DEPLOYMENT · US
M&T Bank names head of AI engineering
US regional lender M&T Bank appointed Kalyana Bedhu as head of AI engineering, signaling formal AI engineering practice and likely production roadmap for core banking systems.
WHY IT MATTERS
Mid-tier regional bank now has C-suite AI engineering leadership; indicates shift from vendor-led pilots to in-house AI capability, common prelude to multi-year modernization.
Source: Finextra · 2026-08-12