Emeralite Research — Sight Draft

First Meridian Bank, N.A. — AI Readiness Sight Draft

Overall self-rated maturity: 3.0/5 — Developing

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Governance

Self-rated maturity: 2.0/5 — Early stage

Board discussion cadence: Quarterly
Written AI policy: Drafting
Model risk management familiarity (self-rated 1-5): 2

Data & Systems

Self-rated maturity: 3.5/5 — Established

Core provider: Fis
Data warehouse / reporting maturity (self-rated 1-5): 3
Document digitization (self-rated 1-5): 4

Use Cases

Where AI is in use today: Customer Service, Fraud Aml
Top target outcome: Efficiency Cost
Timeline: Months 6 12

Constraints

Budget band: 50K 250K
Staffing: Part Time Owner

Additional context submitted by the institution:

Board is actively evaluating a core switch in 2027.

Recommended Next Steps

Start with a written AI policy and a standing board agenda item — governance is the gating step before any pilot.
Sequence toward the target outcome named above (Efficiency Cost) rather than the most technically interesting use case — a Sight Draft narrows the field, it does not pick the winner for you.
A full, human-reviewed engagement is the next step past this Sight Draft — this document is a structured first read of your own answers, not an independent audit.