# BMO (U.S.) vs peers: AI and technology compared

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

*Part of the [BMO (U.S.) AI strategy profile](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us). Peer group: U.S. Bancorp, Fifth Third Bancorp, Huntington Bancshares, PNC Financial Services, KeyCorp (KeyBank), Citizens Financial Group, TD Bank (U.S.), First Citizens BancShares.*

## How does BMO (U.S.) compare with its peers on AI and technology?

BMO's US bank scores 85.8 on this site's US AI disclosure index (#10 of 120), second of the nine banks in its Midwest and foreign-owned regional peer group, behind TD's US bank (91.8) and close to Citizens (85.3), Huntington (84.2) and Fifth Third (84); U.S. Bancorp scores 81.3, PNC 68.2 and First Citizens 67.7. Like TD's, much of BMO's AI is built at group level in Toronto and applied in the US, where about 40% of BMO's 2025 earnings came from. Three things separate it from named peers. It leads the group on what it puts on the record: 26 primary disclosures, 33 dated AI moves in the last year and 15 named AI leaders, all first of nine, anchored by a chief AI and quantum officer, Kristin Milchanowski, and an Institute for Applied AI & Quantum founded in April 2026. It reports adoption and outcomes: more than 96% of employees use AI, and Evident's 2026 index ranked BMO second of 50 banks for reported AI use-case outcomes. And it sets targets: Aura, its first credit agent, is meant to make commercial underwriting 50% faster by 2028, and the group sees more than C$1 billion of pre-tax profit from AI by fiscal 2030, against TD's C$1 billion a year medium-term goal. Where it trails is outside coverage, with 16 independent sources against a peer median of 22 (eighth of nine), and consumer AI: its named tools (Lumi, Nova, Lexi, Aura) serve employees. ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/why-bmo-sees-california-expansion-as-key-to-future-growth), [BMO](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-09-BMO-Establishes-Institute-for-Applied-Artificial-Intelligence-Quantum), [BMO](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-24-BMO-Launches-Return-on-Intelligence-Podcast-AI,-Quantum,-and-the-New-Rules-of-Decision-Making), [BMO (CNW via FT Markets)](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202610060700CANADANWCANADAPR_C6630-1), [BMO AI Hub](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028), [MarketBeat (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-sees-loan-demand-surge-020206941.html), [Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/td-investor-day-ceo-chun-salom-cost-cuts-branches/761458/), [BMO](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 (investor relations)](https://www.bmo.com/ir/files/pdfs/BMOInvestorDayPresentation.pdf))

## Where does BMO lead its peers on AI?

- **The most on the record in its group.** BMO's US profile records 26 primary disclosures, 33 dated AI moves in the last 12 months and 15 named AI leaders, first of nine on each against peer medians of 17, 25.5 and 12. TD's US bank, which leads the group overall, has 23, 28 and 13. ([BMO](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-09-BMO-Establishes-Institute-for-Applied-Artificial-Intelligence-Quantum), [BMO AI Hub](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028), [BMO AI Hub](https://ai.bmo.com/research-case-studies), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/list/bmo-financial-names-brent-reston-chief-digital-officer))
- **Adoption above 96% and an outside ranking for outcomes.** BMO reports AI adoption above 96% of employees (April 2026) and about 10 million prompts across the workforce; Evident's 2026 index put it in the top 20 banks globally and second of 50 for reported AI use-case outcomes. Among peers, M&T reports about 16,000 of 22,000 staff on Copilot and Citigroup more than 80% of colleagues using AI tools. ([BMO](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 (CNW via FT Markets)](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202610060700CANADANWCANADAPR_C6630-1), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/how-m-t-bank-ensures-data-quality-as-it-implements-gen-ai), [Citigroup](https://www.citigroup.com/rcs/citigpa/storage/public/Earnings/Q12026/2026psqtr1rslt.pdf))
- **A credit agent with a dated target.** Aura, launched in 2026, drafts commercial credit-assessment commentary from approved internal systems for underwriters to review, the first step toward 50% faster underwriting by 2028. TD's agentic model cut mortgage pre-adjudication from 15 hours to under three minutes; Huntington counts 50 agents in production across the business. ([BMO AI Hub](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/tds-new-ai-agent-shaves-15-hours-off-mortgage-decisions), [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/24/huntington-bancshares-cfo-ai-strategist/))
- **A chief AI officer and a dedicated institute.** BMO created the Institute for Applied Artificial Intelligence & Quantum in April 2026 under chief AI and quantum officer Kristin Milchanowski, who calls AI-related layoffs 'lazy'. Huntington's AI program is run by its CFO and Fifth Third's by its CIO; TD runs a research lab, Layer 6, under a chief AI scientist. ([BMO](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-09-BMO-Establishes-Institute-for-Applied-Artificial-Intelligence-Quantum), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/its-lazy-bmos-milchanowski-on-ai-related-layoffs), [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/24/huntington-bancshares-cfo-ai-strategist/), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/fifth-thirds-cio-jude-schramm-is-28-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/td-banks-maksims-volkovs-is-4-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking))

## Where does BMO trail its peers on AI?

- **Less independent coverage than most peers.** BMO's US bank has 16 independent sources on its AI against a peer median of 22, eighth of nine; TD's US bank has 27, Fifth Third 26 and Citizens and KeyBank 25 each. Independent coverage carries 45% of the index weight, which is why BMO trails TD despite leading on its own disclosures. ([Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/bmo-launches-ai-quantum-computing-institute/817076/), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/bmos-kristin-milchanowski-is-39-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking))
- **No consumer assistant with published scale in the US.** BMO's named AI tools in the US serve staff: Nova and Lexi give frontline employees self-serve access to more than 1,000 policy documents, and Aura and ARM support underwriters and portfolio reviews. Fifth Third's Jeanie contains 42% of customer requests in self-service, Citizens' CiZi cut mobile-banking calls 44%, and U.S. Bank's Smart Assistant is used 2.5 million times a month. ([BMO Financial Group (investor relations)](https://www.bmo.com/ir/files/pdfs/BMOInvestorDayPresentation.pdf), [Fifth Third](https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/media-center/press-releases/2026/press-release-2026-08-12.html), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizen-financials-michael-ruttledge-is-43-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking), [U.S. Bank](https://usbank.com/content/dam/usbank/en/documents/pdfs/about-us-bank/2025-annual-report.pdf))
- **US scope of group AI is often unstated.** FIS named BMO among the first institutions developing its Anthropic-built financial-crimes agent (May 2026), but at group level with US deployment not stated; the C$1 billion profit target is also group-wide. TD's US bank discloses US-specific figures, such as 1,800 US developers on GitHub Copilot with 30-40% capacity gains. ([Business Wire via FT Markets](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=600-202605041800BIZWIRE_USPRX____20260504_BW126906-1), [MarketBeat (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-sees-loan-demand-surge-020206941.html), [MarketBeat (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/td-bank-targets-100-u-230222427.html))
- **Fewer patents and research than TD.** The profile lists a granted machine-learning flood-hazard patent and three published applications assigned to Bank of Montreal. TD's Layer 6 lab has filed more than 150 patents and built a predictive foundation model, TD AI Prism (June 2025). ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US12236505B2/en), [Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20250335967A1/en), [Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20260119566A1/en), [TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2026-01-16-td-wins-big-innovation-awards-for-fifth-consecutive-year-e2-80-af), [TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2025-06-11-td-announces-launch-of-groundbreaking-predictive-foundation))

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

Scores from the US AI disclosure index of 120 banks (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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [TD Bank (U.S.)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-us) | [91.8](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/ai-index) | #4 of 120 | [27](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-us#sources) | [23](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-us#sources) | [13 of 18](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-us#where) | [28](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-us#timeline) | Layer 6 and TD AI Prism ([TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2025-06-11-td-announces-launch-of-groundbreaking-predictive-foundation), [TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2026-05-21-td-launches-agentic-ai-to-transform-real-estate-secured-lend), [TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2026-01-16-td-wins-big-innovation-awards-for-fifth-consecutive-year-e2-80-af), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/td-banks-maksims-volkovs-is-4-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking)) |
| [BMO (U.S.) (this page)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us) | [85.8](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/ai-index) | #10 of 120 | [16](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us#sources) | [26](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us#sources) | [14 of 16](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us#where) | [33](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us#timeline) | Lumi, Aura and the Institute for Applied AI & Quantum ([BMO](https://www.bmo.com/en-ca/main/about-bmo/news-insights/blog/meet-lumi-assistant-bmos-award-winning-ai-tool-empowering-team-bmo), [BMO AI Hub](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028), [BMO](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-09-BMO-Establishes-Institute-for-Applied-Artificial-Intelligence-Quantum)) |
| [Citizens Financial Group](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens) | [85.3](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/ai-index) | #11 of 120 | [25](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens#sources) | [18](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens#sources) | [10 of 20](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens#where) | [26](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens#timeline) | CiZi and the cloud-native core ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizen-financials-michael-ruttledge-is-43-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizens-details-how-ai-is-speeding-everything-up)) |
| [Huntington Bancshares](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington) | [84.2](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/ai-index) | #13 of 120 | [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)) |
| [Fifth Third Bancorp](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third) | [84](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/ai-index) | #14 of 120 | [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)) |
| [U.S. Bancorp](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp) | [81.3](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/ai-index) | #18 of 120 | [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)) |
| [KeyCorp (KeyBank)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/keybank) | [80](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/ai-index) | #21 of 120 | [25](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/keybank#sources) | [17](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/keybank#sources) | [10 of 16](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/keybank#where) | [20](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/keybank#timeline) | Conversational AI in the contact centre and 'cognitive banking' in the app ([PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/keybank-taps-conversational-ai-cut-call-center-costs/), [Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/keybank-digital-banking-regionals-ai-insights-personetics/823541/), [American Banker](https://americanbanker.com/news/how-keybank-is-creating-cognitive-banking-with-ai)) |
| [PNC Financial Services](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc) | [68.2](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/ai-index) | #38 of 120 | [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)) |
| [First Citizens BancShares](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/first-citizens) | [67.7](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/ai-index) | #39 of 120 | [11](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/first-citizens#sources) | [17](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/first-citizens#sources) | [12 of 14](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/first-citizens#where) | [24](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/first-citizens#timeline) | An enterprise AI program being built, not bought ([First Citizens Bank](https://newsroom.firstcitizens.com/image/First-Citizens-Bank-Frontier-AI-Fact-Sheet.pdf), [First Citizens Bank](https://www.firstcitizens.com/content/dam/firstcitizens/pdfs/about-us/corporate-profile.pdf), [First Citizens Bank](https://newsroom.firstcitizens.com/2026-09-03-A-Q-A-With-Scott-Richardson-AI-at-First-Citizens-Bank)) |

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

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

| Component (weight) | BMO | Peer median | Most in the group | Place |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Independent sources (45%) | 16 | 22 | [Fifth Third (27)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/fifth-third) | 8th of 9 |
| Use cases in production (10%) | 14 | 11 | [U.S. Bank (16)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp) | 3rd of 9 |
| Own primary disclosures (10%) | 26 | 17 | [BMO (26)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us) | 1st of 9 |
| Dated moves, last 12 months (10%) | 33 | 25.5 | [BMO (33)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us) | 1st of 9 |
| Disclosed numbers (5%) | 18 | 15 | [Citizens (20)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens) | 2nd of 9 |
| Named AI leaders (5%) | 15 | 12 | [BMO (15)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us) | 1st of 9 |
| Use cases described (5%) | 16 | 16.5 | [Citizens (20)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens) | 5th of 9 |

## What has each bank in BMO'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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [BMO (U.S.)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us) | Lumi, Aura and the Institute for Applied AI & Quantum ([BMO](https://www.bmo.com/en-ca/main/about-bmo/news-insights/blog/meet-lumi-assistant-bmos-award-winning-ai-tool-empowering-team-bmo), [BMO AI Hub](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028), [BMO](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-09-BMO-Establishes-Institute-for-Applied-Artificial-Intelligence-Quantum)) | [15, incl. Kristin Milchanowski (Chief AI & Quantum Officer)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us#people) ([BMO](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)) | Employee AI adoption: > 96% (Apr 24, 2026) ([BMO](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-24-BMO-Launches-Return-on-Intelligence-Podcast-AI,-Quantum,-and-the-New-Rules-of-Decision-Making)) | 4 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)) | [7 open AI roles (Sep 24, 2026); most in AI engineering](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us#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) |
| [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) |
| [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) |
| [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) |
| [KeyCorp (KeyBank)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/keybank) | Conversational AI in the contact centre and 'cognitive banking' in the app ([PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/keybank-taps-conversational-ai-cut-call-center-costs/), [Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/keybank-digital-banking-regionals-ai-insights-personetics/823541/), [American Banker](https://americanbanker.com/news/how-keybank-is-creating-cognitive-banking-with-ai)) | [11, incl. Chris Gorman (Chairman and CEO)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/keybank#people) ([PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/keybank-taps-conversational-ai-cut-call-center-costs/), [Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/keybank-has-no-interest-in-buying-a-bank-ceo-says/807427/)) | Cost per customer call, AI vs human: ≈ $0.25 vs ≈ $9 (Jan 20, 2026) ([PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/keybank-taps-conversational-ai-cut-call-center-costs/)) | Not disclosed | [1 open AI roles (Sep 24, 2026); most in AI engineering](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/keybank#roles) |
| [Citizens Financial Group](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens) | CiZi and the cloud-native core ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizen-financials-michael-ruttledge-is-43-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizens-details-how-ai-is-speeding-everything-up)) | [10, incl. Brendan Coughlin (President)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens#people) ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizens-latest-move-further-positions-coughlin-as-next-ceo), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizens-details-how-ai-is-speeding-everything-up)) | Developers with coding agents: ≈ 800 (half) (Nov 20, 2025) ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/how-citi-citizens-td-deploy-ai-agents-without-upsetting-humans)) | 4 patents listed on the profile, e.g. US 2025/0150457 A1 (AI-driven integration platform and user-adaptive interface for business relationship orchestration) ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20250150457A1/en)) | [6 open AI roles (Oct 1, 2026); most in AI engineering](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens#roles) |
| [TD Bank (U.S.)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-us) | Layer 6 and TD AI Prism ([TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2025-06-11-td-announces-launch-of-groundbreaking-predictive-foundation), [TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2026-05-21-td-launches-agentic-ai-to-transform-real-estate-secured-lend), [TD Bank Group](https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2026-01-16-td-wins-big-innovation-awards-for-fifth-consecutive-year-e2-80-af), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/td-banks-maksims-volkovs-is-4-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking)) | [13, incl. Maksims Volkovs (SVP and Chief AI Scientist, Layer 6)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-us#people) ([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/2026-01-16-td-wins-big-innovation-awards-for-fifth-consecutive-year-e2-80-af)) | AI value target: C$200 million (FY2026), C$1 billion a year medium term (Aug 27, 2026) ([PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/earnings/2026/td-bank-unlocks-141-million-dollars-ai-value-months-ahead-schedule/), [Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/td-investor-day-ceo-chun-salom-cost-cuts-branches/761458/)) | 5 patents listed on the profile, e.g. US 2024/0127036 A1 (Multi-event time-series encoding) ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20240127036A1/en)) | [12+ open AI roles (Oct 1, 2026); most in ML & data science](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-us#roles) |
| [First Citizens BancShares](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/first-citizens) | An enterprise AI program being built, not bought ([First Citizens Bank](https://newsroom.firstcitizens.com/image/First-Citizens-Bank-Frontier-AI-Fact-Sheet.pdf), [First Citizens Bank](https://www.firstcitizens.com/content/dam/firstcitizens/pdfs/about-us/corporate-profile.pdf), [First Citizens Bank](https://newsroom.firstcitizens.com/2026-09-03-A-Q-A-With-Scott-Richardson-AI-at-First-Citizens-Bank)) | [11, incl. Frank Holding Jr. (Chairman and CEO)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/first-citizens#people) ([Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/first-citizens-ceo-frank-holding-named-federal-advisory-council-2026-02-10/)) | AI share of healthcare investment (SVB report): 46% in 2025 (Jan 8, 2026) ([First Citizens Bank](https://newsroom.firstcitizens.com/2026-01-08-AI-Investment-Accounted-for-Nearly-Half-of-Healthcare-Investment-in-2025-Silicon-Valley-Bank-Releases-17th-Healthcare-Investments-and-Exits-Report)) | Not disclosed | [4 open AI roles (Oct 1, 2026); most in AI engineering](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/first-citizens#roles) |

## What are the latest dated moves on the AI record of BMO 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](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-us) | 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)) |
| 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 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 | [First Citizens](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/first-citizens) | First Citizens Innovation Banking launched; SVB name retired ([First Citizens Bank](https://newsroom.firstcitizens.com/2026-10-06-First-Citizens-Bank-Launches-New-Innovation-Banking-Brand)) |
| Oct 6, 2026 | [TD](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-us) | US survey: 69% would let a bank AI assistant complete a financial task ([TD Bank U.S. (Business Wire via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nearly-7-10-americans-let-123000213.html)) |
| Oct 6, 2026 | [BMO](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us) | Evident AI Index 2026: top 20 overall, #2 for AI outcomes ([BMO (CNW via FT Markets)](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202610060700CANADANWCANADAPR_C6630-1)) |
| Oct 1, 2026 | [KeyBank](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/keybank) | Gessner ranked No. 3 in American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking NEXT ([American Banker](https://americanbanker.com/news/2026-the-most-powerful-women-in-banking-next-3-emily-gessner-keybank)) |
| 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)) |
| Sep 29, 2026 | [Citizens](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens) | Coughlin: engineers now 30-40% more productive with AI ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/tech-leaders-say-ai-could-end-humanity-banks-still-love-it)) |
| Sep 29, 2026 | [Citizens](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens) | Q4 2026 Business Pulse: small-business AI spending rising ([Citizens (Business Wire via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/small-business/articles/citizens-q4-2026-business-pulse-110000359.html)) |
| 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 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 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](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us) | C$1 billion a year from AI by 2030 ([MarketBeat (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-sees-loan-demand-surge-020206941.html)) |
| Sep 17, 2026 | [First Citizens](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/first-citizens) | CB Insights joins SVB's partner network with its ChatCBI AI agent ([CB Insights (PR Newswire)](https://prnewswire.com/news-releases/cb-insights-joins-silicon-valley-banks-partner-network-to-give-innovators-a-competitive-edge-302881431.html)) |
| Sep 14, 2026 | [KeyBank](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/keybank) | Barclays conference: Copilot for everyone, operations moved to the businesses ([Investing.com](https://za.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/keycorp-at-barclays-conference-growth-margin-gains-in-focus-93CH-4463954)) |
| 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)) |

## How do BMO's employee AI tools compare with its peers'?

Adoption and tool figures as each bank has published them; units differ.

| Bank | Tools | Adoption or effect | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BMO | Lumi (8,000-plus policies), Nova and Lexi (1,000-plus US policy documents); AI coding for 2,000-plus developers | More than 96% employee adoption; about 10 million prompts; Lumi lifted new-employee productivity 17%; 20-30% developer productivity target | 2025-2026 ([BMO](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 (investor relations)](https://www.bmo.com/ir/files/pdfs/BMOInvestorDayPresentation.pdf), [BMO](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-24-BMO-Launches-Return-on-Intelligence-Podcast-AI,-Quantum,-and-the-New-Rules-of-Decision-Making), [Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-bmo-q3-2026-earnings-174320317.html)) |
| TD (US) | Contact-center knowledge assistant; GitHub Copilot | 80% of agents used the assistant in its first month; 1,800 US developers with 30-40% capacity gains | 2026 ([CIO Dive](https://ciodive.com/news/td-bank-head-of-ai-talks-agents/812380), [MarketBeat (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/td-bank-targets-100-u-230222427.html)) |
| Citizens | Coding agents; CiZi | About 800 developers with coding agents; engineering output up 55% with advanced agents | 2025-2026 ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/how-citi-citizens-td-deploy-ai-agents-without-upsetting-humans), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizen-financials-michael-ruttledge-is-43-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking)) |
| Huntington | Agents across finance and operations | 50 agents in production, more than 60 in development | April 2026 ([Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/24/huntington-bancshares-cfo-ai-strategist/)) |
| Fifth Third | Microsoft Copilot; AI coding | More than 1 million prompts in June 2026; over 87% of unit testing automated | 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; GenAI code review | 70,000 employees in training; code-review time cut 75% | 2025-2026 ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/benchmarking-ai-adoption-what-u-s-banks-playbook-tells-us), [U.S. Bank](https://usbank.com/content/dam/usbank/en/documents/pdfs/about-us-bank/2025-annual-report.pdf)) |

## How does BMO's commercial-banking AI compare with its peers'?

BMO's US commercial bank is about 55% of its US revenue; each row is a bank's own figure.

| Bank | Commercial AI | Result or target | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BMO | Aura credit agent; AIM lead engine; ARM review triage; Next Best Offer with Codat | Underwriting 50% faster by 2028; 18,000-plus tailored leads since May 2025; review cycle time down about 15% | 2025-2026 ([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), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/how-bmo-uses-ai-to-get-more-of-business-clients-business)) |
| KeyBank | Generative AI in commercial loan approvals | Analyst research time cut from 60% to 25% of the process | 2025 ([Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/transform/why-context-not-just-data-volume-is-key-to-successful-ai)) |
| Huntington | Treasury connectivity automation | More than 500 interfaces for business clients | 2025 ([Huntington](https://ir.huntington.com/news-presentations/press-releases/detail/949/huntington-bank-announces-treasury-management-connectivity-ecosystem-to-empower-businesses-with-more-sophisticated-personalized-financial-intelligence)) |
| Fifth Third | Newline MCP server; Brex agentic commercial cards | $5.6 billion of annual card volume moved to Brex | December 2025 ([Fifth Third (Business Wire via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/fifth-third-newline-extends-mcp-120000221.html), [Fifth Third](https://onlinebanking.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/media-center/press-releases/2025/press-release-2025-12-09.html)) |
| U.S. Bancorp | AI cash forecasting with Kyriba; STAT statement analyser | More than 30,000 merchant statements processed in a year | 2026 ([U.S. Bank](https://www.usbank.com/about-us-bank/news-and-stories/article-library/us-bank-launches-ai-driven-cash-forecasting-tool.html), [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)) |

## How do BMO's AI targets and workforce stance compare with its peers'?

BMO's group sees line of sight to more than C$1 billion of pre-provision, pre-tax profit from AI by fiscal 2030, and in its US Banking segment expenses grew 3% in the third fiscal quarter of 2026, 'largely funded by efficiency improvements', while net income rose 9%. TD targets C$1 billion a year of AI value in the medium term and reported about C$195 million in the first three quarters of fiscal 2026; Citizens targets a $450 million run-rate benefit from its Reimagine the Bank program by 2028; Huntington a 10-15% cost reduction and revenue increase from targeted use cases. ([MarketBeat (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-sees-loan-demand-surge-020206941.html), [Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-bmo-q3-2026-earnings-174320317.html), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/earnings/2026/td-bank-unlocks-141-million-dollars-ai-value-months-ahead-schedule/), [Citizens Financial Group (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994426000133/a2q26earningspresentatio.htm), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/huntington-banks-plan-to-obtain-a-return-on-generative-ai))

On jobs, BMO's chief AI officer calls AI-related layoffs 'lazy' and the bank says it can grow while keeping headcount level. TD took a C$200 million restructuring charge in fiscal 2026, mostly severance and real estate, which its filings do not attribute to AI; Citizens and Huntington describe agents as capacity for growth. BMO's US commercial head says the bank will keep investing in talent as AI tools create efficiencies. ([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), [Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/bmo-commercial-bank-us-growth-california-levine-sciarrino/816237/))

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

BMO (U.S.) is compared here with U.S. Bancorp, Fifth Third Bancorp, Huntington Bancshares, PNC Financial Services, KeyCorp (KeyBank), Citizens Financial Group, TD Bank (U.S.) and First Citizens BancShares: chosen by the editors for this page (see the note below the table). BMO (U.S.) is classed as a regional or retail-commercial bank in the Midwest.

BMO's US bank is a Chicago-based Midwest lender now expanding in California, so it is compared with the Midwest super-regionals it meets at home (U.S. Bancorp, Fifth Third, Huntington, PNC, KeyBank), with Citizens and TD's US bank, the other foreign-owned or Northeast regional of its size, and with First Citizens, which bought 138 of its branches, rather than with HSBC USA and M&T.

## Common questions

### Is BMO better than TD at AI in the US?

TD has put more on the public record: its US bank scores 91.8 against BMO's 85.8 on this site's index, mostly on independent coverage (27 sources against 16). BMO leads on its own disclosures, dated moves and named leaders. Both build at group level in Toronto: TD through its Layer 6 lab and TD AI Prism model, BMO through its Institute for Applied AI & Quantum, Lumi and the Aura credit agent. ([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/2025-06-11-td-announces-launch-of-groundbreaking-predictive-foundation), [BMO](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-09-BMO-Establishes-Institute-for-Applied-Artificial-Intelligence-Quantum), [BMO AI Hub](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028))

### How does BMO's AI compare with Fifth Third's or Huntington's?

BMO scores 85.8, Huntington 84.2 and Fifth Third 84 on this site's index. BMO reports employee adoption above 96% and a credit agent targeting 50% faster underwriting by 2028; Huntington counts 50 agents in production; Fifth Third publishes consumer-assistant and engineering metrics and runs an MCP server for clients' agents. BMO's figures are often group-wide, while theirs are US bank figures. ([BMO](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-24-BMO-Launches-Return-on-Intelligence-Podcast-AI,-Quantum,-and-the-New-Rules-of-Decision-Making), [BMO AI Hub](https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028), [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/24/huntington-bancshares-cfo-ai-strategist/), [Fifth Third](https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/media-center/press-releases/2026/press-release-2026-08-12.html), [Fifth Third (Business Wire via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/fifth-third-newline-extends-mcp-120000221.html))

### What is Aura and do other banks have something similar?

Aura is BMO's first credit agent, launched in 2026: it drafts commercial credit-assessment commentary from approved internal systems, and underwriters review it and stay accountable for the decision. It is the first step toward making commercial underwriting 50% faster by 2028. TD's agentic model does similar drafting for mortgage underwriters, and KeyBank uses generative AI to cut analyst research time in commercial loan approvals. ([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), [Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/transform/why-context-not-just-data-volume-is-key-to-successful-ai))

### Who leads AI at BMO compared with other banks?

Kristin Milchanowski, BMO's chief AI and quantum officer and founding director of its Institute for Applied AI & Quantum (April 2026). In the US, Brent Reston became chief digital officer for U.S. Banking in August 2026, reporting to US president Aron Levine. Peers organize differently: Huntington's CFO runs AI, Fifth Third's CIO, and TD's lab reports through a chief AI scientist. ([BMO](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-09-BMO-Establishes-Institute-for-Applied-Artificial-Intelligence-Quantum), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/list/bmo-financial-names-brent-reston-chief-digital-officer), [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/24/huntington-bancshares-cfo-ai-strategist/), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/fifth-thirds-cio-jude-schramm-is-28-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/td-banks-maksims-volkovs-is-4-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking))

### How does Evident rank BMO on AI?

Evident's 2026 AI Index placed BMO in the top 20 banks globally and second of 50 for reported AI use-case outcomes, and BMO says it earned top recognition for responsible AI leadership in October 2026; in 2025 it tied for first in AI talent development. This site's US index, which weights independent coverage most, places BMO's US bank at #10 of 120. ([BMO (CNW via FT Markets)](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202610060700CANADANWCANADAPR_C6630-1), [BMO](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2025-10-23-BMO-Earns-Top-Recognition-for-AI-Talent-Development-in-Global-Banking))

### Is BMO cutting jobs because of AI?

BMO says it is not using AI as a layoff tool: its chief AI officer calls AI-related layoffs 'lazy' and the bank says it can grow while keeping headcount level, and its US commercial head plans to keep hiring bankers, 80% of them in California. Its US expense growth of 3% in the third fiscal quarter of 2026 was 'largely funded by efficiency improvements'. ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/its-lazy-bmos-milchanowski-on-ai-related-layoffs), [Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/bmo-commercial-bank-us-growth-california-levine-sciarrino/816237/), [Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-bmo-q3-2026-earnings-174320317.html))

## Peers on this site

- [U.S. Bancorp AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/us-bancorp/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)
- [Huntington Bancshares AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington/vs-peers)
- [PNC Financial Services AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/pnc/vs-peers)
- [KeyCorp (KeyBank) AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/keybank) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/keybank/vs-peers)
- [Citizens Financial Group AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens/vs-peers)
- [TD Bank (U.S.) AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-us) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-us/vs-peers)
- [First Citizens BancShares AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/first-citizens) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/first-citizens/vs-peers)

## Sources

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78. The Most Powerful Women in Banking NEXT, #3, Emily Gessner, KeyBank — American Banker, Oct 1, 2026. https://americanbanker.com/news/2026-the-most-powerful-women-in-banking-next-3-emily-gessner-keybank
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80. Tech leaders say AI could end humanity. Banks still love it — American Banker, Sep 29, 2026. https://www.americanbanker.com/news/tech-leaders-say-ai-could-end-humanity-banks-still-love-it
81. Citizens Q4 2026 Business Pulse Finds Rising Small Business Optimism Amid Steady Hiring and Increased AI Spending — Citizens (Business Wire via Yahoo Finance), Sep 29, 2026. https://finance.yahoo.com/small-business/articles/citizens-q4-2026-business-pulse-110000359.html
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84. Mark Williamson hired as Head of ATM Banking — Columbus Business First (bizjournals.com), Sep 25, 2026. https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/potmsearch/detail/submission/6578669/Mark_Williamson
85. Huntington unites marketing, digital in a push for growth — Banking Dive, Sep 25, 2026. https://bankingdive.com/news/huntington-bank-marketing-digital-brand-customer-experience-vakharia/831361
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