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 the next 12 months, according to a new survey by Nasdaq. 

Seventy percent of participants in the 2025 Nasdaq Global Compliance Survey say 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.

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