How does WaFd, Inc. compare with its peers on AI and technology?
On this site's AI disclosure index WaFd scores 52.3 (#55 of 120 US banks), fourth in an eight-bank group of Western regionals. Western Alliance (71.8), Columbia (63.3) and Zions (59.6) are ahead of it, First Interstate (51.3) is close to level, and Banner (36.7), Banc of California (34.7) and Glacier (2) are behind. WaFd's distinction is technology built in-house. Its Pike Street Labs unit, formed in 2019, built an Amazon Lex voicebot that made balance inquiries 95% faster and cut calls to live representatives by 45% for voice-enrolled customers. That unit was spun out as Archway in 2023. In April 2026 CEO Brent Beardall said AI assistance had more than doubled the pace of WaFd's software development. AWS reports that WaFd moved 80% of its workloads to the cloud in one year (May 2026). It trails on counted adoption and on follow-through. Zions reported 56% of its workforce using generative AI (September 2025). Western Alliance put 150,000+ employee hours saved on the record at its May 2026 investor day. Columbia says its AI agents now send seven client-message responses for every human one (September 2026). WaFd said in April 2026 that an AI call-center agent would launch the next quarter, but its July call did not mention it. WaFd is also mid-transition: on September 7, 2026 it agreed a $3.9 billion reverse merger with EverBank. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027, and 27 integration workstreams are already deciding core, accounting and HR systems.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · WaFd Bank profile updated Oct 19, 2026 · computed tables recalculate from the 140 bank profiles on this site · Markdown
Where does WaFd Bank lead its peers on AI?
01
A self-service voicebot with measured results, built in-house
AWS's 2024 case study says WaFd's Pike Street Labs built an Amazon Lex voicebot with voice biometrics that made balance inquiries 95% faster and cut calls to live representatives by 45% for voice-enrolled customers. Banner's virtual assistant answers 24 hours a day, and Glia gave it a 2025 award for hand-offs to staff, but Banner discloses no result figure of that kind.[1][12][13][14]
02
AI-assisted development at twice the pace
Beardall said in April 2026 that AI assisting WaFd's in-house developers has more than doubled the pace of development. Banc of California reports more than 80% of developers using AI daily (April 2026), and Columbia lists automated code generation, debugging and documentation in its October 2025 deck. Neither gives a speed figure.[3][15][16]
03
A customer-satisfaction lead it measures against peers
WaFd's September 2026 merger deck puts its net promoter score at 58 against a peer median of 8; on its October 2025 call it said the score had risen from 17 eight years earlier. WaFd auto-approves 44% of online deposit-account applications (October 2025). Glacier's 2025 annual report describes no AI use.[11][17][18]
Where does WaFd Bank trail its peers on AI?
01
Fewer of its own disclosures than almost any peer
WaFd scores 9 on its own primary disclosures, eighth of eight; Banner scores 21. WaFd's fiscal 2025 10-K added a dedicated AI risk factor, but its fiscal third-quarter call on July 17, 2026 made no reference to AI. Banner's 2026 proxy discloses a board-approved generative-AI policy, and Zions' 2025 10-K describes a Data and AI Governance Committee.[19][9][20][21]
02
No adoption counts while Zions, Western Alliance and Columbia publish theirs
WaFd gives no share of staff using AI and no hours saved. Zions reported 56% of its workforce using generative AI (September 2025). Western Alliance's CIO put the savings at 150,000+ employee hours and $10 million+ of productivity (May 2026). Columbia's chief administrative officer said client messages get seven AI-agent responses for every human one (September 2026).[5][6][7]
03
A promised AI call-center agent with no launch on the record
On April 17, 2026 WaFd said its AI-powered call-center agent would launch the next quarter. The July 17 call did not mention it or the new mobile app. Columbia, by contrast, reported in April 2026 that its AI assistant had moved support from two human calls per AI chat to three AI chats per human call.[8][9][22]
04
Not among the Fiserv agentOS banks, unlike First Interstate
WaFd's agent work is a pilot of nCino's Analyst Digital Partner for credit risk and financial analysis (September 2026). First Interstate is running a commercial loan-onboarding agent pilot on Fiserv's agentOS, which Fiserv says has 'measurable results' (May 2026).[23][24][25]
Where does WaFd Bank 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Alliance Bancorporation | 71.8 | #32 of 120 | 13 | 14 | 16 of 17 | 18 | Triangle of Fraud Protection and the enterprise AI programme[26][27][28][29] |
| Columbia Banking System | 63.3 | #45 of 120 | 10 | 14 | 15 of 16 | 16 | Integration-built infrastructure, not a disclosed AI platform[30][31][32][33][22][16][34] |
| Zions Bancorporation | 59.6 | #48 of 120 | 11 | 10 | 10 of 16 | 13 | A modern core plus a Gemini-based enterprise AI platform[5][35][36] |
| WaFd, Inc. (this page) | 52.3 | #55 of 120 | 8 | 9 | 9 of 13 | 18 | Build 2030 digital focus: next-generation mobile app and planned AI call-centre agent[37][8][3][1][38] |
| First Interstate BancSystem | 51.3 | #56 of 120 | 7 | 17 | 5 of 11 | 21 | Fiserv agentOS pilot and the 'one clean data source' project[25][39] |
| Banner Corporation | 36.7 | #80 of 120 | 3 | 21 | 9 of 12 | 15 | Digital platform and AI capability investments; Banner Virtual Assistant[40][13] |
| Banc of California | 34.7 | #82 of 120 | 1 | 21 | 10 of 14 | 15 | BancEdge (formerly Deepstack) payments platform, SmartStreet[41][42][43][44][45][46][15][47] |
| Glacier Bancorp | 2 | #117 of 120 | 3 | 18 | 7 of 10 | 14 | Not disclosed |
On which parts of the AI record is WaFd Bank ahead of or behind its peers?
Each row is one input of the index, counted on the profiles of WaFd Bank and the 7 peers that are scored on the same basis. "Place" is WaFd Bank's position in the group of 8 (1st = most).
| Component (weight) | WaFd Bank | Peer median | Most in the group | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent sources (45%) | 8 | 7 | Western Alliance (13) | 4th of 8 |
| Use cases in production (10%) | 9 | 10 | Western Alliance (16) | 5th of 8 |
| Own primary disclosures (10%) | 9 | 17 | Banner Bank (21) | 8th of 8 |
| Dated moves, last 12 months (10%) | 18 | 15 | First Interstate (21) | 2nd of 8 |
| Disclosed numbers (5%) | 14 | 14 | Zions (16) | 4th of 8 |
| Named AI leaders (5%) | 8 | 9 | Columbia (13) | 5th of 8 |
| Use cases described (5%) | 13 | 14 | Western Alliance (17) | 5th of 8 |
What has each bank in WaFd Bank'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WaFd, Inc. | Build 2030 digital focus: next-generation mobile app and planned AI call-centre agent[37][8][3][1][38] | 8, incl. Brent Beardall (President and CEO)[48][37][10] | Software development pace with AI assistance: > 2x (Apr 17, 2026)[3] | Not disclosed | Not surveyed |
| Columbia Banking System | Integration-built infrastructure, not a disclosed AI platform[30][31][32][33][22][16][34] | 13, incl. Clint Stein (President and CEO, Columbia Banking System)[30][33] | Customer-support mix, human calls to AI-assistant chats: 2 : 1 → 1 : 3 (Apr 23, 2026)[22][49] | Not disclosed | 1 open AI roles (Sep 24, 2026); most in ML & data science |
| Banner Corporation | Digital platform and AI capability investments; Banner Virtual Assistant[40][13] | 6, incl. Mark J. Grescovich (President and CEO)[50][40] | 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)[13] | Not disclosed | 1 open AI roles (Sep 24, 2026); most in AI security |
| Zions Bancorporation | A modern core plus a Gemini-based enterprise AI platform[5][35][36] | 11, incl. Harris Simmons (Chairman and CEO, Zions Bancorporation)[35][51] | Workforce using generative AI: 56% (Sep 24, 2025)[5] | Not disclosed | Not surveyed |
| Western Alliance Bancorporation | Triangle of Fraud Protection and the enterprise AI programme[26][27][28][29] | 12, incl. Ken Vecchione (Chairman)[52][53][54] | Employee hours saved by AI: 150,000+ (estimate based on Microsoft Copilot usage) (May 12, 2026)[6] | Not disclosed | 5 open AI roles (Sep 24, 2026); most in AI engineering |
| First Interstate BancSystem | Fiserv agentOS pilot and the 'one clean data source' project[25][39] | 9, incl. Jim Reuter (President and CEO)[25][55] | Banks co-developing agents with Fiserv: 6 (First Interstate among them) (May 14, 2026)[25] | Not disclosed | Not surveyed |
| Glacier Bancorp | Not disclosed | 6, incl. Randy Chesler (President and CEO)[56][57] | Full-time-equivalent employees / locations, 31 December 2025 (2024): 4,087 / 281 (3,441 / 227) (Dec 31, 2025)[58] | Not disclosed | Not surveyed |
| Banc of California | BancEdge (formerly Deepstack) payments platform, SmartStreet[41][42][43][44][45][46][15][47] | 5, incl. Jared Wolff (Chairman, President and CEO)[59][45] | Developers using AI in daily workflows: More than 80% (Apr 23, 2026)[15] | Not disclosed | 2 open AI roles (Sep 24, 2026); most in AI product & strategy |
What are the latest dated moves on the AI record of WaFd Bank 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 16, 2026 | WaFd Bank | Q4 FY2026 call: EverBank merger, no AI update[60] |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Western Alliance | Barclays conference: 15 AI use cases, top five for 2027[61] |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Western Alliance | AI team first used to defend against Mythos[61] |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Columbia | Barclays conference: AI answers most client messages[7] |
| Sep 10, 2026 | WaFd Bank | nCino: WaFd piloting Analyst Digital Partner for credit risk[23] |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Glacier | Glacier Bank invests in the Cari tokenised-deposit network[62] |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Banner Bank | Pacific Financial acquisition completed[63] |
| Aug 21, 2026 | First Interstate | Jeff Lee named chief operations officer[64][65] |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Banc of California | Q2 2026 10-Q lists AI among competing technologies[66] |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Zions | Q2 2026 10-Q lists AI among emerging-technology risks[67][68] |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Zions | Zest AI says Zions Bank selected it for lending decisions[69] |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Glacier | Q2 2026 10-Q repeats the AI risk language[70] |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Banner Bank | Q2 2026 10-Q: IT and data services expense up 26%[71] |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Columbia | Second-quarter 10-Q names AI as a competitive technology and reports the MOVEit litigation[72] |
| Aug 3, 2026 | First Interstate | Q2 2026 10-Q: no material change to risk factors[73] |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Banc of California | Q2 2026 call: APIs added, no AI remarks[74] |
How does WaFd's customer-service AI compare with its Western peers'?
The assistant or contact-center AI each bank has disclosed, with any result and its date. Vendor-reported figures are marked.
| Bank | Assistant or contact-center AI | Result disclosed | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WaFd | Amazon Lex voice and chat bots with voice biometrics on Talkdesk; an AI call-center agent announced for the April-June 2026 quarter | Balance inquiries 95% faster; 45% fewer calls to live representatives for voice-enrolled customers (AWS) | August 2024; April 2026[1][75][8] |
| Columbia | About three AI applications for call-center agents and customers, including an AI assistant | Seven AI-agent responses per human response; 30% more customers with flat call-center staff | September 2026[7] |
| Banner | Banner Virtual Assistant, with staff hand-off | Available 24/7; Glia 2025 Harmonizer Award | October 2025[13][14] |
| Zions | AI in client authentication and fraud detection | Not disclosed | January and March 2026[76] |
| Banc of California | Customer-service use cases among its AI deployments | Not disclosed | April 2026[15] |
How does WaFd's internal use of AI compare with its peers'?
Internal AI programs and the figures each bank has attached to them.
| Bank | Program | Figure disclosed | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WaFd | AI-assisted software development; nCino Analyst Digital Partner pilot in commercial credit | Development pace more than doubled | April and September 2026[3][23] |
| Western Alliance | Enterprise AI program with Microsoft Copilot | 150,000+ hours saved; $10 million+ productivity; lending cycle time −25% (projection) | May 2026[6] |
| Zions | Gemini-based enterprise platform and Genovate peer coaching | 56% of workforce using generative AI | September 2025[5][35] |
| Banc of California | Copilot and AI coding tools | More than 80% of developers use AI daily | April 2026[15] |
| Columbia | 83 platforms and solutions using some form of AI; AI-checked data fields in the Pacific Premier conversion | 83 platforms | July 2025; April 2026[34][22] |
| First Interstate | Fiserv agentOS commercial loan-onboarding agent pilot | Not disclosed | May 2026[24][77] |
How does WaFd's technology foundation compare with its peers'?
WaFd's foundation is in-house and cloud-first. Pike Street Labs, formed in 2019, built an S3 data lake, machine-learning offers on SageMaker and the bank's voicebot, then was spun out as Archway in 2023 with a $15 million Series A led by Madrona and WaFd. AWS says WaFd migrated 80% of its workloads to the cloud in one year (May 2026). In October 2025 the bank said 44% of online deposit applications were auto-approved.[1][2][4][17]
Peers have spent the same years on cores and integrations. Zions finished an 11-year replacement of its loan and deposit cores in 2024 and cut its deposit products from about 500 to about 100. Columbia rolled Pacific Premier's API marketplace across the combined bank by January 2026, and Banner fully rolled out a new loan and deposit origination system in late 2025. Glacier now runs one charter on one technology platform. WaFd's next step is the EverBank integration, where core systems are among the first decisions.[78][79][80][81][11]
How does WaFd govern AI compared with its peers?
WaFd's fiscal 2025 10-K added a dedicated AI risk factor covering generative and agentic AI, biased or harmful outputs, limited transparency and reliance on third-party models. Its chief risk officer, CIO and CISO report quarterly to the board's Risk Management Committee. The 10-K names no AI committee or AI officer, and the bank's AI work has been led by product and technology staff, from Pike Street Labs to its commercial product team.[19][38]
Several peers have written more down. Zions' 2025 10-K describes a Data and AI Governance Committee and says it uses no fully autonomous AI in critical decisions or client-facing activities. Banner's 2026 proxy discloses a board-approved generative-AI policy and a nominating process that now seeks AI expertise. First Interstate's board has a Technology, Innovation and Operations Committee. Western Alliance added an AI company's CISO to its board in December 2025.[21][20][82][83]
Which banks are WaFd Bank's peers, and why these?
WaFd, Inc. is compared here with Columbia Banking System, Banner Corporation, Zions Bancorporation, Western Alliance Bancorporation, First Interstate BancSystem, Glacier Bancorp and Banc of California: chosen by the editors for this page (see the note below the table). WaFd, Inc. is classed as a regional or retail-commercial bank in the West.
The computed group mixed in two Hawaii banks and three Korean-American and Chinese-American banks from Los Angeles; this group holds the Western regional banks that operate in WaFd's own Pacific Northwest and Mountain West states, including its largest rivals in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Arizona by FDIC deposit data.
Is WaFd better than Western Alliance at AI?
The record cannot settle capability, but Western Alliance has put more on it: 71.8 on this site's disclosure index against WaFd's 52.3. Western Alliance put 150,000+ employee hours saved and $10 million+ of productivity value on the record in May 2026. WaFd's strongest figures are older: a 2024 AWS case study of its voicebot and a CEO remark that AI doubled development pace.[6][1][3]
How does WaFd compare with Columbia Banking System on AI?
Columbia scores 63.3 on the disclosure index and WaFd 52.3. Columbia says AI agents now answer seven client messages for every human response and that it took on 30% more customers with flat call-center staff (September 2026). WaFd built an Amazon Lex voicebot years earlier, but its announced AI call-center agent had no reported launch by October 2026.[7][1][8][9]
Does WaFd have an AI assistant for customers?
It has a voice and chat bot on Amazon Lex with voice-biometric authentication, used for balances, transfers and account lookups since 2022. In April 2026 WaFd said a 24/7 AI-powered call-center agent would launch the next quarter. Its CEO has also said customers will always be able to reach a live banker.[75][12][8][84]
What happens to WaFd's technology after the EverBank merger?
WaFd agreed on September 7, 2026 to a $3.9 billion reverse merger in which WaFd, Inc. becomes EverBank Financial Corp and WaFd Bank merges into EverBank, N.A., with closing expected in the first quarter of 2027. The merger deck says 27 integration workstreams are under way and key technology decisions, including core, accounting and HR systems, have advanced.[10][11]
How does WaFd's technology spending compare with its peers?
WaFd does not break out a technology budget; its non-interest expense of $110.3 million in the June 2026 quarter rose $6.0 million on compensation and technology. Western Alliance put its 2024 to 2026 technology investment at about $250 million. Banner's information and computer data services expense was $18.6 million in the first half of 2026. Banc of California's IT and data processing cost $55.5 million in 2025.[85][6][71][86]
Who leads AI at WaFd?
No one holds an AI title. Technology has been built through Pike Street Labs, now a subsidiary providing technology and data services to the bank, and AI pilots are run by business teams, such as Jill Boyle's commercial product group with nCino. Chief experience officer Cathy Cooper reports on digital releases. Zions, by contrast, has a Data and AI Governance Committee.[19][38][17][21]
How does WaFd compare with Banner on AI?
WaFd scores 52.3 on the disclosure index and Banner 36.7. Banner runs a 24/7 virtual assistant and discloses a board-approved generative-AI policy; WaFd has measured voicebot results and an AI-assisted development claim. Both hold about the same deposits in Washington: $8.7 billion for WaFd and $7.3 billion for Banner at June 30, 2025.[13][20][1][3][87]
How does WaFd compare with Zions on AI?
Zions scores 59.6 on the disclosure index and WaFd 52.3. Zions reported 56% of its workforce using generative AI in September 2025, runs a Gemini-based enterprise platform, and its 2025 10-K describes a Data and AI Governance Committee and no fully autonomous AI in client decisions. WaFd moved 80% of workloads to the cloud in a year (AWS, May 2026) but discloses no adoption share.[5][35][21][4]
How does WaFd compare with First Interstate on AI?
First Interstate scores 51.3 on the disclosure index and WaFd 52.3. Fiserv named First Interstate one of two pilot clients of its agentOS AI agents, with a commercial loan-onboarding agent (May 2026), and its CEO has called audit and compliance 'stare and compare' work ripe for AI. WaFd is piloting nCino's AI agent for credit risk and financial analysis (September 2026).[24][77][88][23]
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