Bank outages are just a symptom of a larger data problem—survey of major UK banks reveals bottlenecks to scaling AI

A survey of major UK banks found that 48% of executives consider fragmented or siloed data the biggest obstacle to operational reliability. While 77% of AI projects make it beyond the pilot stage, only 13% are successfully scaled into live operations. 56% of major technology decisions still require executive approval, with only 5% delegated to delivery teams, and just 7% of organizations use product-led, cross-functional teams.