Disclosed numbers · computed from bank profiles; nothing on this page is written by a model. All ranked answers: /banks/leaders
On the public record as of Oct 28, 2026, 30 of the 141 large banks profiled disclose a dated figure for AI, data-science, machine-learning or technologist headcount. Ranked by matching figures, the top 5 are RBC (3 figures), Lloyds (3 figures), M&T (3 figures), HSBC (3 figures) and Commonwealth Bank (2 figures). RBC's strongest evidence: Employees using RBC Assist or Aiden: More than 72,000; plus 10,000 technologists using other AI tools (as of Oct 6, 2026).
141 banks profiled (120 US, 21 non-US) · 30 with matching evidence · ranked answer, not a comparison
Which of the large banks disclose their AI and data-science headcount?
| # | Bank | Matching figures | Figure (as reported) | Status | Date | On this site | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RBC | 3 | Employees using RBC Assist or Aiden: More than 72,000; plus 10,000 technologists using other AI tools (as of Oct 6, 2026) | Disclosed | Oct 6, 2026 | RBC profile → | Royal Bank of Canada ↗ · Royal Bank of Canada (CNW via Yahoo Finance) ↗ |
| 2 | Lloyds | 3 | Data scientists and AI developers on Vertex AI: More than 300 (as of Oct 5, 2026) | Disclosed | Oct 5, 2026 | Lloyds profile → | Lloyds Banking Group ↗ · Google Cloud ↗ |
| 3 | M&T | 3 | Technologists / agile teams: ≈ 2,000 / 300+ (as of Sep 4, 2026) | Disclosed | Sep 4, 2026 | M&T profile → | M&T Bank ↗ · AI News ↗ |
| 4 | HSBC | 3 | Global AI Centre of Excellence hiring: More than 100 AI specialists (as of Jul 27, 2026) | Disclosed | Jul 27, 2026 | HSBC profile → | HSBC Holdings plc ↗ · HSBC Holdings plc ↗ |
| 5 | Commonwealth Bank | 2 | Engineers using AI coding agents; change in code changes delivered: over 80% of 7,800 engineers; three times more code changes; over 15,000 quality… (as of Sep 18, 2026) | Disclosed | Sep 18, 2026 | Commonwealth Bank profile → | Commonwealth Bank of Australia ↗ · Retail Banker International (via Yahoo Finance) ↗ |
| 6 | DBS | 2 | Entry-level production engineers: Reduced from 3,000 to 135 since Tan took charge (per Forbes Asia); the bank says those… (as of Jul 31, 2026) | Disclosed | Jul 31, 2026 | DBS profile → | Forbes ↗ · Google Cloud (Transform blog) ↗ |
| 7 | HSBC USA | 2 | AI specialists to be hired for the Singapore centre: 100+ (as of Jul 27, 2026) | Disclosed | Jul 27, 2026 | HSBC USA profile → | HSBC ↗ · HSBC ↗ |
| 8 | Deutsche Bank | 2 | Technology employees in India, share of global technology workforce: About 9,000, around 45% (as of Jun 18, 2026) | Disclosed | Jun 18, 2026 | Deutsche Bank profile → | Deutsche Bank ↗ · Reuters (Yahoo Finance) ↗ |
| 9 | Fifth Third | 2 | Engineers equipped with AI tools: ≈ 1,000 (as of Jun 1, 2026) | Disclosed | Jun 1, 2026 | Fifth Third profile → | Fortune ↗ · American Banker ↗ |
| 10 | NatWest | 2 | Tech and data workforce growth: About 6,000 added since 2021, including almost 1,000 software engineers hired in 2025 (as of Dec 31, 2025) | Disclosed | Dec 31, 2025 | NatWest profile → | NatWest Group ↗ · NatWest Group ↗ |
| 11 | Capital One | 2 | AI staff added: 2,200+ (largely via Discover) (as of Oct 9, 2025) | Disclosed | Oct 9, 2025 | Capital One · ai workforce → | Banking Dive ↗ · Banking Dive ↗ |
| 12 | UBS Group AG | 1 | AI training for leaders and engineers: About 1,300 senior leaders, including the Group Executive Board, completed the AI Senior… (as of Oct 5, 2026) | Disclosed | Oct 5, 2026 | UBS Group AG profile → | UBS Group AG ↗ |
| 13 | JPMorgan | 1 | Technology employees: 65,000+ (as of Oct 1, 2026) | Disclosed | Oct 1, 2026 | JPMorgan · ai workforce → | American Banker ↗ |
| 14 | Barclays | 1 | Claude Code adoption target: 50% of developers by end-2026; majority of software engineers in 2027 (as of Oct 1, 2026) | Disclosed | Oct 1, 2026 | Barclays profile → | Anthropic ↗ |
| 15 | Pinnacle | 1 | AI engineers employed: almost 20 (as of Jul 23, 2026) | Disclosed | Jul 23, 2026 | Pinnacle profile → | Yahoo Finance (earnings call transcript) ↗ |
| 16 | Scotiabank | 1 | Engineers using AI for coding: 5,500 (as of Jun 10, 2026) | Disclosed | Jun 10, 2026 | Scotiabank profile → | Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance) ↗ |
| 17 | U.S. Bank | 1 | Engineers trained on and using new AI tools within three months: 70%-75% (as of Jun 1, 2026) | Disclosed | Jun 1, 2026 | U.S. Bank · ai workforce → | American Banker ↗ |
| 18 | TD | 1 | AI tools in use (group): Over 40,000 colleagues using Copilot (vendor not named); over 7,000 engineers using AI… (as of May 28, 2026) | Disclosed | May 28, 2026 | TD profile → | Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance) ↗ |
| 19 | TD Bank Group | 1 | Engineers using AI for development: Over 7,000; most active up 29% in throughput (as of May 28, 2026) | Disclosed | May 28, 2026 | TD Bank Group profile → | Motley Fool (The Globe and Mail) ↗ |
| 20 | First Horizon | 1 | Technology staff led by the CIO: about 800 associates and contractors (as of Apr 27, 2026) | Disclosed | Apr 27, 2026 | First Horizon profile → | American Banker ↗ |
| 21 | Schwab | 1 | Employees with AI tools / technologists coding with AI: all 33,000 / 8,000+ (as of Apr 16, 2026) | Disclosed | Apr 16, 2026 | Schwab profile → | The Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance) ↗ |
| 22 | Citi | 1 | Engineers using advanced/agentic AI: 10,000+ (as of Apr 14, 2026) | Disclosed | Apr 14, 2026 | Citi · ai workforce → | Citigroup ↗ |
| 23 | Amex | 1 | Engineers with AI-assisted development tools: More than 11,000; coding cycle time down over 30% (as of Mar 25, 2026) | Disclosed | Mar 25, 2026 | Amex profile → | American Express ↗ |
| 24 | Rockland Trust | 1 | Dedicated AI staff in 2026 guidance: Three individuals (as of Jan 22, 2026) | Disclosed | Jan 22, 2026 | Rockland Trust profile → | Investing.com ↗ |
| 25 | OCBC | 1 | Engineers' coding and testing effort: Reduced by 20-30% (as of Dec 31, 2025) | Disclosed | Dec 31, 2025 | OCBC profile → | Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (via HKMA Banking Disclosure Repository) ↗ |
| 26 | Deutsche Bank (U.S.) | 1 | Investment Bank technology spend 2025 to 2028 / engineers AI-enabled (2028…: More than €1.0 billion / 100% (as of Nov 17, 2025) | Disclosed | Nov 17, 2025 | Deutsche Bank (U.S.) · ai workforce → | Deutsche Bank ↗ |
| 27 | BBVA | 1 | Data scientists / data specialists in business areas: More than 1,000 / more than 2,500 (as of Aug 7, 2025) | Disclosed | Aug 7, 2025 | BBVA profile → | BBVA ↗ |
| 28 | USAA | 1 | Size of a USAA AI pod: About 10 to 12 data scientists, engineers and product managers (as of Oct 23, 2024) | Disclosed | Oct 23, 2024 | USAA profile → | MIT Sloan Management Review ↗ |
| 29 | Citizens | 1 | 2024 Copilot engineer pilot: +20% productivity; ≈ 1,000 engineers planned; 90+ gen-AI ideas, 6 pursued, 2 live (as of Jul 26, 2024) | Disclosed | Jul 26, 2024 | Citizens profile → | Banking Dive ↗ |
| 30 | State Street | 1 | AI engineers: 400 (as of Apr 9, 2024) | Disclosed | Apr 9, 2024 | State Street profile → | VentureBeat ↗ |
Each row quotes one record from bank profiles; the “On this site” link opens the bank's own page or sub-page with every source. Banks absent from the table have nothing matching on the record this site holds.
How is this ranked?
Data: the 141 bank profiles on this site (lib/banks), every entry dated and sourced: "The numbers" table, each figure quoted as reported with its as-of date and source.
Rule: Figures whose label or value matches the page's pattern (see the code), excluding hours|use cases|\$|revenue|income. Score = matching figures; ties by the newest as-of date.
Counts: 30 of 141 profiled banks qualify; 40 distinct sources cited in the table. Data checked 2026-10-28; ranking template updated 2026-10-30.
What are the caveats?
Figures are as each bank reported them and are not normalised: a share of employees and a count of prompts are not comparable.
Banks absent from the table have nothing matching on the record this site holds, which is not evidence that they do nothing. Each row links the bank's own page, where every entry carries its sources.
Which bank ranks first?
Royal Bank of Canada leads with 3 figures: Employees using RBC Assist or Aiden: More than 72,000; plus 10,000 technologists using other AI tools (as of Oct 6, 2026). Lloyds is second with 3.
How many large banks disclose AI or technologist headcount?
30 of the 141 profiled banks (120 US, 21 non-US groups). Among those listed, 17 are US banks and 13 non-US groups.
What counts, and what does not?
Figures whose label or value matches the page's pattern (see the code), excluding hours|use cases|\$|revenue|income. Score = matching figures; ties by the newest as-of date. Source: the 141 bank profiles on this site (lib/banks), every entry dated and sourced: "The numbers" table, each figure quoted as reported with its as-of date and source.
Is this a measure of capability?
No. Every row is a sourced fact on the public record: what the bank, a regulator, a filing or an independent outlet has put on the record. The page does not rate how well anything works.
When was this checked, and how often does it update?
The data behind the table was last checked on 2026-10-28 (bank profiles). The page recomputes whenever that dataset changes and is republished with the site; it is never edited by hand.
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