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Which large banks use generative AI with customers?

Data as of Oct 6, 2026 · 140 banks profiled · 49 with evidence · 69 sources cited · page updated Oct 15, 2026

32 of the 140 profiled banks describe a customer-facing generative or conversational AI system in production, and 49 describe one at any stage. The leaders by stage and disclosed scale are BBVA, BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Fulton and ING: BBVA (Blue, the customer assistant · AI Banker, AutoPF and…, in production; Relationship-manager conversations filtered by assistants (Spain)…); BNP Paribas (HelloïZ virtual assistant at Hello bank! · Nickel Assist ·…, in production); Société Générale (ELIOTT and SoBot assistants · Anthropic Claude models…, in production; ELIOTT conversations managed: 4 million a year (Feb 1, 2025)); Fulton (AI chatbot on the Blue Foundry welcome page · NICE Expert…, in production; Customer interactions serviced a year (contact centre, sales…); ING (GenAI contact-centre chatbots · Wholesale banking…, in production; Dutch positions at risk from AI (collective-dismissal estimate)…). Most customer-facing systems are account assistants in the mobile app; a few are advisers' client-facing tools or dealer and merchant assistants.

Data as of Oct 6, 2026 · 140 banks profiled (120 US, 20 non-US) · 49 with evidence on this topic · 69 sources cited below · ranked answer, not a comparison · How large banks use generative AI, platform by platform

Which banks have customer-facing generative AI, at what stage and scale?

The 30 highest of 49 banks with a customer-facing assistant or generative AI use case on their page (use cases tagged customer-chatbots or generative-agentic-ai whose text names customers, clients, members, cardholders, dealers or merchants and a generative, conversational or assistant system; employee-only tools excluded). Scale is the first disclosed number mentioning the system by name, or a users or interactions count.

#BankCustomer-facing systemsWhat the lead system doesDisclosed scaleIn production / scoreStatusDateSources
1BBVABlue, the customer assistant · AI Banker, AutoPF and contact-centre copilots · Retail-banking legal assistant GPTGenerative-AI assistant in the BBVA app: 150 queries and transactions, over 3,000 questions, can send Bizum paymentsRelationship-manager conversations filtered by assistants (Spain): More than half (Oct 6, 2026)5 in production of 5 · score 17In productionOct 6, 2026BBVA ↗ · BBVA ↗ · BBVA ↗
2BNP ParibasHelloïZ virtual assistant at Hello bank! · Nickel Assist · Annalise.ai advertising-compliance checksThe latest version, using generative AI (Mistral AI models) to understand and route requests with access to human advisers, has been deployed to…scale not disclosed3 in production of 3 · score 9In productionSep 24, 2026BNP Paribas ↗ · BNP Paribas ↗ · BNP Paribas Personal Finance ↗
3Société GénéraleELIOTT and SoBot assistants · Anthropic Claude models, coding tools and agents · Generative-AI assistants for clients and advisersELIOTT, the BoursoBank assistant, manages 4 million client conversations a yearELIOTT conversations managed: 4 million a year (Feb 1, 2025)1 in production of 3 · score 9In productionSep 21, 2026Societe Generale ↗ · Societe Generale ↗ · Societe Generale ↗
4FultonAI chatbot on the Blue Foundry welcome page · NICE Expert knowledge base, Copilot auto summary and chat channelThe transition page for former Blue Foundry customers connects to an AI chatbotCustomer interactions serviced a year (contact centre, sales, treasury management, back office): > 3 million (Sep 30, 2026)2 in production of 2 · score 8In productionSep 30, 2026Fulton Bank ↗ · NICE ↗
5INGGenAI contact-centre chatbots · Wholesale banking front-office AIChatbots live in seven countriesDutch positions at risk from AI (collective-dismissal estimate): About 950 by end-2026, filed with the employee insurance agency; covers wholesale banking and manual contact-centre and lending work (Oct 30, 2025)2 in production of 2 · score 8In productionOct 14, 2026ING Groep N.V. (SEC filing) ↗ · ING Groep N.V. ↗ · Computer Weekly ↗
6DBSDBS Joy (corporate and SME assistant) · Gen AI assistant for customer service officers · DBS digibotGen AI virtual agent in IDEAL that became fully agentic in Singapore in July 2026scale not disclosed2 in production of 4 · score 8In productionOct 2, 2026DBS Group Holdings ↗ · DBS Group Holdings ↗ · DBS Group Holdings ↗
7SchwabNLP models in client service · Schwab AI Service Assistant · CharleyNatural-language processing supporting service interactionsscale not disclosed2 in production of 3 · score 7In productionSep 30, 2026Charles Schwab ↗ · The Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance) ↗ · Charles Schwab ↗
8BofAEricaConsumer virtual assistantErica interactions: 3 billion+ cumulative; 2 million a day (Jan 22, 2026)1 in production of 1 · score 7In productionOct 1, 2026American Banker ↗ · Bank of America Newsroom ↗ · The Motley Fool (Yahoo Finance) ↗
9Busey BankGlia voice-AI virtual assistants in the contact centreRoutine calls handled by Glia virtual assistants (61.5% of calls) with automated post-call work, deployed as the CrossFirst deal added 30,000…Calls handled by Glia virtual assistants / cut in wrap-up time: 61.5% / 50% (Feb 24, 2026)1 in production of 1 · score 7In productionSep 24, 2026The Financial Brand ↗ · Glia (Business Wire) ↗ · Busey Bank ↗
10Wells FargoFargo · Auto Commentary in Advisor GatewayConsumer virtual assistant: bill pay, transfers, transaction lookupsscale not disclosed2 in production of 2 · score 6In productionMay 8, 2026VentureBeat ↗ · InvestmentNews ↗
11Capital OneChat Concierge · EnoMulti-agent assistant on dealer websitesscale not disclosed2 in production of 2 · score 6In productionSep 19, 2026Capital One ↗ · Capital One ↗ · Capital One ↗
12AmexCard servicing chatbot and AI app search · Resy in ClaudeCard servicing teams use an AI-powered chatbot to resolve inquiriesscale not disclosed2 in production of 2 · score 6In productionApr 24, 2026American Express ↗ · American Express ↗
13ColumbiaAI-powered customer-support assistant · Cisco AI Assistant for Webex Contact CenterHandles routine administrative questionsscale not disclosed2 in production of 2 · score 6In productionApr 23, 2026Yahoo Finance ↗ · MarketBeat via Yahoo Finance ↗ · Webex Blog (Cisco) ↗
14UBS Group AGAI chatbots for mobile banking support · UBS Red assistants and the advisor knowledge baseAI-powered chatbots give instant mobile-banking support to 1.2 million clientsscale not disclosed2 in production of 2 · score 6In productionMar 9, 2026UBS Group AG (SEC filing) ↗ · Microsoft Customer Stories ↗
15RBCAdvice Centre generative AI and conversational banking · AI digital assistant for intent detection and routingGenAI supports Personal Banking advisors with knowledge access and task executionscale not disclosed2 in production of 2 · score 6In productionMay 28, 2026Royal Bank of Canada ↗ · Yahoo Finance ↗ · Royal Bank of Canada (SEC filing) ↗
16Standard CharteredGenAI Client Engagement Assistant in myWealth Advisor · Trust AI Ask at Trust BankBuilt on SC GPT, it helps relationship managers draft personalised client messages in one click, grounded in the Chief Investment Office house viewsscale not disclosed2 in production of 2 · score 6In productionSep 11, 2026Standard Chartered PLC ↗ · The Straits Times ↗
17OCBCGen AI coaching for wealth advisors · OCBC Markets Watch chatbot and Voice AI remindersSix-month programme for 900 Singapore wealth advisors that generates adaptive customer scenarios and gap-analysis reports for supervisorsscale not disclosed2 in production of 2 · score 6In productionApr 15, 2026Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation ↗ · Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (via HKMA Banking Disclosure Repository) ↗
18FrostContact Center Copilot and enhanced customer chat (employee-facing) · Conversational, personalised mobile bankingNamed in the August 2026 investor deck as behind call-centre gains (the deck does not name a vendor for the copilot)Contact-centre AI co-pilot: vendor-reported satisfaction and response: 91% customer satisfaction; response under 60 seconds (LivePerson's figures) (Jul 29, 2024)1 in production of 2 · score 6In productionAug 17, 2026Cullen/Frost Bankers (SEC filings) ↗ · Banking Dive ↗ · Bank Automation News ↗
19TowneBankTalkdesk cloud contact centre with Talkdesk Copilot · Copilot for meeting preparation and document reviewMember service runs on Talkdesk's cloud contact-centre platform, starting with Talkdesk Copilot agent assistance and Interaction & Quality AnalyticsTalkdesk-reported contact-centre results (vendor figures): 23-second cut in average handle time; 97% satisfaction rate (Oct 30, 2025)1 in production of 2 · score 6In productionAug 18, 2026TowneBank (from The CEO Magazine) ↗ · Talkdesk ↗ · Talkdesk ↗
20BankUnitedTalkdesk AI contact centreThe contact centre runs on Talkdesk's Financial Services Experience Cloud: Talkdesk Copilot guides agents during interactions, Talkdesk Autopilot…Contact-centre net promoter score change (Talkdesk-reported): +104% (Mar 11, 2025)1 in production of 1 · score 5In productionSep 24, 2026Talkdesk ↗ · Talkdesk ↗
21NatWestAgentic spending insights in CoraCustomers ask natural-language questions about their recent spending in the appAgentic software delivery against the usual team: 3 engineers and 7 agents in about 6 hours, against 12 engineers and about 6 weeks (May 1, 2026)0 in production of 1 · score 5PilotSep 25, 2026Finextra ↗ · NatWest Group ↗ · NatWest Group ↗
22BarclaysGenAI contact-centre call summaries (US Consumer Bank) · Conversational AI in the US Consumer Bank appReason for call, actions and next steps captured for agentsscale not disclosed1 in production of 2 · score 4In productionFeb 10, 2026Barclays ↗ · Yahoo Finance (Quartr) ↗
23U.S. BankGenAI assistant for contact-centre agentsA GenAI-powered assistant helps contact-centre agents answer client callsscale not disclosed1 in production of 1 · score 3In productionMay 7, 2026U.S. Bank ↗ · American Banker ↗
24PNCAI-enabled search for customer-facing teamsNamed in the 2026 proxy alongside the Copilot rolloutscale not disclosed1 in production of 1 · score 3In productionMar 11, 2026PNC via SEC EDGAR ↗
25RegionsRegionsClientIQ and its generative-AI copilotA machine-learning data product that prioritises client opportunities and flags early credit and attrition risk for commercial and treasury bankersscale not disclosed1 in production of 1 · score 3In productionAug 7, 2026Regions Financial (SEC filing) ↗ · Regions Financial (SEC filing) ↗
26Wintrust'Robotics-type, efficiency-type' automationsDozens of efficiency automations, described by the CEO in robotics terms rather than as generative AI, plus customer-focused modellingscale not disclosed1 in production of 1 · score 3In productionMar 3, 2026Investing.com (Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference, 3 March 2026) ↗
27CIBCAdvisorAssist meeting notesGenerative AI captures and summarises client-meeting notes and follow-up documentationscale not disclosed1 in production of 1 · score 3In productionAug 27, 2026CIBC via CNW (Yahoo Finance) ↗ · Yahoo Finance ↗
28ValleyAI knowledge assistants for customer careGenerative AI giving customer-care agents access to approved policies and proceduresscale not disclosed1 in production of 1 · score 3In productionJul 23, 2026Valley National Bancorp (SEC filings) ↗
29Eastern BankClient education on AI chatbots and generative AIMiddle-market guide to selecting AI services and local learning resourcesscale not disclosed1 in production of 1 · score 3In productionOct 4, 2024Eastern Bank ↗
30Enterprise Bank & TrustDigital banking Virtual Assistant24/7 chat inside online banking and the mobile app for balances, routing numbers, transfers and navigation, with hand-off to a live client service…scale not disclosed1 in production of 1 · score 3In productionSep 24, 2026Enterprise Bank & Trust ↗

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.

What are the customer-facing assistants called?

Every customer-facing system in the ranking, one per row, with its stage.

BankSystemStageDate
BBVABlue, the customer assistantIn productionSep 22, 2026
BBVAAI Banker, AutoPF and contact-centre copilotsIn productionAug 13, 2026
BBVARetail-banking legal assistant GPTIn productionJun 11, 2026
BNP ParibasHelloïZ virtual assistant at Hello bank!In productionMay 26, 2026
BNP ParibasNickel AssistIn productionSep 24, 2026
BNP ParibasAnnalise.ai advertising-compliance checksIn productionJun 29, 2026
Société GénéraleELIOTT and SoBot assistantsIn productionFeb 1, 2025
Société GénéraleAnthropic Claude models, coding tools and agentsAnnouncedSep 21, 2026
Société GénéraleGenerative-AI assistants for clients and advisersAnnouncedSep 21, 2026
FultonAI chatbot on the Blue Foundry welcome pageIn productionJul 11, 2026
FultonNICE Expert knowledge base, Copilot auto summary and chat channelIn productionSep 30, 2026
INGGenAI contact-centre chatbotsIn productionOct 5, 2026
INGWholesale banking front-office AIIn productionOct 14, 2026
DBSDBS Joy (corporate and SME assistant)In productionJul 27, 2026
DBSGen AI assistant for customer service officersIn productionJan 8, 2026
DBSDBS digibotRolling outJul 27, 2026
SchwabNLP models in client serviceIn productionFeb 5, 2025
SchwabSchwab AI Service AssistantIn productionApr 16, 2026
SchwabCharleyRolling outSep 30, 2026
BofAEricaIn productionJan 22, 2026
Busey BankGlia voice-AI virtual assistants in the contact centreIn productionSep 24, 2026
Wells FargoFargoIn productionApr 8, 2025
Wells FargoAuto Commentary in Advisor GatewayIn productionMay 8, 2026
Capital OneChat ConciergeIn productionMar 5, 2025
Capital OneEnoIn productionSep 19, 2026
AmexCard servicing chatbot and AI app searchIn productionMar 25, 2026
AmexResy in ClaudeIn productionApr 24, 2026
ColumbiaAI-powered customer-support assistantIn productionApr 23, 2026
ColumbiaCisco AI Assistant for Webex Contact CenterIn productionApr 11, 2025
UBS Group AGAI chatbots for mobile banking supportIn productionMar 9, 2026
UBS Group AGUBS Red assistants and the advisor knowledge baseIn productionDec 31, 2024
RBCAdvice Centre generative AI and conversational bankingIn productionMay 28, 2026
RBCAI digital assistant for intent detection and routingIn productionMay 28, 2026
Standard CharteredGenAI Client Engagement Assistant in myWealth AdvisorIn productionJan 14, 2026
Standard CharteredTrust AI Ask at Trust BankIn productionSep 11, 2026
OCBCGen AI coaching for wealth advisorsIn productionApr 15, 2026
OCBCOCBC Markets Watch chatbot and Voice AI remindersIn productionMar 10, 2026
FrostContact Center Copilot and enhanced customer chat (employee-facing)In productionAug 17, 2026
FrostConversational, personalised mobile bankingAnnouncedJan 29, 2025
TowneBankTalkdesk cloud contact centre with Talkdesk CopilotIn productionAug 18, 2026
TowneBankCopilot for meeting preparation and document reviewPilotJun 22, 2026
BankUnitedTalkdesk AI contact centreIn productionSep 24, 2026
NatWestAgentic spending insights in CoraPilotSep 25, 2026
BarclaysGenAI contact-centre call summaries (US Consumer Bank)In productionFeb 5, 2026
BarclaysConversational AI in the US Consumer Bank appRolling outFeb 10, 2026
U.S. BankGenAI assistant for contact-centre agentsIn productionMay 7, 2026
PNCAI-enabled search for customer-facing teamsIn productionMar 11, 2026
RegionsRegionsClientIQ and its generative-AI copilotIn productionAug 7, 2026
Wintrust'Robotics-type, efficiency-type' automationsIn productionMar 3, 2026
CIBCAdvisorAssist meeting notesIn productionAug 27, 2026
ValleyAI knowledge assistants for customer careIn productionJul 23, 2026
Eastern BankClient education on AI chatbots and generative AIIn productionOct 4, 2024
Enterprise Bank & TrustDigital banking Virtual AssistantIn productionSep 24, 2026

How is this ranking computed?

Score = 3 × customer-facing generative AI use cases in production + 1 × those at other stages + 2 × disclosed scale numbers (capped at two). Inclusion tests the use case's own text for a customer audience and for a generative, conversational or assistant system; use cases that name only employees, advisers or developers are excluded. Ties: systems in production, then assets.

Stage is the one the bank's page records (in production, rolling out, pilot, announced); scale figures are quoted as reported with their date.

What are the caveats?

Not every customer assistant is generative: Erica and Eno predate large language models and run on in-house natural-language processing, and the pages say so. They are included because the question people ask is about AI with customers; the description column shows what each system is.

Scale is disclosed by a minority of banks and on different measures (users, interactions, prompts, calls); the column is not comparable across rows.

How does this differ from the AI index?

The AI index counts every use case equally and does not separate customer-facing from internal; this page keeps only customer-facing generative and conversational systems and weights production. 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 has the largest customer-facing AI assistant?

By disclosed scale, BBVA: Relationship-manager conversations filtered by assistants (Spain): More than half (Oct 6, 2026).

How many banks let customers talk to generative AI?

32 of the 140 profiled banks describe a customer-facing conversational or generative AI system in production; 17 more are rolling one out, piloting or have announced one.

Are bank chatbots generative AI?

Increasingly, but not all: the longest-running assistants (Bank of America's Erica, Capital One's Eno) use in-house natural-language models, and banks have been slower to put large language models in front of customers than in front of staff because of hallucination and compliance risk.

Which banks use generative AI for advisers' clients?

Banks whose customer-facing systems include advice or wealth tools: BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Schwab, Wells Fargo and UBS Group AG.

Which smaller banks have customer-facing AI?

Among US banks under $100bn: Fulton, Busey Bank, Columbia, Frost and TowneBank.

What rules apply to customer-facing AI?

UDAAP and the CFPB's chatbot guidance in the US, the EU AI Act's transparency duties in Europe; the AI chatbots hub and the regulation tracker cover them.

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