Stories of innovation
BMO earns top global ranking for Responsible AI Leadership
Artificial intelligence is transforming how organizations innovate, serve clients and create value. As AI adoption accelerates, trust, transparency and accountability remain essential to scaling its impact responsibly. BMO earned top recognition for Responsible AI Leadership in the 2026 Evident AI Index, receiving the highest available scores for Responsible AI principles, executive engagement and the integration […]
Read articleBMO leaders explore AI’s next frontier at Nrth Festival 2026
At the recent Nrth Festival 2026 (formerly Elevate Festival), Lovell Hodge, Head of AI, BMO Wealth, and Rohit Thomas, President, BMO Insurance, offered a clear view of AI’s next frontier: intelligence embedded in everyday work, improving decisions and creating value where it matters most. For Thomas, that future is already taking shape. His ambition is […]
Read articleScaling the next generation of global AI leaders
Transformative AI companies need access to capital at critical stages of growth to commercialize innovation, compete globally and create lasting economic value. BMO is supporting that journey through a strategic investment in the Radical Breakouts Fund, a new venture capital strategy from Radical Ventures focused on helping high-growth AI companies scale into global leaders. The […]
Read articleAt BMO, AI value starts and scales with people
Creating value with AI is one of the defining opportunities facing organizations today. In a recent The Logic article, Mona Malone, BMO’s Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer and Head of People, Culture & Brand, and Kristin Milchanowski, BMO’s Chief AI & Quantum Officer and Founding Director of the BMO Institute for Applied AI & Quantum, explore what it takes to turn […]
Read articleAura: Helping power BMO’s goal of 50% faster underwriting by 2028
BMO is applying AI to transform our end-to-end commercial credit journey. The first agent for this transformation was launched in 2026 and focuses on automating the generation of commercial credit assessments, which previously underwriters created manually. Aura is a GenAI powered assistant that reviews information from multiple systems and synthesizes it into a coherent narrative […]
Read articleReturn on Intelligence: Leading through transformation: Why AI success starts with systems, culture, and trust
Presented by the BMO Institute for Applied Artificial Intelligence & Quantum In this episode of Return on Intelligence on Markets Plus, Kristin Milchanowski sits down with Lt General Ross Coffman (Ret.) Army Futures Command to explore why so many organizations struggle to scale AI and technology investments. While companies continue to prioritize new tools and capabilities, the conversation underscores a fundamental […]
Read articleHelping wealth professionals focus on what matters most
In wealth management, our professionals’ greatest asset is time. The more time spent understanding client goals, navigating complex financial decisions and building trusted relationships, the greater the value they can deliver. At BMO Wealth, AI is not replacing human advice, it is amplifying advisor capacity and effectiveness. By removing friction from workflows and making expertise […]
Read articleFrom prediction engines to decision engines: Building an agentic decision intelligence layer
Operationalizing AI through intelligent decision systems.
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