The assessment identifies broad industry momentum paired with capability gaps that continue to influence implementation outcomes.

The World Alliance of International Financial Centres (WAIFC) has published ‘ WAIFC AI Report 2026 ’, an assessment of how AI is reshaping financial services across 12 international financial centres (IFCs), in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). The findings point to rapid adoption and growing regulatory engagement, but also to persistent gaps in talent, governance and risk management The report, released on 20 April, shows that AI is now embedded across complianc