Nasdaq: A majority of financial firms plan to use AI in compliance this year
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Adrianne Appel2025-10-16T17:53:00
About 36 percent of financial firms are using artificial intelligence (AI) in compliance, and most firms intend to ramp up their reliance on AI in compliance in the next 12 months, according to a new survey by Nasdaq.
Seventy percent of participants in the Nasdaq Global Compliance Survey said their firms plan to invest in AI in compliance over the next 12 months. Of firms currently using AI in compliance, 74 percent are applying it to surveillance and 56 percent to monitoring tasks, Nasdaq said.
About 23 percent use AI end-to-end across the financial crime lifecycle, according to the survey of 103 compliance officers working in asset management, retail banking, and investment banking. The survey, conducted annually since 2015, took place from May through July.
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