AI Regulation Is Here: Why Financial Institutions Must Future-Proof Data Governance

For financial institutions, AI has moved from being an experimental technology to an operational necessity, driven by the need for real-time decision-making, automation and cost efficiency pressures. A recent 2025 MIT Technology Review Survey found that around 70% of banking institutions are using agentic AI to some degree, with 56% of executives using it for fraud detection and 51% for security.