Bloomberg Talks FIS's Stephanie Ferris Talks Earnings, AI Risk
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Feb 25, 2026 Stephanie Ferris, CEO of FIS who leads a global fintech firm that powers payments and banking tech. She discusses AI's role as an accelerant, the rise of new payment rails like crypto and tokenization, workforce upskilling for AI, and why consumer and banking data suggest resilience. Short, clear takes on industry change and how FIS is preparing.
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AI Accelerates Firms With Large Data Moats
- FIS sees AI as a strategic accelerant, not a disruptor to its core processing role.
- Stephanie Ferris cites FIS's data moat: 1B cardholder accounts, 73B transactions and 900M bank accounts to enable AI services.
Financial Services Is Entering A Generational Growth Cycle
- Financial services is in a generational growth moment driven by regulation, M&A and innovation like tokenized deposits.
- Ferris points to $50B of banking M&A last year and growth areas such as crypto and tokenization.
Give Every Employee An AI Toolkit
- Put AI capabilities and training in every employee's hands to create AI-literate, AI-strong teams.
- FIS is investing four times more in AI capabilities and upskilling its 55,000 employees so technologists can build and deliver AI products.