Why data infrastructure is the key to AI in finance - FinTech Global

The AI tool is not the problem. Your data is. Most business owners I talk to have tried at least one AI tool that quietly died on the shelf. You're not alone, and you're not tech-stupid. The tool pro

The AI tool is not the problem. Your data is.

Most business owners I talk to have tried at least one AI tool that quietly died on the shelf. You're not alone, and you're not tech-stupid. The tool probably just got dropped into a business where the underlying information was scattered, inconsistent, or trapped in someone's inbox.

Here's what a recent deep-dive into enterprise AI adoption confirmed. The organizations actually getting ROI from AI didn't start with the flashiest tool. They started by getting their data organized first. Clean inputs, reliable outputs. Messy inputs, confusing garbage that nobody trusts.

This isn't a massive IT overhaul. It's one honest question: where does your most important business information currently live, and can anyone actually find it in under two minutes?

That's your real starting point.

Pick one process in your business that runs on repetitive information, customer inquiries, invoices, reporting. Spend one week getting that data into a single, consistent place. Then layer AI on top. That's how you get your first real win in 30 days without touching anything else that already works.

What's the one process in your business you wish AI could handle right now?

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LSEG group head of enterprise AI Emily Prince said, “When organisations ... Microsoft and Tieto partner to scale AI solutions in Europe.