Via LLRX – AI in Finance and Banking, March 31, 2025 – This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions. Five highlights from this post: More than 200 Lloyds bank bosses to receive artificial intelligence training; How Much Should We Spend to Reduce A.I.’s Existential Risk?; China’s Central Bank Pushes for Artificial Intelligence Integration in Digital Finance; Why, what; and how financial services firms can be AI-First; and Euromoney report – AI in Banking.