Evidence standards
No bank name without proof
Every claim about a named bank, statistic or outcome on AI Exec Hub is tied to a source and graded. This page explains how to read those grades.
The evidence hierarchy
| Level | Meaning | In practice |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | Bank first-party evidence | The bank itself, in an annual report, filing, press release or executive statement. |
| A2 | Bank plus named technology partner | The bank and its technology partner both confirm the implementation. |
| B | Named vendor case study | A vendor names the bank in its own case study. |
| C | Credible independent reporting | Reliable journalism or analysis, without first-party confirmation. |
| NV | Not verified | Never published as an established fact about a bank. |
Available is not the same as used
A claim is only as strong as the step it can prove. Expected benefits are never presented as achieved outcomes, and enterprise scale is never implied without evidence.
- Technology available≠
- Implemented≠
- Integrated≠
- Actually used≠
- Used at scale≠
- Measured value
Two separate questions
How well a claim is evidenced and how far a bank has actually gone are graded separately, so “verified” never quietly means “live at scale”.
Evidence status - how well supported is it?
- Verified
- Partially Verified
- Not Verified
Deployment status - what has the bank actually done?
- Live / Implemented
- Pilot / Limited Deployment
- Emerging
- Concept / Future
- Unknown