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Keep on top of how the largest banks and insurers are adopting AI with access to our in-depth research and insights

WHAT WE DO

Evident provides the most in-depth and up-to-date analysis of AI adoption across the financial services sector. We map best practice and help companies to benchmark their progress against their peers.

We extract data from millions of public documents using proprietary machine learning tools and combine this with qualitative insights from our expert network to compare the AI capabilities of individual organizations and reveal cross-sector trends.

TYPES OF INSIGHTS

Newsletters

Stay on top of the latest developments in AI x Financial Services, filtered through Evident’s unique brand of data-driven insights—including curated industry news, people matters, and critical reading. Members receive monthly short-form research including updated data cuts and profiles of leading organizations.

Insight Reports

Access long-form research on the primary pillars driving the Evident AI Index—providing a comprehensive view of emerging trends, identification of best practices that challenge current strategy, and interviews with AI leaders from across the community.

Data Trackers and Dashboard

Compare the AI Innovation, Talent, Leadership and Responsible AI capabilities of all 50 banks and 30 insurers across the benchmarks. Members can access four data trackers, with each tracker updated every 6 months. (Excluded from Light Membership)

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LATEST PUBLICATIONS

The State of AI Research in Banking

innovation|September 2025

The State of AI Research in Banking

The State of AI Research in Banking is a comprehensive analysis of how banks are investing in AI research, where they are focusing their investment, and the impacts of this research.

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OUTCOMES

outcomes|August 2025

Evident AI Outcomes Report

The Evident AI Outcomes Report is a comprehensive analysis of how 50 major banks are generating value from generative and agentic AI deployment.

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TALENT

talent|April 2025

Evident AI Talent Report

The 2025 edition of our Talent Report examines what banks are doing to attract and retain the brightest minds working in AI today, and develop and upskill the AI-first bank of tomorrow. We will explore the latest talent trends across the banking industry, identifying where and how the talent stack is changing to accelerate production and deployment of AI use cases at scale.

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RESPONSIBLE AI

responsible ai|March 2025

Evident Responsible AI Report

The proliferation of Generative AI tools has led to a growing awareness of the benefits and risks AI poses for the world. Banks face growing pressure to explain the approaches they are taking to ensure the equitable and fair deployment of AI in their business. This report explores the latest responsible and ethical AI activity across the banking sector, with an in-depth review of best practices leading banks are using to accelerate innovation while ensuring they deploy AI responsibly.

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LEADERSHIP

leadership|September 2024

Evident AI Leadership Report

The 2024 edition of our Leadership Report examines how banks are shaping their AI narrative, as expressed through strategic communications, external media channels, and the bank’s leadership team. We will explore the latest trends across the banking industry, including the volume versus the substance of direct communications, representation of key AI stakeholders on the Executive Committee, and amplification of executive voices across external media channels.

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INNOVATION

innovation|April 2024

Evident AI Innovation Report

While all banks are thinking about how AI can enable better, faster and more efficient operations, only a handful of banks appear to be making long-term, top-down investments in AI innovation. In the 2024 Innovation Report we provide an updated view of banks' AI innovation strategies, covering research, ventures, patents, partnerships and the open source community.

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AI VENTURES

innovation|March 2024

The Dispatch: AI Ventures

The Dispatch is a monthly report prepared exclusively for Evident members that dives into one of the sub-pillars of the Evident AI Index and explores the latest findings from our live data trackers. In this Dispatch, we provide an updated view on the state of AI ventures in banking, profiling changes to AI-focused deal flow amidst the wider “down cycle” unfolding in venture capital markets.

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AI PATENTS

innovation|March 2024

The Dispatch: AI Patents

The Dispatch is a monthly report prepared exclusively for Evident members that dives into one of the sub-pillars of the Evident AI Index and explores the latest findings from our live data trackers. In this Dispatch, we provide an updated view on the state of AI patents in banking, taking into account patents filed up to June 2022 (the most recent year of available data).

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HOW WE HELP BUSINESSES

We help AI leaders across financial services to make informed AI-related decisions by benchmarking their AI activity against their peers. We aim to reveal sector-wide best practice and enable our members to:

Assess their AI & data talent pool, as well as their acquisition and retention initiatives, relative to their peers
Identify priorities in AI innovation (AI research; patents; ventures; and engagement with the external ecosystem)
Assess group AI leadership positioning and communications
Compare approaches to Responsible AI and risk mitigation

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