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28% of bank leaders cite regulatory risk as a top concern, down from 55% a year earlier.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesRegulatory Risk
35% of bank leaders cite internal communications as a common gap found in tabletop cybersecurity exercises.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesCommunicationsIncident Response
84% of bank leaders are concerned about fraud and scams targeting their customers.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesBank FraudFraud
53% of bank leaders believe their bank could take more strategic risk.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesStrategic RiskBanking
79% of bank CEOs, board members, chief risk officers and senior executives are concerned about fraud.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesBanking FraudRisk Management
54% of banks employ a chief risk officer.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesRisk ManagementBanking
77% of bank leaders are concerned about fraud and scams targeting their employees and organization.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesEmployee RiskBanking Fraud
37% of bank leaders report heightened attention to cybersecurity during regulatory exams, up from 30% in 2025.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesRegulatory OversightBanking
79% of board chairs and independent directors say the board reviews and approves the bank’s cybersecurity strategy.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesBanking Cybersecurity StrategyBoard Oversight
47% of directors say the board invited outside experts to speak about cybersecurity trends over the past 12 months.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesBoard EducationBanking Cybersecurity Trends
89% of bank CEOs and technology executives say their bank conducted a tabletop exercise of its cybersecurity incident response plan in the prior 12 months.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesIncident ResponseTabletop Exercises
20% of bank leaders believe their bank or its customers were impacted by fraud involving AI or deepfake media in the prior 18 months.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesDeepfakesAI Fraud
One-third of bank leaders say they do not understand agentic AI at all.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesAI
38% of bank leaders believe their primary regulator was understaffed or otherwise underresourced.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesRegulatory OversightBanking
36% of bank leaders cite overreliance on one individual or function as a common gap found in tabletop cybersecurity exercises.
5/27/2026•
Financial ServicesOperational RiskIncident Response
69% of bank CEOs, senior executives and directors said fraud was a top risk for their institution.
3/26/2025•
BankFraudRisk
A majority of bank CEOs, senior executives and directors report conducting a tabletop cybersecurity incident response plan over the past year.
3/26/2025•
BankTabletop exercise
31% of bank CEOs, senior executives and directors say their bank saw heightened regulatory attention on Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering compliance in their latest exam, up from 20% last year.
3/26/2025•
BankRegulatoryCompliance
Following the latest stress test, 53% of bank CEOs, senior executives and directors say they adjusted their liquidity plan or policy.
3/26/2025•
BankStress testLiquidity plan
More than three-quarters of bank CEOs, senior executives and directors named cybersecurity as a top risk for their institution.
3/26/2025•
BankCybersecurityRisk
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