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Innovation and digitalisation

We continue to invest in technology and data, digitalising our services to make it easier for our customers to bank at a time and place convenient to them.

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With a particular focus on digitalisation, machine learning and artificial intelligence we've been using AI very successfully for several years, delivering customer benefits and simplifying processes.

AI is embedded in our chatbot Cora. In 2025, Cora handled

                  

12.9m

retail banking customer conversations, 50% of which needed no human intervention.

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GenAI added to 17 new customer journeys in CORA (now totalling 21),

                               

~20% 

point uplift in queries that need no human intervention, to comparable non-GenAI supported CORA journeys.

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AI is helping Contact Centre colleagues improve customer response consistency.

~9,000

contact centre colleagues are using AI to transcribe customer conversations and reducing time spent to search relevant data.

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Our AI and Data Ethics Code of Conduct

This Code of Conduct serves as a statement of our intent, outlining our fundamental principles regarding ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) and it reflects our aspirations to foster responsible and transparent practices. It is important to note that this Code of Conduct is not a comprehensive overview of every aspect of AI usage within our organisation. As we navigate the complexities of AI, we recognise that our practices will evolve as technology and societal norms and legal and regulatory requirements develop and that adaptation and a holistic approach will be essential in addressing the broader implications and challenges that arise.

Embedding our services in our customers’ digital lives

We have 12.3 million digitally active retail and business banking customers. 

Enabling customers to bank whenever, wherever:

11.4m

Of our customers use our mobile app.

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Through our digital channels

81.8%(*)

of Retail customers are banking entirely digitally (1)

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Through online, mobile and Bankline channels

84.5%(*)

Of Commercial & Institutional customers are banking digitally first(2)

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Digital service stability remains high

In 2025, we had consistently high performance and stability of our most critical systems, which have been available 99.99% of the time. 2025 saw one Criticality 1 incidents, compared with zero for 2024 (1, 2). These numbers include all events which had an impact on our operations, not just system issues.

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(1) By way of illustration, a Criticality 1 incident could be a loss of key IT systems resulting in an impact to more than 15% of the bank’s customers or an incident that leads to a financial loss of over £10 million.

(2) Availability of our key systems is currently calculated against our Important Business Services – those defined as the most critical.

For more information on how we are digitalising our business, please see our 2025 Annual Report and Accounts (PDF, 26.5 MB)

Related content

Read more about how we aim to make our banking more accessible for all our customers.

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Read more about how we are committed to ensuring we empower customers to detect and prevent fraud and scams at first point of contact.

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Read more about how we support  customers who find themselves either in a vulnerable situation or caring for a loved one experiencing a vulnerability.

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Learn more about how we’re using AI and Data to serve our customers. 

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