD's?

BMO targets about C$1 billion a year of pre-provision, pre-tax income from AI by 2030. RBC targets C$700 million to C$1 billion of enterprise value by 2027, net of investments, and TD C$1 billion a year in the medium term, split evenly between revenue and cost. TD alone reports delivered value: C$195 million in fiscal 2026 to July. ([MarketBeat via Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-sees-loan-demand-surge-020206941.html), [PYMNTS](https://pymnts.com/earnings/2025/rbc-expects-to-gain-over-700-million-of-enterprise-value-from-ai), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/earnings/2026/td-bank-unlocks-141-million-dollars-ai-value-months-ahead-schedule/))

### Which Canadian bank has the highest employee AI adoption?

On the disclosed figures, BMO: adoption above 96% of employees and more than 90% of 53,000 on Microsoft Copilot. Scotiabank reports more than 71,000 employees with access to Scotia Intelligence, RBC more than 72,000 on RBC Assist or Aiden, and TD more than 40,000 on Copilot, each counted differently. ([BMO Financial Group](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-24-BMO-Launches-Return-on-Intelligence-Podcast-AI,-Quantum,-and-the-New-Rules-of-Decision-Making), [The Globe and Mail (Canadian Press)](https://theglobeandmail.com/business/article-artificial-intelligence-literacy-tech-finance-employers), [Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scotiabank-accelerates-enterprise-adoption-ai-120000272.html), [Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Financial Post)](https://financialpost.com/press-releases/pr-newswire/rbc-maintains-top-three-leadership-position-globally-for-ai-maturity-in-financial-services), [Motley Fool (The Globe and Mail)](https://theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/TD/pressreleases/2205931/td-td-q2-2026-earnings-call-transcript))

### Where does BMO rank in the Evident AI Index?

Evident's 2026 index, published October 6, 2026, places BMO in the top 20 of 50 banks (20th, per The Globe and Mail), second for reported AI use-case outcomes and second for responsible AI. RBC is third overall and first in Canada; TD is 10th. ([BMO (CNW via FT Markets)](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202610060700CANADANWCANADAPR_C6630-1), [The Globe and Mail](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-banking-ai-rbc-td-cibc-bmo-scotiabank-bottom-lines-report/), [Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Financial Post)](https://financialpost.com/press-releases/pr-newswire/rbc-maintains-top-three-leadership-position-globally-for-ai-maturity-in-financial-services), [Financial Post](https://financialpost.com/technology/td-ai-top-10-global-bank-index))

### How does BMO's AI compare with US regional banks such as Huntington and Fifth Third?

Huntington reports 50 AI agents in production and 60-plus in development (April 2026); Fifth Third reports more than 1 million colleague prompts in June 2026 and more than 87% of unit testing automated. BMO's comparable figures are adoption above 96%, about 10 million prompts since launch and the Aura credit agent. ([Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/24/huntington-bancshares-cfo-ai-strategist/), [Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/fifth-third-fitb-q2-2026-002717146.html), [BMO Financial Group](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-24-BMO-Launches-Return-on-Intelligence-Podcast-AI,-Quantum,-and-the-New-Rules-of-Decision-Making), [BMO Financial Group (investor relations)](https://www.bmo.com/ir/files/pdfs/BMOInvestorDayPresentation.pdf), [BMO Financial Group (BMO AI Hub)](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028))

### Is BMO cutting jobs because of AI?

BMO says it aims to grow revenue while keeping headcount roughly level, and its chief AI and quantum officer called AI-attributed layoffs 'lazy' in June 2026. TD's restructuring includes a workforce reduction of about 3%; CIBC's CEO expects headcount to grow over five years alongside AI productivity gains. ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/its-lazy-bmos-milchanowski-on-ai-related-layoffs), [TD Bank Group (SEC filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/947263/000094726326000019/ex991.htm), [CIBC](https://www.cibc.com/content/dam/cibc-public-assets/about-cibc/investor-relations/pdfs/quarterly-results/2026/q326report-en.pdf))

### How does BMO use AI against financial crime compared with peers?

BMO's chief risk officer said at its March 2026 Investor Day that AI cut false AML alerts by about 10% and adverse-media searches from about 180 minutes to 20, and FIS names BMO among the first deployers of its Anthropic-built financial-crimes agent. Scotiabank reports a 37% fall in alert volumes in a Tangerine AML pilot. ([Financial Post via Yahoo Finance Canada](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bmo-aims-increase-business-u-200703810.html), [FIS (Business Wire via FT Markets)](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=600-202605041800BIZWIRE_USPRX____20260504_BW126906-1), [Yahoo Finance](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BNS/earnings/BNS-Q1-2026-earnings_call-471442.html))

## Peers on this site

- [Royal Bank of Canada AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/rbc) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/rbc/vs-peers)
- [The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank Group) AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-group) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-group/vs-peers)
- [The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/scotiabank) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/scotiabank/vs-peers)
- [CIBC Bank USA AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/cibc-us) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/cibc-us/vs-peers)
- [Huntington Bancshares AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington/vs-peers)
- [Fifth Third Bancorp AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third/vs-peers)
- [U.S. Bancorp AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp/vs-peers)
- [PNC Financial Services AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc/vs-peers)

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