ConnectOne Bancorp vs peers
AI and technology compared

Last updated Oct 19, 2026 · 8 peers · 86 sources cited

How does ConnectOne Bancorp compare with its peers on AI and technology?

On this site's AI disclosure index ConnectOne scores 44.6 (#65 of 120 US banks), fifth in a nine-bank group of New York-area business banks. It sits behind Valley (76.6), Customers (75.5), Webster (68.7) and Flagstar (65.3), and ahead of OceanFirst (40.5), ServisFirst (39.7), NBT (14.1) and Dime (10.5). What separates it is measured results from vendor-built agents in commercial lending. In July 2026 it reported nCino's Banking Advisor live in production and two custom agents with 16 skills on nCino's Agentic Operating System. Document search fell from about 20 minutes to as little as 30 seconds, a relationship-update agent cut task time by 60%, and active users rose 41% in ten weeks. American Banker reports the tools arrived in April 2026 and delivered results within three months. Peers with higher scores run bigger programs. Customers has an OpenAI collaboration with engineers on site and reports more than 600 agents. Valley counts about $15 million of AI run-rate savings against $3 million to $4 million of new AI expense. Flagstar's StarIQ orchestrates four foundation models. ConnectOne's chief executive frames AI as growth investment rather than cost-cutting: the goal is to make every frontline commercial banker 50% more productive, and the CFO guided operating expenses up about 1.5% a quarter, mainly on staff.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · ConnectOne profile updated Oct 13, 2026 · computed tables recalculate from the 140 bank profiles on this site · Markdown

Where does ConnectOne lead its peers on AI?

01

Measured AI results where OceanFirst, ServisFirst and Dime have fewer

ConnectOne reports document search cut from about 20 minutes to 30 seconds, 60% less time on relationship updates and active Banking Advisor users up 41% in ten weeks (July 2026). ServisFirst's September 2026 Covecta deal names no use case, and Dime's only named AI is Quantifind sanctions screening, with no result disclosed.[1][8][9]

02

A two-week merger conversion

ConnectOne completed the full systems conversion of The First of Long Island within two weeks of the June 1, 2025 merger. OceanFirst closed Flushing Financial on June 1, 2026 and moved Flushing's digital banking customers onto its platforms on September 21, 2026, about three and a half months later.[10][11][12][13]

03

Built its own data warehouse before buying AI

ConnectOne built its data lake and data warehouse from scratch in about nine months in 2024 to control how data is ingested and orchestrated. OceanFirst spent about 18 months cleaning data line of business by line of business before its Databricks layer.[14][15]

Where does ConnectOne trail its peers on AI?

01

Two custom agents against Customers' 600-plus

ConnectOne reports two custom agents with 16 skills built with nCino's engineers (July 2026). Customers reports more than 600 agents including custom GPTs, 100% of staff AI-licensed and a 40-person AI mobilization team, with OpenAI engineers on site since April 2026.[1][4][3]

02

No AI savings figure while Valley counts its return

ConnectOne frames AI as growth investment and guided operating expenses up about 1.5% a quarter for the second half of 2026, mainly on staffing. Valley reports about $15 million of run-rate savings from AI against $3 million to $4 million of new AI expense, and is replacing three vendor contracts with AI.[2][7][5][16]

03

Vendor AI rather than its own platform

ConnectOne's named AI comes from vendors: nCino, Google's Gemini in email and Verafin. Flagstar built StarIQ, an internal AI component of its S2 platform orchestrating Claude, Llama, Mistral and Titan models, and Valley runs its own AI Assistant with tiered access.[17][6][18][16]

04

No customer-facing AI, while Customers deploys voice agents

ConnectOne's disclosed AI serves its bankers; it describes no AI assistant for clients, and its March and June 2026 10-Qs contain no AI language. Customers announced ElevenLabs voice and chat agents for customer service, relationship-manager assist and conversational account opening in June 2026.[1][19][20][21]

Where does ConnectOne 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.

BankScoreRankIndependent sourcesOwn disclosuresUse cases in productionMoves, last 12 monthsNamed AI platform
Valley National Bancorp76.6#26 of 120112213 of 1722Cloud-first infrastructure, Valley's AI Assistant and tiered access[16][22][23][24]
Customers Bancorp75.5#29 of 120132011 of 1623OpenAI strategic collaboration, AI Innovation Lab and cubiX payments network[3][25][26][27]
Webster Bank68.7#37 of 12014177 of 1124Category IV readiness: data, cyber and open banking[28][29][30][31]
Flagstar Bank65.3#41 of 12014128 of 1424Flagstar S2 Platform and StarIQ[6][32][33]
ConnectOne Bancorp (this page)44.6#65 of 1209127 of 1014nCino Banking Advisor and custom agents on nCino's Agentic Operating System[1][2]
OceanFirst Financial Corp.40.5#70 of 1204169 of 1615Automation Transformation Office, Copilot and the Databricks data layer[34][35][15]
ServisFirst Bancshares39.7#72 of 1207134 of 617Covecta agentic AI[8][36]
NBT Bancorp14.1#100 of 1203156 of 812Not disclosed
Dime Commercial Bancshares10.5#102 of 1203132 of 813Not disclosed

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

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

Component (weight)ConnectOnePeer medianMost in the groupPlace
Independent sources (45%)99Flagstar (14)5th of 9
Use cases in production (10%)77.5Valley (13)5th of 9
Own primary disclosures (10%)1215.5Valley (22)8th of 9
Dated moves, last 12 months (10%)1419.5Flagstar (24)7th of 9
Disclosed numbers (5%)1213Customers Bank (23)5th of 9
Named AI leaders (5%)67.5Webster (17)6th of 9
Use cases described (5%)1012.5Valley (17)6th of 9

What has each bank in ConnectOne'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.

BankPlatform or assistant, as the profile names itAI leaders namedHeadline AI number disclosedPatents on the recordOpen AI roles
ConnectOne BancorpnCino Banking Advisor and custom agents on nCino's Agentic Operating System[1][2]6, incl. Frank Sorrentino III (Chairman and CEO)[1][2]Banking Advisor active users: Up 41% in 10 weeks (Jul 14, 2026)[1]Not disclosedNot surveyed
Valley National BancorpCloud-first infrastructure, Valley's AI Assistant and tiered access[16][22][23][24]14, incl. Ira Robbins (Chairman and CEO)[37]Vendor contracts being replaced by AI: 3 (Jul 10, 2026)[16]Not disclosedNot surveyed
Dime Commercial BancsharesNot disclosed4, incl. Stuart Lubow (President and CEO)[38]Executive officers in the 2026 proxy with an AI or data title: 0 of 14 (one technology and operations officer) (Apr 13, 2026)[39]Not disclosedNot surveyed
OceanFirst Financial Corp.Automation Transformation Office, Copilot and the Databricks data layer[34][35][15]8, incl. Christopher D. Maher (Chief Executive Officer)[40][41]Employees onboarded to Microsoft Copilot: About 150 (Dec 11, 2025)[15]Not disclosedNot surveyed
Flagstar BankFlagstar S2 Platform and StarIQ[6][32][33]11, incl. Joseph Otting (Executive Chairman and CEO)[42][43][44]Not disclosed1 patent listed on the profile, e.g. US 8,239,255 B2 (Consumer incentive system and business method)[45]Not surveyed
Customers BancorpOpenAI strategic collaboration, AI Innovation Lab and cubiX payments network[3][25][26][27]7, incl. Sam Sidhu (President and CEO, Customers Bancorp)[25][27][46][47]Hours saved by AI workflows (Q1 2026): 28,000 (≈ 15 FTE) (Apr 27, 2026)[25]Not disclosed1 open AI roles (Sep 24, 2026); most in AI engineering
Webster BankCategory IV readiness: data, cyber and open banking[28][29][30][31]17, incl. John Ciulla (CEO, Santander Bank, N.A.)[31][28]Group business value targeted from data and AI (Santander): > €1 billion a year by 2028 (cost savings plus revenues) (Feb 25, 2026)[48]Not disclosedNot surveyed
ServisFirst BancsharesCovecta agentic AI[8][36]5, incl. Tom Broughton (Chairman, President and CEO)[49][50]Full-time equivalent employees: 663 (+22, or 3.4%, year on year; +3 on the quarter) (Jun 30, 2026)[49]Not disclosedNot surveyed
NBT BancorpNot disclosed6, incl. Scott A. Kingsley (President and CEO)[51][52]Full-time equivalent employees: 2,303 (Dec 31, 2025)[53]Not disclosedNot surveyed

What are the latest dated moves on the AI record of ConnectOne 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.

DateBankMove
Oct 9, 2026FlagstarThird-quarter 2026 results set for 23 October[54]
Sep 29, 2026ValleyRobbins on CNBC: AI agents not a threat to regional banks[55]
Sep 28, 2026ValleyBluevine acquired for $340 million to accelerate the AI roadmap[56][57][58]
Sep 21, 2026OceanFirstFlushing digital banking customers scheduled to move to OceanFirst platforms[13][59]
Sep 15, 2026ServisFirst BankTrade press frames Covecta as a third US bank client[60]
Sep 10, 2026ServisFirst BankSelects Covecta to deploy agentic AI[8]
Aug 21, 2026FlagstarPope ties the real-time core to fraud and AI[61]
Aug 20, 2026WebsterIntegration plan: one platform by end-2027[62]
Aug 20, 2026WebsterWebster Bank, N.A. merges into Santander Bank, N.A.[63]
Aug 12, 2026DimeNew Jersey push[38]
Aug 7, 2026NBTQ2 2026 10-Q: no AI language[64][65]
Aug 7, 2026Customers BankQ2 2026 10-Q: no AI language[66][67]
Aug 7, 2026OceanFirstQ2 2026 10-Q lists AI adoption among operational risks[68][69]
Aug 4, 2026ConnectOneQ1 and Q2 2026 10-Qs carry no AI language[19][20]
Jul 31, 2026DimeQ2 2026 10-Q has no AI text[70][71]
Jul 28, 2026NBTQ2 2026 call: technology investment in the expense outlook[72]
Jul 24, 2026Customers BankQ2 2026 call: underwriting, KYC and close-cycle results[73]
Jul 23, 2026ConnectOneSecond-quarter 2026 results[74]

How do ConnectOne's AI agents compare with its peers' AI programs?

What each bank has disclosed about AI for bankers and lending, with the date and any result. A blank means nothing is disclosed, not that nothing exists.

BankWhat it hasWhenResult disclosed
ConnectOnenCino Banking Advisor in production; two custom agents with 16 skills on nCino's Agentic Operating SystemApril to July 2026Document search 97.5% faster; relationship updates 60% faster; some manual lending processes cut by over 50%[1][2][7]
CustomersMulti-agentic credit underwriting built with OpenAI engineers on siteJuly 2026Selected C&I and CRE loans closed in seven days, from 30 to 60[27][73]
ValleyValley's AI Assistant with tiered access; AI replacing three vendor contractsJuly 2026About $15 million of run-rate savings[16][5]
FlagstarStarIQ, trained on compliance and branch and call-center proceduresEarly 2026Heaviest users are risk management and marketing[18]
OceanFirstMicrosoft Copilot; an Automation Transformation OfficeDecember 2025Complex AML cases from 6+ hours to about 5 minutes; bond reviews from 6-8 hours to 15 minutes[15]
ServisFirstCovecta agentic AI outside mission-critical systemsSeptember 2026No use case disclosed[8]
DimeQuantifind AI for payments sanctions screeningJune 2025Not disclosed[9]

How does ConnectOne's AI governance compare with its peers'?

The people and committees each bank names for AI, and what its filings say.

BankOwner or committee namedPolicy or filing languageDate
ConnectOneA management IT Committee co-chaired by the Chief Compliance Officer and the Chief Data & Development Officer, with the CEO, CRO, Chief Digital Officer and Chief Brand and Innovation OfficerNon-approved generative AI apps prohibited on bank networks and devices; AI used to draft standardized documents and search the internet10-K, February 24, 2026[75]
CustomersCEO Sam Sidhu personally leading AI; a 40-person AI mobilization teamAn AI charter group, acceptable-use policy and use-case scoring framework since 20242024-2026[76][4][77]
ValleyTiered access: about 80 of some 3,600 employees with open AI accessAI governed centrally while vendor contracts are replacedJuly 2026[16]
OceanFirstBoard Information Technology Committee oversees AI initiatives; an Automation Transformation OfficeThree-phase automation roadmap: 2023-2025, 2026-2027, 2028 onward2026 proxy; July 2026 deck[78][35]
DimeNo AI or data title among 14 executive officersA full AI risk factor naming 'digital redlining'2025 10-K; 2026 proxy[71][39]

How does ConnectOne's spending and efficiency compare with its peers'?

Expense guidance and efficiency measures as each bank discloses them. None publishes a stand-alone AI budget.

BankEfficiency or expense disclosedTechnology signalPeriod
ConnectOneOperating expenses guided up about 1.5% a quarter, mainly staff; claims top-1% efficiency among US banksnCino customer since 2017; 'branch-lite' modelQ2 2026[7][1][79][75]
ValleyNon-GAAP efficiency ratio 52.1%Technology, furniture and equipment expense $33.2 million, up about 8.4%Q2 2026[24][80]
DimeCore efficiency ratio 49.9%Credits hiring and renegotiated contracts, not technologyQ2 2026[81]
ServisFirstEfficiency ratio 29.65%No additional technology spend plannedQ2 2026[82]
FlagstarFirst-half operating expense down 10% to $868 millionSoftware expense up 20% to $96 millionH1 2026[83]
OceanFirstQ4 2026 operating expense guided to $110-115 million after the Flushing conversionAbout $2 million one-time for a new digital banking platform in Q3July 2026[59]

Which banks are ConnectOne's peers, and why these?

ConnectOne Bancorp is compared here with Valley National Bancorp, Dime Commercial Bancshares, OceanFirst Financial Corp., Flagstar Bank, Customers Bancorp, Webster Bank, ServisFirst Bancshares and NBT Bancorp: chosen by the editors for this page (see the note below the table). ConnectOne Bancorp is classed as a commercial and business bank in the Northeast.

The computed group put ConnectOne beside Live Oak, a national SBA lender, and banks from Missouri, Alabama and Pennsylvania; this group holds the commercial banks it meets in the New York metro area (Valley, Dime, OceanFirst, Flagstar, Customers and Webster), plus ServisFirst, a branch-light business bank of similar size, and NBT, a New York bank of similar size.

Does ConnectOne Bank use AI?

Yes, mainly in commercial lending. Since April 2026 its bankers have used nCino's Banking Advisor, and it built two custom agents with 16 skills on nCino's Agentic Operating System; it reports document search cut from about 20 minutes to 30 seconds. Staff also use Google's Gemini in email, and its 10-K says AI drafts standardized documents and communications.[2][1][17][75]

Is ConnectOne better than Valley at AI?

The record cannot settle capability, but Valley has put more on it: 76.6 on this site's disclosure index against ConnectOne's 44.6. Valley reports its own AI Assistant, about $15 million of AI run-rate savings and the pending purchase of Bluevine. ConnectOne reports more specific productivity results from its nCino agents.[16][5][56][1]

How does ConnectOne's AI compare with Customers Bank's?

Customers runs a larger program: an OpenAI collaboration with engineers on site, more than 600 agents and a 40-person AI team, with a seven-day commercial loan close in pilot. ConnectOne's approach is vendor-led through nCino, with two custom agents and a target of making every frontline commercial banker 50% more productive.[3][4][27][1]

Is ConnectOne cutting jobs because of AI?

No, on its own account. CEO Frank Sorrentino told American Banker that agentic AI is an investment rather than a cost cut and that the bank will likely need more back-office people. In July 2026 the CFO guided operating expenses up about 1.5% a quarter, mainly from higher staff numbers.[2][7]

Which AI vendors does ConnectOne use compared with its peers?

ConnectOne names nCino, Google (Gemini in email), Slack and Verafin. Customers works with OpenAI, Microsoft and ElevenLabs; OceanFirst with Microsoft Copilot and Databricks; Flagstar's StarIQ uses Anthropic Claude, Meta Llama, Mistral and Amazon Titan models on AWS; Dime with Quantifind.[17][3][21][15][6][9]

How does ConnectOne compare with Dime on technology?

ConnectOne scores 44.6 on this site's index and Dime 10.5. ConnectOne reports AI agents in lending and an in-house data lake built in 2024; Dime's one named AI deployment is Quantifind sanctions screening, and none of its 14 executive officers holds an AI or data title.[1][14][9][39]

Who leads AI at ConnectOne?

CEO Frank Sorrentino sets the agenda and announced the 50% productivity goal at nCino's 2026 conference. Chief Digital Officer Ali Mattera led the First of Long Island integration, Chief Data & Development Officer Sharif Alexandre co-chairs the IT Committee, and Chief Brand and Innovation Officer Siya Vansia tracks what generative AI says about the bank.[84][85][75][86]

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    nCino (GlobeNewswire) · Jul 14, 2026
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    Investing.com · Apr 23, 2026
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  30. Impact Makers Award Winners – Q2 2026
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    Investing.com · Jul 24, 2026
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    ConnectOne Bancorp (GlobeNewswire) · Jul 23, 2026
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    ConnectOne Bancorp (SEC filing) · Feb 24, 2026
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