{"id":3644684,"date":"2026-04-10T18:54:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?p=3644684"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:54:43","slug":"bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"BMO Accelerates Quantum Push With New Tech Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmo.com\/en-ca\/main\/about-bmo\/\">BMO<\/a> has established an enterprise-wide organization focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing.<\/p><div\r\n\tid=\"article-paywall-overlay\"\r\n\tclass=\"d-none\"\r\n>\r\n\t<div id=\"article-paywall-content\" class=\"my-4\">\r\n\t\t\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f2699550-o1\" lang=\"en-US\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"2699550\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3644684#wpcf7-f2699550-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init pymnts-article-paywall-form\" aria-label=\"Contact form\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<fieldset class=\"hidden-fields-container\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"2699550\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"6.1.5\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"en_US\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f2699550-o1\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_recaptcha_response\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/fieldset>\n<div class=\"free-articles-prompt-intro\">\n\t<h2 class=\"mb-2\">Get the Full Story\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p class=\"mb-4\">Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content \u2014 no additional logins required.\n\t<\/p>\n\t<div id='registrationContainer' class='container px-0'>\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"firstName\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required form-control border-secondary\" id=\"firstName\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" placeholder=\"First Name*\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"firstName\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"lastName\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required form-control border-secondary\" id=\"lastName\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" placeholder=\"Last Name*\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"lastName\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"YourTitle\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required form-control border-secondary\" id=\"inputTitle\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" placeholder=\"Title*\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"YourTitle\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"YourCompany\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required form-control border-secondary\" id=\"inputCompany\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" placeholder=\"Company*\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"YourCompany\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"YourEmail\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-email wpcf7-validates-as-required wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-email form-control border-secondary\" id=\"inputEmail\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" placeholder=\"Email*\" value=\"\" type=\"email\" name=\"YourEmail\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"YourCountry\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required form-control border-secondary\" id=\"inputCountry\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" placeholder=\"Country*\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"YourCountry\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t<input class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-hidden\" id=\"inputEmailHidden\" value=\"\" type=\"hidden\" name=\"yourName\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-hidden\" value=\"\" type=\"hidden\" name=\"email\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"newsLetterChoice\"><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-checkbox me-1\" id=\"checkNewsletter\"><span class=\"wpcf7-list-item first last\"><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"newsLetterChoice[]\" value=\"yes\" checked=\"checked\" \/><span class=\"wpcf7-list-item-label\">yes<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"small\">Subscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"small lh-base\" style=\"font-size:.9rem;\">By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and to the sharing of your information with our sponsor, if applicable, in accordance with our <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https:\/\/pymnts-com-develop.go-vip.net\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a class=\"fw-bold\" href=\"https:\/\/pymnts-com-develop.go-vip.net\/terms-conditions\/\">Terms and Conditions<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p><input id='hiddenPath' type='hidden' name='path' value='' \/><input type='hidden' name='userDeviceId' id='userDeviceId' \/><input type='hidden' name='pageTitle' id='pageTitle' \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id='formButtonRow' class='container mt-1 px-0'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><input class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit has-spinner btn btn-dark text-uppercase py-2 px-5 small\" id=\"theSubmitButton\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"post_id\" value=\"3644684\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"source\" value=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/\" \/><p style=\"display: none !important;\" class=\"akismet-fields-container\" data-prefix=\"_wpcf7_ak_\"><label>&#916;<textarea name=\"_wpcf7_ak_hp_textarea\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"100\"><\/textarea><\/label><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ak_js_1\" name=\"_wpcf7_ak_js\" value=\"200\"\/><script>document.getElementById( \"ak_js_1\" ).setAttribute( \"value\", ( new Date() ).getTime() );<\/script><\/p><div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"article-paywall-hidden-content\">\r\n\t\n<p>The BMO Institute for Applied Artificial Intelligence &amp; Quantum will handle innovation,\u00a0application\u00a0and governance of AI, as well as development of quantum capabilities to enhance client experiences, increase efficiency and support long-term growth, the bank said in a Thursday (April 9)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.bmo.com\/2026-04-09-BMO-Establishes-Institute-for-Applied-Artificial-Intelligence-Quantum\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The institute will bring together experts across science, policy, ethics and commercialization, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI is accelerating how we build, modernize and innovate across the bank and the Institute will strengthen our ability to turn leading edge technologies into meaningful value for BMO clients, while maintaining the discipline required to manage risk, operate at scale and support responsible adoption across global banking,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmo.com\/en-ca\/main\/about-bmo\/who-we-are\/leadership-governance\/executive-bios\/steve-tennyson\/\">Steve Tennyson<\/a>, chief technology and operations officer at BMO, said in the release.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute\u2019s founding director will be BMO Chief AI &amp; Quantum Officer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/capitalmarkets.bmo.com\/en\/our-bankers\/kristin-milchanowski\/\">Kristin Milchanowski<\/a>, who was appointed to the role effective Monday (April 6), according to the release. Milchanowski will advance BMO\u2019s AI and quantum capabilities, serve as a thought\u00a0leader\u00a0and supervise governance across the enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBMO has been applying AI across the bank for decades to personalize client experiences, augment our teams and automate our business,\u201d Milchanowski said in the release. \u201cThese capabilities continue to evolve rapidly, alongside the emergence of Quantum technologies, creating both extraordinary opportunity and significant responsibility.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"pymnt-1330470331\" class=\"pymnt-content pymnt-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 50px;\"><p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement: Scroll to Continue<\/p><script async type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"dianomi_context_script\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dianomi.com\/js\/contextfeed.js\"><\/script> \r\n<div class=\"dianomi_context\" data-dianomi-context-id=\"4329\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>BMO <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.bmo.com\/2025-02-06-BMO-Joins-IBM-Quantum-Network-to-Accelerate-Innovation-of-Financial-Services\">announced<\/a> in February 2025 that it joined the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/quantum\/ibm-quantum-network\">IBM Quantum Network<\/a>, which provides access to resources that help organizations advance\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">quantum\u00a0utility<\/span>. The bank said that by gaining access to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/us-en\">IBM<\/a>\u2019s advanced quantum infrastructure, it will be able to develop and deploy quantum-powered solutions across its operations.<\/p>\n<p>Milchanowski told PYMNTS in an interview posted in March 2025 that BMO expects\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2025\/bmo-chief-ai-and-data-officer-bank-to-harness-quantum-computing-by-years-end\/\">quantum-powered solutions<\/a>\u00a0to power\u00a0new approaches\u00a0that optimize investment portfolio strategies and reveal deep insights into risk management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in quantum because we do believe that it holds transformative potential,\u201d Milchanowski said. \u201cIt\u2019s really about preparedness and &#8230; getting the muscle memory in place so that we can have first-mover advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Milchanowski is also focusing on AI agents, including ones that help customers understand their portfolios, analyze customer call transcripts to identify pain points and improve communication, and automate internal compliance processes, she said.<\/p>\n<p><em>For all PYMNTS AI and digital transformation coverage, subscribe to the daily\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/pymnts.com\/subscribe\/\"><em>AI and Digital Transformation Newsletters<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>\r\n\twindow.pymntsAllowedArticleCount = 2;\r\n\twindow.pymntsPostID = 3644684;\r\n<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMO has established an enterprise-wide organization focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content \u2014 no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1630635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65579],"tags":[9498,4313,4380,19817,9206,133069,22649,5299],"class_list":["post-3644684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence-2","tag-ai","tag-banking-2","tag-bmo","tag-digital-transformation","tag-news","tag-pymnts-news","tag-quantum-computing","tag-whats-hot"],"acf":{"suggested_titles":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BMO Accelerates Quantum Push With New Tech Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BMO has established an enterprise-wide organization focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BMO Accelerates Quantum Push With New Tech Institute | PYMNTS.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BMO has established an enterprise-wide organization focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. The BMO Institute for Applied\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PYMNTS.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pymnts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pymnts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-10T22:54:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BMO-Financial-Group.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"PYMNTS\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@pymnts\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@pymnts\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/artificial-intelligence-2\\\/2026\\\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/artificial-intelligence-2\\\/2026\\\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"PYMNTS\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9f0152ca483ca33a5d8121739eadfe4b\"},\"headline\":\"BMO Accelerates Quantum Push With New Tech Institute\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-10T22:54:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/artificial-intelligence-2\\\/2026\\\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":397,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/artificial-intelligence-2\\\/2026\\\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/BMO-Financial-Group.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AI\",\"banking\",\"BMO\",\"digital transformation\",\"News\",\"PYMNTS News\",\"quantum computing\",\"What's Hot\"],\"articleSection\":[\"artificial intelligence\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2026\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/artificial-intelligence-2\\\/2026\\\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/artificial-intelligence-2\\\/2026\\\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\\\/\",\"name\":\"BMO Accelerates Quantum Push With New Tech Institute\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/artificial-intelligence-2\\\/2026\\\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/artificial-intelligence-2\\\/2026\\\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/BMO-Financial-Group.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-10T22:54:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"BMO has established an enterprise-wide organization focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing.\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/artificial-intelligence-2\\\/2026\\\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/artificial-intelligence-2\\\/2026\\\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/artificial-intelligence-2\\\/2026\\\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/BMO-Financial-Group.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/BMO-Financial-Group.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"BMO Financial Group\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/artificial-intelligence-2\\\/2026\\\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BMO Accelerates Quantum Push With New Tech Institute\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"PYMNTS.com\",\"description\":\"The latest global news and analysis in payments, retail, fintech, financial services and the digital economy.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PYMNTS\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/PYMNTS_2023_logo_black-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/PYMNTS_2023_logo_black-1.png\",\"width\":3329,\"height\":687,\"caption\":\"PYMNTS\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/pymnts\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/pymnts\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9f0152ca483ca33a5d8121739eadfe4b\",\"name\":\"PYMNTS\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"PYMNTS\"},\"description\":\"The latest global news and analysis in payments, retail, fintech, financial services and the digital economy.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/pymnts\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/pymnts-com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/pymnts\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pymnts.com\\\/author\\\/pymnts\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BMO Accelerates Quantum Push With New Tech Institute","description":"BMO has established an enterprise-wide organization focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing.\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BMO Accelerates Quantum Push With New Tech Institute | PYMNTS.com","og_description":"BMO has established an enterprise-wide organization focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. The BMO Institute for Applied","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/","og_site_name":"PYMNTS.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pymnts\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pymnts","article_published_time":"2026-04-10T22:54:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BMO-Financial-Group.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"PYMNTS","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@pymnts","twitter_site":"@pymnts","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/"},"author":{"name":"PYMNTS","@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9f0152ca483ca33a5d8121739eadfe4b"},"headline":"BMO Accelerates Quantum Push With New Tech Institute","datePublished":"2026-04-10T22:54:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/"},"wordCount":397,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BMO-Financial-Group.jpg","keywords":["AI","banking","BMO","digital transformation","News","PYMNTS News","quantum computing","What's Hot"],"articleSection":["artificial intelligence"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2026","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/","name":"BMO Accelerates Quantum Push With New Tech Institute","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BMO-Financial-Group.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-10T22:54:43+00:00","description":"BMO has established an enterprise-wide organization focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing.\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BMO-Financial-Group.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BMO-Financial-Group.jpg","width":1200,"height":720,"caption":"BMO Financial Group"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BMO Accelerates Quantum Push With New Tech Institute"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/","name":"PYMNTS.com","description":"The latest global news and analysis in payments, retail, fintech, financial services and the digital economy.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#organization","name":"PYMNTS","url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PYMNTS_2023_logo_black-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PYMNTS_2023_logo_black-1.png","width":3329,"height":687,"caption":"PYMNTS"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pymnts\/","https:\/\/x.com\/pymnts"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9f0152ca483ca33a5d8121739eadfe4b","name":"PYMNTS","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"PYMNTS"},"description":"The latest global news and analysis in payments, retail, fintech, financial services and the digital economy.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pymnts","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/pymnts-com","https:\/\/x.com\/pymnts"],"url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/author\/pymnts\/"}]}},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bmo-accelerates-quantum-push-with-new-tech-institute\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":[],"rendered":"","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/pymnts.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BMO-Financial-Group.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3644684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3644684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3644684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3644693,"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3644684\/revisions\/3644693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1630635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3644684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3644684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3644684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}