AIVO Evidentia™ Q1 2026

Global Banking
AI Decision Index

How 15 major international banks are positioned, compared, and selected — or eliminated — inside AI-mediated decision journeys across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Grok.

15 Institutions
4 AI Platforms
Composite+ Scoring
Expanded Cohort
01

Dominance is rare

Only one institution demonstrates consistent dominance and stability across external AI systems.

02

Credibility ≠ selection

Most global banks are validated early but removed during optimisation, rather than excluded at awareness.

03

Substitution occurs late

Elimination happens at the decision stage, when systems move from comparison to recommendation.

04

Confidence masks instability

AI systems present final recommendations decisively, even when alternative outcomes exist across platforms.

Composite+ Rankings

Expanded Cohort — 15 Institutions · Assessment Window Q1 2026
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The AI Decision Journey
How external AI systems resolve banking decisions

AI systems resolve banking decisions through a consistent four-stage sequence. Most institutions are eliminated before the final recommendation — not because they lack credibility, but because they lack decision-stage positioning.

T0
Awareness
Banks surfaced based on recognition. Most major institutions are "in play."
T1
Comparison
Banks placed side-by-side. Relative positioning introduced — but no winner yet.
T2
Optimisation
Attributes weighted. Banks silently removed. This is where most exclusion occurs.
T3
Recommendation
AI converges on one institution. The decision is framed as settled.
Methodology
Surface Composite+ Framework

Each institution is assessed through controlled, multi-step decision journeys that simulate how real users ask AI systems to compare, narrow, and ultimately select banks.

Measures
Decision survivability
Measures
Substitution risk
Measures
Cross-system stability

01 What we observe

Whether institutions are included or excluded as conversations progress. Whether they survive or are displaced during optimisation. Whether they are retained or removed at the final decision step. Whether outcomes are stable or fragmented across AI systems.

02 What we do not assess

Financial strength, regulatory compliance, product quality, or institutional intent. The index measures external AI decision behaviour, not internal bank processes. Scores reflect external AI decision influence, not institutional quality.

Analytical rigour: Analysis is conducted across multiple external AI systems, multiple decision prompts, multiple conversation stages, and repeated runs to observe stability and variance. Individual scores are derived using the same framework for every institution, enabling like-for-like comparison across the cohort. This is the same level of disclosure typically used by ratings agencies, benchmark providers, and governance frameworks.
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