Edition: computed from the bank pages as of Oct 21, 2026, methodology at /banks/ai-index/methodology
On the public record, the large banks leading in client experience technology are BBVA, Truist, U.S. Bank, Schwab and NatWest: BBVA (Blue, the customer assistant (in production) · AI Banker, AutoPF and…; Relationship-manager conversations filtered by assistants (Spain): More than…); Truist (Truist Insights (in production) · Integrated receivables (in…; Active mobile users / share of client logins on mobile, 2Q26: 5.4 million (+4%…); U.S. Bank (Liquidity Manager cash forecasting (in production) · STAT merchant…; Smart Assistant uses per month (website and mobile app): 2.5 million (Feb 23…); Schwab (Portfolio Insights (in production) · NLP models in client service…; Live interactions transcribed by the AI Service Assistant: ≈ 60,000 a day (Apr…); NatWest (Cora digital assistant with generative AI (in production) · NatWest…; Fraud Triage Agent conversations since launch: Nearly 19,000 (Sep 25, 2026)). 85 of the 140 profiled banks describe a client-facing AI system in production (assistants, chatbots and customer-facing generative AI), and 41 disclose a digital-scale figure such as digitally active customers, app users or assistant interactions.
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · 140 banks profiled (120 US, 20 non-US) · 107 with evidence on this topic · 90 sources cited below · ranked answer, not a comparison
Which banks have the most client-facing digital and AI on the record?
The 30 highest of the 107 banks with a client-facing AI use case or a disclosed digital-scale figure on their page. Use cases: customer-chatbots entries and generative-agentic-ai entries whose text names customers or clients (employee-only tools excluded). Figures: digitally active or mobile customers, app ratings or users, assistant interactions or conversations. Moves: dated timeline entries on clients, customers, digital, apps, assistants or advisers that describe a digital or AI system.
| # | Bank | AI index score | Client-facing AI (stage) | Digital scale figure | Latest client-facing move | Evidence · score | Status | Date | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBVA | n/a | Blue, the customer assistant (in production) · AI Banker, AutoPF and contact-centre copilots (in production) · Retail-banking legal assistant GPT (in production) | Relationship-manager conversations filtered by assistants (Spain): More than half (Oct 6, 2026) | Algorithmic trading: models plus generative agents on the desk (Oct 9, 2026) | 6 in production of 7 use cases · 4 figures · score 23 | In production | Oct 9, 2026 | BBVA ↗ · BBVA ↗ · BBVA ↗ |
| 2 | Truist | 84.6 | Truist Insights (in production) · Integrated receivables (in production) · AI Call Summaries (in production) | Active mobile users / share of client logins on mobile, 2Q26: 5.4 million (+4% y/y) / about 85% (Jun 30, 2026) | Q2 2026: digital metrics that carry the AI story (Jul 17, 2026) | 6 in production of 6 use cases · 7 figures · score 22 | In production | Sep 16, 2026 | Truist via FT Markets ↗ · Truist ↗ · Truist ↗ |
| 3 | U.S. Bank | 81.2 | Liquidity Manager cash forecasting (in production) · STAT merchant statement analysis (in production) · Smart Assistant (in production) | Smart Assistant uses per month (website and mobile app): 2.5 million (Feb 23, 2026) | Smart Assistant cited as a voice-capable virtual assistant (Sep 23, 2026) | 5 in production of 6 use cases · 2 figures · score 19 | In production | Sep 23, 2026 | U.S. Bank ↗ · U.S. Bank ↗ · American Banker ↗ |
| 4 | Schwab | 80.7 | Portfolio Insights (in production) · NLP models in client service (in production) · Schwab AI Service Assistant (in production) | Live interactions transcribed by the AI Service Assistant: ≈ 60,000 a day (Apr 16, 2026) | Charley, a gen-AI assistant for retail clients, unveiled (Sep 30, 2026) | 5 in production of 8 use cases · 1 figure · score 19 | In production | Sep 30, 2026 | Charles Schwab ↗ · Business Wire via FT Markets ↗ · Charles Schwab ↗ |
| 5 | NatWest | n/a | Cora digital assistant with generative AI (in production) · NatWest app in ChatGPT (in production) · Call and complaint summarisation (in production) | Fraud Triage Agent conversations since launch: Nearly 19,000 (Sep 25, 2026) | First UK bank with an app in ChatGPT (Apr 30, 2026) | 4 in production of 5 use cases · 5 figures · score 19 | In production | Sep 25, 2026 | NatWest Group plc ↗ · NatWest Group plc ↗ · NatWest Group plc (via FT Markets) ↗ |
| 6 | BofA | 97.3 | Erica (in production) · CashPro Forecasting and Data Intelligence (in production) · CashPro Chat for corporate clients (in production) | Erica cumulative interactions: 3.8 billion since 2018; nearly 200 million a quarter (Oct 19, 2026) | AskGPS Intelligence Hub and CashPro Payments Insights launch (Sep 28, 2026) | 4 in production of 4 use cases · 3 figures · score 18 | In production | Oct 19, 2026 | American Banker ↗ · Bank of America via FT Markets ↗ · Bank of America (PR Newswire) ↗ |
| 7 | Amex | 93.0 | Graphite card agentic search and checkout (in production) · Card servicing chatbot and AI app search (in production) · Travel counselor assist (in production) | Travel counselors using the AI assistant: 5,000 in 19 markets; over 85% report time saved (Apr 2, 2025) | Next-generation Amex Corporate launched, with AI agents planned for fall (Sep 30, 2026) | 4 in production of 8 use cases · 1 figure · score 18 | In production | Oct 13, 2026 | American Banker ↗ · American Express via FT Markets ↗ · American Express ↗ |
| 8 | Wells Fargo | 90.3 | Fargo (in production) · Integrated receivables (in production) · Intelligent Banker book (in production) | Spanish-speaking Fargo users: > 3 million customers; > 160 million interactions (Mar 26, 2026) | Fargo to be powered by Google Cloud AI (Jan 1, 2022) | 5 in production of 5 use cases · 3 figures · score 17 | In production | Jun 19, 2026 | VentureBeat ↗ · Wells Fargo (Business Wire) ↗ · Wells Fargo ↗ |
| 9 | BNP Paribas | n/a | HelloïZ virtual assistant at Hello bank! (in production) · Nickel Assist (in production) · Call Analyzer at BNP Paribas Cardif (in production) | Hello bank! clients with the HelloïZ virtual assistant: More than one million since January 2026 (May 26, 2026) | 2025 Integrated Report: more than 800 AI specialists (Jun 12, 2026) | 4 in production of 4 use cases · 2 figures · score 16 | In production | Sep 24, 2026 | BNP Paribas ↗ · BNP Paribas ↗ · BNP Paribas ↗ |
| 10 | Regions | 83.4 | RegionsClientIQ and its generative-AI copilot (in production) · AI-driven banker enablement and onboarding platforms (in production) · Personalised insights in mobile banking (in production) | Digital share of transactions / active mobile users: 80% / 2.7 million (Jul 17, 2026) | Digital reaches 80% of transactions (Jul 17, 2026) | 4 in production of 4 use cases · 1 figure · score 14 | In production | Aug 7, 2026 | Regions Financial (SEC filing) ↗ · Regions Financial (SEC filing) ↗ · PYMNTS ↗ |
| 11 | Columbia | 63.4 | AI-powered customer-support assistant (in production) · AI impacts survey for business clients (in production) · Glia digital service ('Go-To') (in production) | Customer-support mix, human calls to AI-assistant chats: 2 : 1 → 1 : 3 (Apr 23, 2026) | CEO on AI in the conversion, in coding and in customer support (Apr 23, 2026) | 4 in production of 4 use cases · 1 figure · score 14 | In production | Sep 24, 2026 | Yahoo Finance ↗ · MarketBeat via Yahoo Finance ↗ · PR Newswire via FT Markets ↗ |
| 12 | ING | n/a | GenAI contact-centre chatbots (in production) · Wholesale banking front-office AI (in production) · LLM voicebot and speech-to-speech tests (pilot) | Chats resolved without human support: More than 80% in four countries, rolled out in seven countries (Mar 18, 2026) | 2Q26 results: Instant Mortgages in Germany and agentic mortgages 'live in production' (Jul 30, 2026) | 2 in production of 4 use cases · 2 figures · score 14 | In production | Oct 14, 2026 | ING Groep N.V. (SEC filing) ↗ · ING Groep N.V. ↗ · Computer Weekly ↗ |
| 13 | Société Générale | n/a | ELIOTT and SoBot assistants (in production) · BoursoBank AI interaction share (in production) · Anthropic Claude models, coding tools and agents (announced) | Incoming calls covered 24/7 by AI assistants (target): 40% (Sep 21, 2026) | Flagship use-case publication: about 700 data and AI use cases (Feb 1, 2025) | 2 in production of 4 use cases · 4 figures · score 14 | In production | Sep 21, 2026 | Societe Generale ↗ · Societe Generale ↗ · Societe Generale ↗ |
| 14 | Fifth Third | 83.7 | Jeanie and the AI app interface (in production) · Newline MCP server with Skills (in production) · AI deposit personalisation (in production) | Mobile app scale: > 2.4 million monthly users; > 1 billion digital interactions a year (Aug 12, 2026) | AI-powered interface in the mobile app (Jun 17, 2026) | 4 in production of 5 use cases · 1 figure · score 13 | In production | Sep 15, 2026 | Fifth Third ↗ · Fifth Third via FT Markets ↗ · Fifth Third (Business Wire via Yahoo Finance) ↗ |
| 15 | DBS | n/a | DBS Joy (corporate and SME assistant) (in production) · Gen AI assistant for customer service officers (in production) · DBS digibot (rolling out) | DBS Joy, Singapore, first half 2026: Chats up 22%, active users up 61%, calls or emails to customer service down 7%, satisfaction up 17% (Jun 30, 2026) | Euromoney names DBS Asia's Best Digital Bank for AI leadership (Jul 20, 2026) | 2 in production of 5 use cases · 1 figure · score 13 | In production | Oct 2, 2026 | DBS Group Holdings ↗ · DBS Group Holdings ↗ · DBS Group Holdings ↗ |
| 16 | OCBC | n/a | Gen AI coaching for wealth advisors (in production) · Contact-centre AI: call summaries and Gen AI call review (in production) · OCBC Markets Watch chatbot and Voice AI reminders (in production) | digital scale not disclosed | OCBC WoW avatar banking and a S$1 billion-a-year technology budget (Jul 1, 2026) | 4 in production of 5 use cases · 0 figures · score 12 | In production | Oct 5, 2026 | Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation ↗ · The Business Times ↗ · The Straits Times ↗ |
| 17 | Scotiabank | n/a | Contact-centre AI and Ask AI (in production) · Predictive UX payment prompts (in production) · Scotia chat and LLM hand-off summaries (in production) | digital scale not disclosed | Q3 2026 investor deck: AI in action across the bank (Aug 25, 2026) | 3 in production of 4 use cases · 0 figures · score 11 | In production | Aug 25, 2026 | Scotiabank (CNW via Yahoo Finance) ↗ · Yahoo Finance ↗ · Scotiabank (The Bank of Nova Scotia) ↗ |
| 18 | TD | 91.5 | TD AI Prism personalisation (in production) · US contact-centre knowledge management (in production) · Voice AI agent for US contact centres (announced) | US consumers who would let a bank AI assistant complete a task: 69% (49% used AI for a financial decision; 83% of those verified it) (Oct 6, 2026) | US survey: 69% would let a bank AI assistant complete a financial task (Oct 6, 2026) | 2 in production of 3 use cases · 1 figure · score 11 | In production | Oct 6, 2026 | TD Bank Group ↗ · American Banker ↗ · CIO Dive ↗ |
| 19 | Busey Bank | 44.8 | Glia voice-AI virtual assistants in the contact centre (in production) · Glia digital virtual assistant and voice AI replacing the 1-800 IVR (in production) · Voice authentication for self-service balances and transfers (announced) | Calls handled by Glia virtual assistants / cut in wrap-up time: 61.5% / 50% (Feb 24, 2026) | Busey Digital Banking and Busey Mobile go live (Jun 8, 2026) | 2 in production of 3 use cases · 1 figure · score 11 | In production | Sep 24, 2026 | The Financial Brand ↗ · Glia (Business Wire) ↗ · Busey Bank ↗ |
| 20 | Capital One | 86.6 | Chat Concierge (in production) · Eno (in production) · Digital and customer-service AI (in production) | Generative-AI training data disclosed: 20 trillion+ tokens; 7,100+ synthetic conversations (Sep 24, 2026) | Chat Concierge launches for auto dealers (Mar 4, 2025) | 3 in production of 3 use cases · 1 figure · score 10 | In production | Sep 24, 2026 | Capital One ↗ · Capital One ↗ · Capital One ↗ |
| 21 | UBS Group AG | n/a | Advisor agents and STAAT Insights (US wealth) (in production) · AI chatbots for mobile banking support (in production) · UBS Red assistants and the advisor knowledge base (in production) | digital scale not disclosed | 2025 Form 20-F: 380 live use cases (Mar 9, 2026) | 3 in production of 3 use cases · 0 figures · score 10 | In production | Jul 13, 2026 | Reuters via Investing.com ↗ · UBS Group AG (SEC filing) ↗ · UBS Group AG (SEC filing) ↗ |
| 22 | FNB | 59.2 | eStore Common app with AI-driven insights (in production) · Opportunity IQ AI cross-sell and lead generation (in production) · AI customer insights and recommendations (announced) | digital scale not disclosed | Pittsburgh International Airport partnership (May 27, 2026) | 2 in production of 4 use cases · 0 figures · score 10 | In production | May 27, 2026 | PR Newswire via FT Markets ↗ · F.N.B. Corporation (SEC filings) ↗ · Banking Dive ↗ |
| 23 | First Hawaiian | 47.2 | AI-driven financial insights in the mobile app (in production) · In-app chatbot in the July 2025 mobile app (in production) · Enterprise digital transformation (rolling out) | digital scale not disclosed | AI programme lead on the 'Human Side of AI & Automation' panel (Jul 17, 2026) | 2 in production of 4 use cases · 0 figures · score 10 | In production | Jul 17, 2026 | First Hawaiian Bank ↗ · First Hawaiian Bank ↗ · First Hawaiian Bank ↗ |
| 24 | Commonwealth Bank | n/a | Virtual messaging and AI orchestration agent (in production) · Generative AI dispute management (in production) · CommBank Companion in the app (rolling out) | Conversations a month through the Microsoft-built contact-centre platform: over 2 million (about 50,000 phone calls a day in the contact centre) (Jul 9, 2026) | CommBank Companion enters testing (May 26, 2026) | 2 in production of 3 use cases · 2 figures · score 10 | In production | Aug 12, 2026 | Commonwealth Bank of Australia ↗ · iTnews ↗ · Commonwealth Bank of Australia ↗ |
| 25 | PNC | 68.2 | AI-enabled search for customer-facing teams (in production) · Call-centre models (announced) · PNC digital assistant (planned) (announced) | Mobile app users: ≈ 8 million; active users +8% year over year (Jul 8, 2026) | Barclays conference: agents at the centre of development, 5–10x (Sep 14, 2026) | 1 in production of 3 use cases · 1 figure · score 10 | In production | Sep 14, 2026 | PNC via SEC EDGAR ↗ · American Banker ↗ · Banking Dive ↗ |
| 26 | Lloyds | n/a | AI-powered financial assistant (rolling out) · AI investment guidance (Scottish Widows) (pilot) | Bank of Scotland customers with the AI financial assistant: More than 500,000 (Jun 22, 2026) | More than 1,000 AI roles planned; AI financial assistant at 500,000 customers (Jun 22, 2026) | 0 in production of 2 use cases · 2 figures · score 10 | Rolling out | Jul 30, 2026 | Lloyds Banking Group ↗ · Lloyds Banking Group ↗ · Lloyds Banking Group ↗ |
| 27 | Huntington | 83.8 | AI-personalised deposit offers (in production) · Treasury connectivity automation (in production) · Huntington Heads Up personalised insights (in production) | digital scale not disclosed | Blend award for Huntington's consumer digital lead (Aug 27, 2026) | 3 in production of 4 use cases · 0 figures · score 9 | In production | Aug 27, 2026 | Bloomberg ↗ · Huntington ↗ · Personetics ↗ |
| 28 | HSBC USA | 81.9 | Contact-centre AI tools (in production) · CIB servicing agents (in production) · HSBCnio: AI-enabled digital banking for corporate clients (announced) | Vulnerability patching speed with coding assistants: 5× faster (Feb 25, 2026) | HSBCnio launches for corporate and institutional clients (Sep 29, 2026) | 2 in production of 3 use cases · 1 figure · score 9 | In production | Sep 29, 2026 | Banking Dive ↗ · Banking Dive ↗ · HSBC ↗ |
| 29 | CIBC | 76.5 | AdvisorAssist meeting notes (in production) · CIBC Voice Assistant (in production) · CIBC CRTeX personalised offers and insights (rolling out) | CAI 1.0 average cost per user per month, group (fixed-licence assistants: about $40; CAI 2.0 testers: $4 to $250): about $3 (Jul 31, 2026) | AdvisorAssist launched with DocuMind and Voice Assistant figures (Jul 31, 2026) | 2 in production of 3 use cases · 1 figure · score 9 | In production | Aug 27, 2026 | CIBC via CNW (Yahoo Finance) ↗ · Yahoo Finance ↗ · CIBC ↗ |
| 30 | Banner Bank | 36.1 | Banner Virtual Assistant (in production) · Glia AI assistants in the client engagement center (in production) | Banner Virtual Assistant availability: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; staff 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. PT weekdays by phone (Sep 24, 2026) | Q1 2026 call: digital platforms and AI capabilities (Apr 23, 2026) | 2 in production of 2 use cases · 1 figure · score 9 | In production | Sep 24, 2026 | Banner Bank ↗ · Glia ↗ · StockStory (Yahoo Finance) ↗ |
Each row quotes the bank's page on this site; the bank link opens the full record with every source. “Not disclosed” means the page records nothing on that point. Banks absent from the table have no evidence on this topic on their page. The AI index score is the bank's score out of 100 on the US AI index; non-US groups are outside that index and show n/a.
Which banks lead on client experience technology within each size tier?
The same ranking within size tiers; the headline is the digital scale figure where one is disclosed, otherwise the lead client-facing system.
| Tier | Overall rank | Bank | Headline |
|---|---|---|---|
| US banks over $500bn | #2 | Truist | Active mobile users / share of client logins on mobile, 2Q26: 5.4 million (+4% y/y) / about 85% (Jun 30, 2026) |
| US banks over $500bn | #3 | U.S. Bank | Smart Assistant uses per month (website and mobile app): 2.5 million (Feb 23, 2026) |
| US banks over $500bn | #4 | Schwab | Live interactions transcribed by the AI Service Assistant: ≈ 60,000 a day (Apr 16, 2026) |
| US banks over $500bn | #6 | BofA | Erica cumulative interactions: 3.8 billion since 2018; nearly 200 million a quarter (Oct 19, 2026) |
| US banks, $100bn to $500bn | #7 | Amex | Travel counselors using the AI assistant: 5,000 in 19 markets; over 85% report time saved (Apr 2, 2025) |
| US banks, $100bn to $500bn | #10 | Regions | Digital share of transactions / active mobile users: 80% / 2.7 million (Jul 17, 2026) |
| US banks, $100bn to $500bn | #14 | Fifth Third | Mobile app scale: > 2.4 million monthly users; > 1 billion digital interactions a year (Aug 12, 2026) |
| US banks, $100bn to $500bn | #18 | TD | US consumers who would let a bank AI assistant complete a task: 69% (49% used AI for a financial decision; 83% of… |
| US banks under $100bn | #11 | Columbia | Customer-support mix, human calls to AI-assistant chats: 2 : 1 → 1 : 3 (Apr 23, 2026) |
| US banks under $100bn | #19 | Busey Bank | Calls handled by Glia virtual assistants / cut in wrap-up time: 61.5% / 50% (Feb 24, 2026) |
| US banks under $100bn | #22 | FNB | eStore Common app with AI-driven insights (in production) · Opportunity IQ AI cross-sell and lead generation (in… |
| US banks under $100bn | #23 | First Hawaiian | AI-driven financial insights in the mobile app (in production) · In-app chatbot in the July 2025 mobile app (in… |
| Non-US banking groups | #1 | BBVA | Relationship-manager conversations filtered by assistants (Spain): More than half (Oct 6, 2026) |
| Non-US banking groups | #5 | NatWest | Fraud Triage Agent conversations since launch: Nearly 19,000 (Sep 25, 2026) |
| Non-US banking groups | #9 | BNP Paribas | Hello bank! clients with the HelloïZ virtual assistant: More than one million since January 2026 (May 26, 2026) |
| Non-US banking groups | #12 | ING | Chats resolved without human support: More than 80% in four countries, rolled out in seven countries (Mar 18, 2026) |
How is this ranking computed?
Score = 2 × client-facing AI use cases in production + 1 × those at other stages + 2 × digital-scale figures (capped at three) + 1 per dated client-facing digital or AI move (capped at four). Ties: use cases in production, then assets, then name.
A bank needs at least one client-facing use case or digital-scale figure to be ranked. Figures are quoted as reported with their as-of date; app ratings, user counts and interaction counts are shown, never combined.
What are the caveats?
Digital-scale figures measure different things (digitally active users, mobile users, assistant interactions, app ratings) and are not comparable across rows. The largest consumer banks report them; most regional and commercial banks do not, which keeps them lower here regardless of their app quality.
Client experience is broader than this record: branch, call-centre and human service quality are not on the bank pages and are not measured.
How does this differ from the AI index?
The AI index counts every use case equally; this page keeps only client-facing digital and AI and adds digital-scale figures that the index does not score. The AI index and its method are on their own page; the technology leaders and generative AI guides are hand-written cross-bank tables with their own sourcing.
Which bank leads in client experience technology?
BBVA (score 23): Blue, the customer assistant (in production) · AI Banker, AutoPF and contact-centre copilots (in production); Relationship-manager conversations filtered by assistants (Spain): More than half (Oct 6, 2026).
How many large banks have a client-facing AI assistant in production?
85 of the 140 profiled banks; 22 more appear here with a system at an earlier stage or with a digital-scale figure only.
Which banks disclose digitally active customers or app scale?
41 banks: BBVA (Relationship-manager conversations filtered by assistants (Spain)…), Truist (Active mobile users / share of client logins on mobile, 2Q26: 5.4…), U.S. Bank (Smart Assistant uses per month (website and mobile app): 2.5 million), Schwab (Live interactions transcribed by the AI Service Assistant: ≈ 60,000…), NatWest (Fraud Triage Agent conversations since launch: Nearly 19,000) and BofA (Erica cumulative interactions: 3.8 billion since 2018; nearly 200…) and others.
Which smaller banks lead on client-facing technology?
Among US banks under $100bn: Columbia, Busey Bank, FNB, First Hawaiian and CIBC.
Is this the same as the customer-facing generative AI ranking?
No. That page keeps only generative and conversational systems; this one also counts non-generative assistants and chatbots, digital-active customers, app scale and dated client-facing digital moves.
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