8 AI and data trends shaping financial services in 2026
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A Databricks outlook piece arguing that the key challenge for financial services firms in 2026 is not AI adoption but execution — moving AI from pilots to production. It identifies fragmented legacy data infrastructure as the primary bottleneck and outlines eight trends shaping the industry, including agentic AI, real-time
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The real bottleneck is systemic, not technicalWhat distinguishable firms do differentlyEight trends, one coherent systemSort: