Feedzai, the AI-native RiskOps platform for financial crime prevention, released “The AI Advantage: Fraud Fighters’ New Career Guide,” a new research report showing that financial services employees who embrace AI are outperforming their peers “across every measure of career success — from compensation to promotions to C-suite visibility.”
Based on a survey of over 500 U.S. banking professionals working in fraud and financial crime, the research reveals a “simple, yet profound, truth: the AI advantage is real, measurable, and accelerating.”
While the findings reflect the financial sector, the “implications extend far beyond it.”
The AI Divide: How Power Users Pull Ahead
The data is unambiguous: professionals who harness AI “aren’t being replaced, they’re being rewarded.”
From paychecks to performance, AI is accelerating “both individual and organizational success.”
Nuno Sebastião, CEO of Feedzai said:
“AI isn’t replacing fraud fighters. It’s turning them into super-analysts. To keep up with every fraudster with a bot, we need bankers with betterAI to fight back. The professionals who embrace transformative tools are defining the next generation of financial crime prevention.”
Some other key observations:
- Money talks: Among professionals earning between $250,000 and $299,999 annually, 70% use AI every day. They also dominate the pay-raise leaderboard, representing 64% of all 7-10% raises and 71% of raises above 10%.
- Fraudsters lose, analysts win: 87% of daily AI users report catching multiple fraud patterns, compared to just 43% of infrequent users.
- Stress drops as AI rises: 81% of daily users say their stress is manageable, while fewer than half of occasional users can say the same.
- Strategy over slog: 58% say AI makes them more strategic, and 55% report spending more time on complex, high-value cases.
- Visibility pays off: 94% of daily AI users interact directly with their C-suite, compared to 69% of less-frequent users.
- Tools and talent go hand in hand: More than half (56%) cite AI and machine learning skills as critical to their future, and 53% would leave a job that lacks strong AI capabilities.
As fraudsters race to exploit new technologies, the Feedzai report shows that those using AI to fight back are “gaining effectiveness, influence, recognition, and rapid career growth.”
