# Citizens Financial Group vs peers: AI and technology compared

Source: https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens/vs-peers
Last updated: Oct 19, 2026

*Part of the [Citizens Financial Group AI strategy profile](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens). Peer group: M&T Bank, HSBC USA, TD Bank (U.S.), First Citizens BancShares, BMO (U.S.), KeyCorp (KeyBank), Huntington Bancshares, Santander US.*

## How does Citizens Financial Group compare with its peers on AI and technology?

Citizens Financial Group scores 85.3 on this site's US AI disclosure index (#11 of 120), fourth of the nine banks in its Northeast and large-regional peer group, behind TD Bank U.S. (91.8) and Santander US (87.2), level with BMO U.S. (85.8) and close to Huntington (84.2), and ahead of HSBC USA (81.9), KeyCorp (80), M&T (75.5) and First Citizens (67.7). It leads the group on disclosed numbers (20) and described use cases (20) and is second on independent coverage (25 sources). Three things separate it from named peers. It has priced its AI program: Reimagine the Bank costs about $300 million over three years and targets $450 million-plus of run-rate pre-tax benefit by the end of 2028, while TD's group targets C$1 billion a year of AI value over the medium term and Santander more than €1 billion by 2028. Its assistant reports results: CiZi has cut mobile-related call volume by 44% (June 2026), and Citizens targets about 25% of calls handled without a human by year-end 2026; KeyBank prices AI-handled calls at about $0.25 against about $9 for a human. And it runs on a cloud-native core: its CIO says Citizens is the first super-regional to move its entire mainframe and every application to the cloud, 700 applications in four years. Where it trails is people: the profile names 10 AI leaders, the fewest in the group, against 23 at Santander US. ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizens-details-how-ai-is-speeding-everything-up), [Citizens Financial Group (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994426000133/a2q26earningspresentatio.htm), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/earnings/2026/td-bank-unlocks-141-million-dollars-ai-value-months-ahead-schedule/), [Bloomberg](https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/santander-s-botin-sees-1-billion-ai-boost-amid-efficiency-push), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizen-financials-michael-ruttledge-is-43-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking), [Citizens Financial Group (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994426000070/a1q26earningspresentatio.htm), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/keybank-taps-conversational-ai-cut-call-center-costs/))

## Where does Citizens lead its peers on AI?

- **A priced, dated AI program with a published benefit path.** Citizens has put a cost and a return on Reimagine the Bank: about $300 million over three years, and pre-tax run-rate benefits of about $100 million by year-end 2026, $200 million-plus by 2027 and $450 million-plus by 2028 (Q2 2026 deck). M&T's CEO has instead warned that a 20% efficiency gain from AI would most likely pass to customers, and KeyBank discloses a technology budget of about $1 billion rather than an AI return. ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizens-details-how-ai-is-speeding-everything-up), [Citizens Financial Group (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994426000133/a2q26earningspresentatio.htm), [Investing.com](https://investing.com/news/transcripts/mt-bank-at-barclays-conference-growth-tech-and-capital-discipline-93CH-4903802), [KeyCorp (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91576/000162828026063618/investormeetings-europes.htm))
- **An assistant with a measured effect on calls.** CiZi has cut mobile-related call volume by 44% and its usage rose 40% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2025. KeyBank's own consumer conversational assistant is still in 2027 funding conversations (June 2026), and First Citizens has named no customer-facing assistant. ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizen-financials-michael-ruttledge-is-43-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking), [Citizens Financial Group](https://investor.citizensbank.com/~/media/Files/C/CitizensBank-IR/pro-014217-2-cfg-ar-2025-web-ready.pdf), [Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/keybank-digital-banking-regionals-ai-insights-personetics/823541/), [First Citizens Bank](https://newsroom.firstcitizens.com/2026-09-03-A-Q-A-With-Scott-Richardson-AI-at-First-Citizens-Bank))
- **Fully in the cloud, mainframe included.** Citizens' 2025 Annual Review calls it the first super-regional bank fully in the cloud; the CIO reports 700 applications migrated in four years, 25 data centres closed and incidents down 78%. KeyBank's Google Cloud migration covered its analytics warehouse and applications, and HSBC's group counts more than 600 applications on Google Cloud. ([Citizens Financial Group](https://investor.citizensbank.com/~/media/Files/C/CitizensBank-IR/pro-014217-2-cfg-ar-2025-web-ready.pdf), [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/inside-citizens-plan-to-reimagine-itself-with-ai), [Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/transform/future-of-financial-services-ai-cloud-keybank-interview), [Google Cloud (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hsbc-and-google-cloud-announce-transformative-ai-banking-partnership-302802395.html))
- **First in the group on disclosed numbers and described use cases.** Citizens' profile records 20 disclosed AI numbers and 20 described use cases, both the most in the nine-bank group (peer medians 16.5 and 16), from engineering output (+10% overall, +55% for engineers on advanced agents) to calls reviewed by generative AI (100% in a pilot, against 5% reviewed by people). ([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/inside-citizens-plan-to-reimagine-itself-with-ai), [Citizens Financial Group (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994426000070/a1q26earningspresentatio.htm))

## Where does Citizens trail its peers on AI?

- **The fewest named AI leaders in the group.** The profile names 10 AI and technology leaders at Citizens, ninth of nine, against 23 at Santander US and 16 at HSBC USA (peer median 13.5). Citizens' AI program is run by its president and CIO; BMO has a Chief AI & Quantum Officer, HSBC a chief AI officer, and M&T a head of AI engineering hired in August 2026. ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizens-details-how-ai-is-speeding-everything-up), [BMO](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-09-BMO-Establishes-Institute-for-Applied-Artificial-Intelligence-Quantum), [Finextra](https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48450/agent-workflow-platform-promenaut-goes-live-at-hsbc), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/personnel/2026/mt-bank-appoints-fannie-mae-veteran-kalyana-bedhu-as-ai-engineering-head/))
- **Half of its recorded use cases are live.** Ten of Citizens' 20 recorded use cases are in production, fifth of nine, while Huntington has 15 of 17 live and BMO 14 of 16. Several Reimagine projects are still pilots: back-office AI agents, generative-AI credit research, the AI-Powered Banker and agentic fraud-claims processing. ([Citizens Financial Group (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994426000133/a2q26earningspresentatio.htm), [Citizens Financial Group (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994426000070/a1q26earningspresentatio.htm), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizens-details-how-ai-is-speeding-everything-up), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/inside-citizens-plan-to-reimagine-itself-with-ai), [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/24/huntington-bancshares-cfo-ai-strategist/))
- **Smaller AI value target than its foreign-owned peers.** Citizens' $450 million-plus run-rate target for 2028 is below the group targets of TD (C$1 billion a year in the medium term, with C$195 million delivered in the first three quarters of fiscal 2026), BMO (C$1 billion of pre-provision, pre-tax income a year by 2030) and Santander (more than €1 billion by 2028), though those cover whole groups, not US arms. ([Citizens Financial Group (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994426000133/a2q26earningspresentatio.htm), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/earnings/2026/td-bank-unlocks-141-million-dollars-ai-value-months-ahead-schedule/), [MarketBeat (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-sees-loan-demand-surge-020206941.html), [Bloomberg](https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/santander-s-botin-sees-1-billion-ai-boost-amid-efficiency-push))
- **Fewer developers on AI coding tools than TD and BMO.** About 800 Citizens developers, half its software engineers, had GitHub Copilot's coding agent in November 2025. TD reports 1,800 US developers on GitHub Copilot (September 2026) and BMO more than 2,000 developers using AI with a 20-30% productivity target (March 2026). ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/how-citi-citizens-td-deploy-ai-agents-without-upsetting-humans), [MarketBeat (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/td-bank-targets-100-u-230222427.html), [BMO Financial Group (investor relations)](https://www.bmo.com/ir/files/pdfs/BMOInvestorDayPresentation.pdf))

## Where does Citizens 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)) |
| [Santander US](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/santander-us) | [87.2](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/ai-index) | #8 of 120 | [24](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/santander-us#sources) | [22](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/santander-us#sources) | [10 of 15](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/santander-us#where) | [28](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/santander-us#timeline) | ONE Transformation: shared platforms, AI for every employee, agentic commerce ([Bloomberg](https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/santander-s-botin-sees-1-billion-ai-boost-amid-efficiency-push), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/santander-equips-all-workers-with-ai-and-seeks-1-15-billion-business-value/), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2026/santanders-getnet-plugs-merchants-into-agentic-commerce/), [Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/santander-webster-management-roles-swati-bhatia-leaving/816983/), [Business Wire via FT Markets](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202608200334BIZWIRE_USPRX____20260820_BW118649-1)) |
| [BMO (U.S.)](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 (this page)](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)) |
| [HSBC USA](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/hsbc-usa) | [81.9](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/ai-index) | #17 of 120 | [18](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/hsbc-usa#sources) | [27](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/hsbc-usa#sources) | [7 of 16](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/hsbc-usa#where) | [31](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/hsbc-usa#timeline) | The group AI programme: Google Cloud, Mistral and a central model platform ([Banking Dive](https://bankingdive.com/news/hsbc-david-rice-ai-chief-cto-mario-shamtani-expanded-role-elhedery/815655), [Banking Dive](https://bankingdive.com/news/hsbc-generative-ai-leading-investment-elhedery/813353), [Bloomberg](https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-17/hsbc-google-ai-partnership-set-to-add-over-100-million-gains), [Financial Times](https://ft.com/content/7b8e4ea8-ae17-4ada-9117-9f859589ce1d)) |
| [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)) |
| [M&T Bank](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/mt-bank) | [75.5](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/ai-index) | #28 of 120 | [18](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/mt-bank#sources) | [13](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/mt-bank#sources) | [10 of 14](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/mt-bank#where) | [25](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/mt-bank#timeline) | Microsoft Copilot on a data-lineage foundation ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/how-m-t-bank-ensures-data-quality-as-it-implements-gen-ai), [Fast Company](https://www.fastcompany.com/91596458/michael-wisler-m-t-bank-pacesetters-2026)) |
| [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 Citizens ahead of or behind its peers?

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

| Component (weight) | Citizens | Peer median | Most in the group | Place |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Independent sources (45%) | 25 | 18.5 | [TD (27)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/td-bank-us) | 2nd of 9 |
| Use cases in production (10%) | 10 | 11 | [Huntington (15)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington) | 5th of 9 |
| Own primary disclosures (10%) | 18 | 19.5 | [HSBC (27)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/hsbc-usa) | 5th of 9 |
| Dated moves, last 12 months (10%) | 26 | 28 | [BMO (33)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us) | 6th of 9 |
| Disclosed numbers (5%) | 20 | 17 | [Citizens (20)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens) | 1st of 9 |
| Named AI leaders (5%) | 10 | 13.5 | [Santander (23)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/santander-us) | 9th of 9 |
| Use cases described (5%) | 20 | 16 | [Citizens (20)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/citizens) | 1st of 9 |

## What has each bank in Citizens'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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [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) |
| [M&T Bank](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/mt-bank) | Microsoft Copilot on a data-lineage foundation ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/how-m-t-bank-ensures-data-quality-as-it-implements-gen-ai), [Fast Company](https://www.fastcompany.com/91596458/michael-wisler-m-t-bank-pacesetters-2026)) | [13, incl. Michael Wisler (Senior EVP, Technology and Operations)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/mt-bank#people) ([Fast Company](https://www.fastcompany.com/91596458/michael-wisler-m-t-bank-pacesetters-2026), [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2026/08/28/how-mt-bank-built-a-technology-powerhouse-in-buffalo/)) | Employees on Copilot: 16,000 of 22,000 (Sep 18, 2025) ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/how-m-t-bank-ensures-data-quality-as-it-implements-gen-ai)) | Not disclosed | [8 open AI roles (Oct 1, 2026); most in responsible AI & governance](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/mt-bank#roles) |
| [HSBC USA](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/hsbc-usa) | The group AI programme: Google Cloud, Mistral and a central model platform ([Banking Dive](https://bankingdive.com/news/hsbc-david-rice-ai-chief-cto-mario-shamtani-expanded-role-elhedery/815655), [Banking Dive](https://bankingdive.com/news/hsbc-generative-ai-leading-investment-elhedery/813353), [Bloomberg](https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-17/hsbc-google-ai-partnership-set-to-add-over-100-million-gains), [Financial Times](https://ft.com/content/7b8e4ea8-ae17-4ada-9117-9f859589ce1d)) | [16, incl. Jason Henderson (Chief Executive Officer, HSBC USA)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/hsbc-usa#people) ([Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/hsbc-jason-henderson-us-ceo-interim-roberts-mcgeough-nelson/807433/)) | Employees with gen-AI tools: 85% (Feb 25, 2026) ([Banking Dive](https://bankingdive.com/news/hsbc-generative-ai-leading-investment-elhedery/813353)) | 3 patents listed on the profile, e.g. US 2025/0348706 A1 (Sheaf neural networks for monitoring network effect propagation) ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20250348706A1/en)) | Not surveyed |
| [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) |
| [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) |
| [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) |
| [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) |
| [Santander US](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/santander-us) | ONE Transformation: shared platforms, AI for every employee, agentic commerce ([Bloomberg](https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/santander-s-botin-sees-1-billion-ai-boost-amid-efficiency-push), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/santander-equips-all-workers-with-ai-and-seeks-1-15-billion-business-value/), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2026/santanders-getnet-plugs-merchants-into-agentic-commerce/), [Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/santander-webster-management-roles-swati-bhatia-leaving/816983/), [Business Wire via FT Markets](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202608200334BIZWIRE_USPRX____20260820_BW118649-1)) | [23, incl. Christiana Riley (CEO, Santander US and US country head)](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/santander-us#people) ([Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/santander-acquiring-webster-bank-12b/811270/), [Business Wire via FT Markets](https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202608200334BIZWIRE_USPRX____20260820_BW118649-1), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/2026-the-most-powerful-women-in-banking-women-to-watch-1-christiana-riley-santander-u-s)) | AI contribution to 2028 targets: > €1 billion: ≈ €300m revenue, ≈ €700m cost (Feb 25, 2026) ([Bloomberg](https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/santander-s-botin-sees-1-billion-ai-boost-amid-efficiency-push)) | 1 patent listed on the profile, e.g. US 2023/0377033 A1 (Santander Consumer USA: simulating a loan payment structure on an interactive interface) ([Google Patents (USPTO)](https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230377033A1/en)) | Not surveyed |

## What are the latest dated moves on the AI record of Citizens 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 9, 2026 | [HSBC](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/hsbc-usa) | Ant Digital test: AI agents pay with HSBC tokenised deposits ([Ant Digital Technologies (PR Newswire via Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/ant-digital-technologies-hsbc-announce-063000243.html)) |
| Oct 7, 2026 | [HSBC](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/hsbc-usa) | US entrepreneur survey: 63% expect AI to raise headcount ([HSBC (Business Wire via Morningstar)](https://morningstar.com/news/business-wire/20261007888465/us-entrepreneurs-turn-to-ai-to-drive-growth-and-hiring-hsbc-study-finds)) |
| 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 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 1, 2026 | [Santander](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/santander-us) | Riley: AI lets her 'vibe code' a CRM tool herself ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/2026-the-most-powerful-women-in-banking-women-to-watch-1-christiana-riley-santander-u-s)) |
| 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 | [M&T](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/mt-bank) | Rajwani on AI agents and deposit runs ([American Banker](https://americanbanker.com/news/ai-agent-bank-runs-possible-but-unlikely-experts-say)) |
| 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 | [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 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 25, 2026 | [M&T](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/mt-bank) | FinTech Futures profiles the RDC.AI deployment at M&T ([FinTech Futures](https://fintechfutures.com/ai-in-fintech/bringing-explainable-ai-to-commercial-and-business-banking)) |
| Sep 23, 2026 | [Santander](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/santander-us) | Santander AI Lab launches A2K, a protocol for agent-to-knowledge access ([Banco Santander](https://www.santander.com/en/stories/a2k-a-new-protocol-for-connecting-ai-agents-to-governed-auditable-enterprise-knowledge)) |
| 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)) |

## How does Citizens' Reimagine the Bank compare with its peers' AI value targets?

Each bank's own figures. Group targets for TD, BMO, Santander and HSBC cover the whole group, not only the US bank; currencies are as published.

| Bank | Program | Cost or target disclosed | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Citizens | Reimagine the Bank: about 50 initiatives, about 60% involving AI | About $300 million over three years; run-rate pre-tax benefit of about $100 million (2026), $200 million-plus (2027), $450 million-plus (2028) | March and July 2026 ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizens-details-how-ai-is-speeding-everything-up), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizens-lays-out-tech-overhaul-says-profit-goals-are-close), [Citizens Financial Group (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994426000133/a2q26earningspresentatio.htm)) |
| TD Bank (U.S.), group target | AI value program run with Layer 6 | C$200 million in fiscal 2026 (C$195 million delivered in three quarters); C$1 billion a year over the medium term | August 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/)) |
| Santander US, group target | ONE Transformation; AI tools for all employees | More than €1 billion by 2028: about €300 million revenue, about €700 million cost | February 2026 ([Bloomberg](https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/santander-s-botin-sees-1-billion-ai-boost-amid-efficiency-push), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/santander-equips-all-workers-with-ai-and-seeks-1-15-billion-business-value/)) |
| BMO (U.S.), group target | Institute for Applied AI & Quantum | C$1 billion of pre-provision, pre-tax income a year from AI initiatives by 2030 | September 2026 ([MarketBeat (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)) |
| Huntington Bancshares | Agentic process transformation | More than $1.4 billion of cumulative efficiency gains since 2019 from levers including automation and AI | 2025 ([Huntington Bancshares (SEC filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49196/000004919626000048/hbansanfordbernsteinpres.htm)) |
| KeyCorp (KeyBank) | Contact-centre AI, Copilot for all staff | Technology budget of about $1 billion; AI-handled calls about $0.25 against about $9 for a human | January and September 2026 ([PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/keybank-taps-conversational-ai-cut-call-center-costs/), [KeyCorp (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91576/000162828026063618/investormeetings-europes.htm)) |
| M&T Bank | Copilot, in-house LLM experiments | No AI target; the CEO warned that a 20% efficiency gain from AI would most likely pass to customers | September 2026 ([Investing.com](https://investing.com/news/transcripts/mt-bank-at-barclays-conference-growth-tech-and-capital-discipline-93CH-4903802)) |

## How does Citizens' CiZi and call-centre AI compare with its peers'?

Customer-facing assistants and contact-centre AI, with results as each bank reports them.

| Bank | Assistant or contact-centre AI | Result or target disclosed | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Citizens | CiZi in the mobile app; LLMs in the call centre | Mobile-related call volume down 44%; CiZi usage up 40% year over year; about 25% of calls without a human targeted by year-end 2026, about 50% over time | March to June 2026 ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizen-financials-michael-ruttledge-is-43-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking), [Citizens Financial Group](https://investor.citizensbank.com/~/media/Files/C/CitizensBank-IR/pro-014217-2-cfg-ar-2025-web-ready.pdf), [Citizens Financial Group (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994426000070/a1q26earningspresentatio.htm)) |
| TD Bank (U.S.) | Vendor voice AI agent; generative knowledge assistant for contact-centre agents | Voice agent targeted at about 50% of incoming calls; 80% of agents used the knowledge assistant in its first month | 2025-2026 ([MarketBeat (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/td-bank-targets-100-u-230222427.html), [CIO Dive](https://ciodive.com/news/td-bank-head-of-ai-talks-agents/812380)) |
| KeyCorp (KeyBank) | Conversational AI in the contact centre on UJET; Personetics insights in the app | AI calls about $0.25 against about $9; agent call volumes down 15% after the UJET move; consumer assistant in 2027 funding talks | 2025-2026 ([PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/keybank-taps-conversational-ai-cut-call-center-costs/), [American Banker](https://americanbanker.com/news/keybank-lowers-costs-by-moving-contact-center-to-the-cloud), [Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/keybank-digital-banking-regionals-ai-insights-personetics/823541/)) |
| Huntington Bancshares | Casca borrower assistant for SBA applications | Applicants ask a chatbot overnight; a banker reviews the exchange; lending decisions stay with existing models | 2025-2026 ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/huntington-live-oak-to-invest-in-deploy-gen-ai-based-lending)) |
| HSBC USA | HSBCnio for corporate clients, with a planned 'Ask HSBC' assistant | Announced; no usage figure | 2026 ([HSBC](https://www.hsbc.com/news-and-views/news/hsbc-news-archive/hsbc-launches-hsbcnio-digital-banking-solution-for-businesses)) |
| First Citizens | AskFirst knowledge agent for branch bankers; no customer assistant | No count | September 2026 ([First Citizens Bank](https://newsroom.firstcitizens.com/2026-09-03-A-Q-A-With-Scott-Richardson-AI-at-First-Citizens-Bank)) |

## How does Citizens' use of AI coding agents compare with other banks'?

Developer counts and productivity figures as each bank reports them; HSBC and Santander figures are group-wide.

| Bank | Coding tools | Scale disclosed | Productivity reported |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Citizens | GitHub Copilot's coding agent; engineers moving to supervise agents | About 800 developers, half the engineering staff (November 2025) | +10% output overall, +55% on advanced agents (June 2026); average engineer 30-40% more productive than a year earlier (September 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), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/tech-leaders-say-ai-could-end-humanity-banks-still-love-it)) |
| TD Bank (U.S.) | GitHub Copilot | 1,800 US developers; 7,000-plus engineers group-wide | 30-40% technology-capacity gain (September 2026) ([MarketBeat (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/td-bank-targets-100-u-230222427.html), [Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/td-td-q2-2026-earnings-184201327.html)) |
| BMO (U.S.) | AI across documentation, development, testing, deployment and monitoring | More than 2,000 developers (group) | 20-30% productivity target (March 2026) ([BMO Financial Group (investor relations)](https://www.bmo.com/ir/files/pdfs/BMOInvestorDayPresentation.pdf)) |
| HSBC USA (group) | AI coding assistants; Promenaut agent orchestration in the delivery lifecycle | About 31,000 engineers | Vulnerability patching ten times faster in 12 months ([HSBC](https://hsbc.com/-/files/hsbc/investors/hsbc-results/2025/annual/pdfs/hsbc-holdings-plc/260225-annual-results-2025-fixed-income-investor-presentation.pdf), [HSBC](https://hsbc.com/-/files/hsbc/news-and-insight/2026/pdf/260402-video-transcript-on-the-future-of-hsbc-and-ai.pdf), [Finextra](https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48450/agent-workflow-platform-promenaut-goes-live-at-hsbc)) |
| Santander US (group) | Agentic AI tools in software development | 17,000 people used agentic tools in May 2026 | 40% of code written in June 2026 was AI-generated ([Banco Santander](https://www.santander.com/en/stories/santander-turns-its-ai-first-strategy-into-measurable-impact-and-extends-ai-access-to-all-185000-employees)) |
| M&T Bank | AI code generation in GitLab; first test scripts written by AI | Not published | Not published ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/how-m-t-bank-ensures-data-quality-as-it-implements-gen-ai), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/leaders/regional-banks-in-todays-economy-m-t-ceo-rene-jones)) |
| KeyCorp (KeyBank) | Coding among about 40 generative-AI proofs of concept | Pilot (August 2025) | Not published ([Bank Automation News](https://bankautomationnews.com/allposts/ai/keybank-identifies-40-ai-proofs-of-concept)) |

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

Citizens Financial Group is compared here with M&T Bank, HSBC USA, TD Bank (U.S.), First Citizens BancShares, BMO (U.S.), KeyCorp (KeyBank), Huntington Bancshares and Santander US: the US banks on this site nearest to it in business model (regional or retail-commercial bank) and assets on the Federal Reserve's large-bank list, with a preference for its home region (Northeast). Citizens Financial Group is classed as a regional or retail-commercial bank in the Northeast.

## Common questions

### Is Citizens better than TD Bank at AI?

The record cannot settle capability, but TD has put more on it: it scores 91.8 on this site's index against Citizens' 85.3. TD's group targets C$1 billion a year of AI value and reports C$195 million delivered in three quarters of fiscal 2026, and its Layer 6 lab builds its own models. Citizens leads on disclosed numbers and has a cheaper, dated program: about $300 million for $450 million-plus of run-rate benefit by 2028. ([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/), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizens-details-how-ai-is-speeding-everything-up), [Citizens Financial Group (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994426000133/a2q26earningspresentatio.htm))

### Which bank has the better AI assistant, Citizens or KeyBank?

Citizens has the customer-facing assistant on the record. CiZi has cut mobile-related call volume by 44% and its usage rose 40% year over year in late 2025. KeyBank's AI works inside its contact centre, where AI-handled calls cost about $0.25 against about $9 for a human, and its in-app conversational assistant was still in 2027 funding conversations in June 2026. ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizen-financials-michael-ruttledge-is-43-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking), [Citizens Financial Group](https://investor.citizensbank.com/~/media/Files/C/CitizensBank-IR/pro-014217-2-cfg-ar-2025-web-ready.pdf), [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/))

### How does Citizens' Reimagine the Bank compare with other banks' AI targets?

It is smaller and more specific. Citizens expects about $450 million of run-rate pre-tax benefit by 2028 from about $300 million of spend over three years, and says its profit targets do not depend on it. TD's group targets C$1 billion a year over the medium term, BMO C$1 billion a year of pre-provision, pre-tax income by 2030, and Santander more than €1 billion by 2028; all three are group-wide. ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizens-details-how-ai-is-speeding-everything-up), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizens-lays-out-tech-overhaul-says-profit-goals-are-close), [Citizens Financial Group (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994426000133/a2q26earningspresentatio.htm), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/earnings/2026/td-bank-unlocks-141-million-dollars-ai-value-months-ahead-schedule/), [MarketBeat (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bmo-sees-loan-demand-surge-020206941.html), [Bloomberg](https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/santander-s-botin-sees-1-billion-ai-boost-amid-efficiency-push))

### How does Citizens' technology stack compare with its peers'?

Citizens says it is the first super-regional bank fully in the cloud: 700 applications migrated in four years, 25 data centres closed, infrastructure cost down 10% to 15% and incidents down 78%. It uses models from AWS and Microsoft rather than building its own and runs some inside its own virtual private cloud. KeyBank moved its data warehouse and applications to Google Cloud, and HSBC's group has more than 600 applications on Google Cloud. ([Citizens Financial Group](https://investor.citizensbank.com/~/media/Files/C/CitizensBank-IR/pro-014217-2-cfg-ar-2025-web-ready.pdf), [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/inside-citizens-plan-to-reimagine-itself-with-ai), [Bank Automation News](https://bankautomationnews.com/banking/citizens-sees-up-to-20-efficiency-gains-through-gen-ai), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/leaders/the-ai-enabled-bank-reimagining-retail-banking-from-branch-to-mobile), [Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/transform/future-of-financial-services-ai-cloud-keybank-interview), [Google Cloud (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hsbc-and-google-cloud-announce-transformative-ai-banking-partnership-302802395.html))

### How many developers use AI coding tools at Citizens compared with other banks?

About 800 at Citizens, half of its software developers, received GitHub Copilot's coding agent in November 2025, and the bank says its average engineer is 30% to 40% more productive than a year earlier. TD reports 1,800 US developers on GitHub Copilot, BMO more than 2,000 developers using AI, and HSBC about 31,000 engineers group-wide with AI coding assistants. ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/how-citi-citizens-td-deploy-ai-agents-without-upsetting-humans), [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/tech-leaders-say-ai-could-end-humanity-banks-still-love-it), [MarketBeat (Yahoo Finance)](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/td-bank-targets-100-u-230222427.html), [BMO Financial Group (investor relations)](https://www.bmo.com/ir/files/pdfs/BMOInvestorDayPresentation.pdf), [HSBC](https://hsbc.com/-/files/hsbc/investors/hsbc-results/2025/annual/pdfs/hsbc-holdings-plc/260225-annual-results-2025-fixed-income-investor-presentation.pdf))

### Is Citizens Financial Group the same as First Citizens?

No. Citizens Financial Group is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, with about 1,000 branches in 14 states and Washington, D.C. First Citizens BancShares is a separate Raleigh, North Carolina bank that bought Silicon Valley Bank's business in 2023, after Citizens also bid for it. On this site's index Citizens scores 85.3 and First Citizens 67.7. ([Citizens Financial Group (SEC filings)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994426000028/cfg-20251231.htm), [First Citizens BancShares (SEC filing)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798941/000079894126000015/fcnca-20251231.htm), [Banking Dive](https://www.bankingdive.com/news/citizens-private-bank-expansion-hiring-wealth-coughlin/814399/))

### Who leads AI at Citizens compared with its peers?

AI at Citizens is run by business and technology executives rather than a chief AI officer: President Brendan Coughlin leads Reimagine the Bank, Michael Ruttledge is CIO and Krish Swamy is Chief Data and Analytics Officer. BMO has a Chief AI & Quantum Officer, Kristin Milchanowski, and M&T hired Kalyana Bedhu as head of AI engineering in August 2026. ([American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citizens-details-how-ai-is-speeding-everything-up), [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/leaders/the-ai-enabled-bank-reimagining-retail-banking-from-branch-to-mobile), [BMO](https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-09-BMO-Establishes-Institute-for-Applied-Artificial-Intelligence-Quantum), [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/personnel/2026/mt-bank-appoints-fannie-mae-veteran-kalyana-bedhu-as-ai-engineering-head/))

## Peers on this site

- [M&T Bank AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/mt-bank) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/mt-bank/vs-peers)
- [HSBC USA AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/hsbc-usa) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/hsbc-usa/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)
- [BMO (U.S.) AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/bmo-us/vs-peers)
- [KeyCorp (KeyBank) AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/keybank) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/keybank/vs-peers)
- [Huntington Bancshares AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/huntington/vs-peers)
- [Santander US AI strategy](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/santander-us) · [vs peers](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/santander-us/vs-peers)

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2. 2Q26 Earnings Presentation (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.2) — Citizens Financial Group (SEC filings), Jul 16, 2026. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/759944/000075994426000133/a2q26earningspresentatio.htm
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16. BMO Establishes Institute for Applied Artificial Intelligence & Quantum — BMO, Apr 9, 2026. https://newsroom.bmo.com/2026-04-09-BMO-Establishes-Institute-for-Applied-Artificial-Intelligence-Quantum
17. Agent workflow platform Promenaut goes live at HSBC — Finextra, Sep 22, 2026. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48450/agent-workflow-platform-promenaut-goes-live-at-hsbc
18. M&T Bank Appoints Fannie Mae Veteran Kalyana Bedhu as AI Engineering Head — PYMNTS, Aug 12, 2026. https://www.pymnts.com/personnel/2026/mt-bank-appoints-fannie-mae-veteran-kalyana-bedhu-as-ai-engineering-head/
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24. TD Announces Launch of Groundbreaking Predictive Foundation Model — TD Bank Group, Jun 11, 2025. https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2025-06-11-td-announces-launch-of-groundbreaking-predictive-foundation
25. TD Launches Agentic AI to Transform Real Estate Secured Lending from End to End — TD Bank Group, May 21, 2026. https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2026-05-21-td-launches-agentic-ai-to-transform-real-estate-secured-lend
26. TD wins BIG Innovation Awards for fifth consecutive year — TD Bank Group, Jan 16, 2026. https://stories.td.com/ca/en/news/2026-01-16-td-wins-big-innovation-awards-for-fifth-consecutive-year-e2-80-af
27. Maksims Volkovs drives TD Bank's AI transformation — American Banker, Jun 1, 2026. https://www.americanbanker.com/news/td-banks-maksims-volkovs-is-4-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking
28. Santander Equips All Workers With AI and Seeks $1.15 Billion Business Value — PYMNTS, Jun 21, 2026. https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/santander-equips-all-workers-with-ai-and-seeks-1-15-billion-business-value/
29. Santander's Getnet Plugs Merchants Into Agentic Commerce — PYMNTS, Jun 9, 2026. https://www.pymnts.com/news/b2b-payments/2026/santanders-getnet-plugs-merchants-into-agentic-commerce/
30. Santander, Webster lay out post-deal management plan — Banking Dive, Apr 8, 2026. https://www.bankingdive.com/news/santander-webster-management-roles-swati-bhatia-leaving/816983/
31. Santander Expands U.S. Presence with Completion of Webster Acquisition — Business Wire via FT Markets, Aug 20, 2026. https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202608200334BIZWIRE_USPRX____20260820_BW118649-1
32. Meet Lumi Assistant: BMO's award-winning AI tool empowering Team BMO — BMO, Jun 24, 2025. https://www.bmo.com/en-ca/main/about-bmo/news-insights/blog/meet-lumi-assistant-bmos-award-winning-ai-tool-empowering-team-bmo
33. Aura: Helping power BMO's goal of 50% faster underwriting by 2028 — BMO AI Hub, Aug 6, 2026. https://ai.bmo.com/our-stories/aura-helping-power-bmos-goal-of-50-faster-underwriting-by-2028
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37. HSBC names generative AI a leading investment area — Banking Dive, Feb 27, 2026. https://bankingdive.com/news/hsbc-generative-ai-leading-investment-elhedery/813353
38. HSBC Expects Over $100 Million Gains From Using Google AI Tools — Bloomberg, Jun 17, 2026. https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-17/hsbc-google-ai-partnership-set-to-add-over-100-million-gains
39. HSBC signs deal to use Mistral's AI tools — Financial Times, Dec 1, 2025. https://ft.com/content/7b8e4ea8-ae17-4ada-9117-9f859589ce1d
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41. How M&T Bank ensures data quality as it implements gen AI — American Banker, Sep 18, 2025. https://www.americanbanker.com/news/how-m-t-bank-ensures-data-quality-as-it-implements-gen-ai
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48. HSBC taps interim US CEO for permanent role — Banking Dive, Dec 9, 2025. https://www.bankingdive.com/news/hsbc-jason-henderson-us-ceo-interim-roberts-mcgeough-nelson/807433/
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50. TD wants to get 'back to winning' — Banking Dive, Sep 30, 2025. https://www.bankingdive.com/news/td-investor-day-ceo-chun-salom-cost-cuts-branches/761458/
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54. Kristin Milchanowski's AI for All initiative — American Banker, Jun 1, 2026. https://www.americanbanker.com/news/bmos-kristin-milchanowski-is-39-on-the-most-innovative-people-in-finance-ranking
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58. 'It's a tremendous priority': Huntington CFO Wasserman on AI — American Banker, Mar 4, 2025. https://www.americanbanker.com/podcast/its-a-tremendous-priority-huntington-cfo-wasserman-on-ai
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60. Santander to buy Webster for $12.3B — Banking Dive, Feb 3, 2026. https://www.bankingdive.com/news/santander-acquiring-webster-bank-12b/811270/
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62. US20230377033A1: Computer system and method for simulating loan payment structure on an interactive interface (Santander Consumer USA) — Google Patents (USPTO), Nov 23, 2023. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230377033A1/en
63. TD expands agentic AI across mortgage operations to make banking faster, simpler and more human — TD Bank Group (Canada Newswire via Yahoo Finance), Oct 13, 2026. https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/td-expands-agentic-ai-across-093000362.html
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65. US Entrepreneurs Turn to AI to Drive Growth and Hiring, HSBC Study Finds — HSBC (Business Wire via Morningstar), Oct 7, 2026. https://morningstar.com/news/business-wire/20261007888465/us-entrepreneurs-turn-to-ai-to-drive-growth-and-hiring-hsbc-study-finds
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68. Nearly 7 in 10 Americans Would Let AI Complete Certain Financial Tasks, TD Survey Finds — TD Bank U.S. (Business Wire via Yahoo Finance), Oct 6, 2026. https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nearly-7-10-americans-let-123000213.html
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73. 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
74. 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
75. Bringing explainable AI to commercial and business banking — FinTech Futures, Sep 25, 2026. https://fintechfutures.com/ai-in-fintech/bringing-explainable-ai-to-commercial-and-business-banking
76. A2K: a new protocol suite for connecting AI agents to governed, auditable enterprise knowledge — Banco Santander, Sep 23, 2026. https://www.santander.com/en/stories/a2k-a-new-protocol-for-connecting-ai-agents-to-governed-auditable-enterprise-knowledge
77. CB Insights Joins Silicon Valley Bank's Partner Network to Give Innovators a Competitive Edge — CB Insights (PR Newswire), Sep 17, 2026. https://prnewswire.com/news-releases/cb-insights-joins-silicon-valley-banks-partner-network-to-give-innovators-a-competitive-edge-302881431.html
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82. KeyBank lowers costs by moving contact center to the cloud — American Banker, Aug 15, 2025. https://americanbanker.com/news/keybank-lowers-costs-by-moving-contact-center-to-the-cloud
83. Huntington, Live Oak to invest in, deploy gen AI-based lending — American Banker, Aug 19, 2025. https://www.americanbanker.com/news/huntington-live-oak-to-invest-in-deploy-gen-ai-based-lending
84. HSBC launches HSBCnio digital banking solution for businesses — HSBC, Sep 29, 2026. https://www.hsbc.com/news-and-views/news/hsbc-news-archive/hsbc-launches-hsbcnio-digital-banking-solution-for-businesses
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88. Santander turns its AI-first strategy into measurable impact and extends AI access to all 185,000 employees — Banco Santander, Jun 22, 2026. https://www.santander.com/en/stories/santander-turns-its-ai-first-strategy-into-measurable-impact-and-extends-ai-access-to-all-185000-employees
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