Four AI Moves Every Bank Marketer Needs Now

Banking Transformed with Jim Marous · May 20, 2026 · 9m

If you earned your marketing degree more than five years ago, you are already playing catch-up. Most banks are mailing in their response to AI.

I break down the four AI moves the best banking marketers are running now: targeting that finds micro-cohorts of one, personalization built around the customer instead of the account, predictive analytics that tie marketing to revenue, and whether AI search tools even mention your bank. Each move draws on Banking Transformed interviews with Raja Rajamannar of Mastercard, Andrea Brimmer of Ally, and Olly Downs of Curinos.

Using AI is no longer the…