The US Treasury's specialized AI risk management framework for financial services firms, published February 2026, adapting the NIST AI RMF for sector-specific obligations.
Developed by the Treasury Department in partnership with federal financial regulators, the FS AI RMF establishes minimum risk management practices for AI use across banking, securities, and insurance. It maps to existing model risk management frameworks (SR 11-7, PRA SS1/23) while addressing AI-specific concerns: explainability for credit decisions, bias monitoring across demographic groups, vendor inheritance risks, and the operational risks of agentic systems in trading and underwriting.
A US regional bank aligns its AI governance program against the FS AI RMF in addition to its existing SR 11-7 model risk management framework - ensuring its examiners see a unified picture of AI and traditional model risk.
