AI’s growth leaves financial regulators struggling to catch up

Banks including The Goldman Sachs Group Inc and HSBC Holdings Corp have deployed GenAI for everything from boosting back office productivity to empowering wealth managers to offer more personalised advice. — Photo by Immo Wegmann on Unsplash

Regulators are still at an "early stage” in their efforts to track the risks posed to the financial system by the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, global financial watchdogs warned on Friday (Oct 10).

In a report to the G20, the Financial Stability Board said that while many global authorities had tried to "enhance their AI-related data collection initiatives” there were still significant gaps in their understanding of how AI can contribute to the financial sector’s riskiness.