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DeploymentMicrosoft Source9 November 2026

Northern Trust cuts new-client data prep time by 83% with AI

Why it matters

If you run onboarding at a bank or asset manager, a competitor now reports 83% less prep time with controls intact.

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How many hours does our team spend gathering data before a new client goes live, and which steps could AI take?

What happened

Northern Trust and Microsoft expanded their partnership, and an AI assistant built with Microsoft's Frontier Company engineers now handles the data groundwork for signing up new clients. Northern Trust reports the prep work takes 83% less time, with privacy, security and governance controls kept in place.

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