Regions Financial Corporation

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• The development and use of AI presents risks and challenges that may adversely impact our business.

• We and our third-party vendors, clients or counterparties develop, deploy and incorporate AI technology in certain business processes, services and products. Read more

  Our current and increasing development, deployment and use of AI presents a number of risks and challenges to our business. The legal and regulatory environment relating to AI is uncertain and rapidly

• evolving, both in the U.S. and internationally, and includes regulatory schemes targeted specifically at AI as well as new and existing provisions in intellectual property, privacy, cybersecurity, consumer protection, employment and other laws applicable to the use of AI and changes in interpretation of the foregoing. These evolving laws and regulations could require changes in our implementation of AI technology and increase our compliance costs and the risk of non-compliance. AI models, particularly generative AI models, may, and often do, produce output or take action that is incorrect, that result in the release of personal, confidential or proprietary information, that reflect or introduce discrimination, errors or biases included in the data on which they are trained or prompts or algorithms on which they rely, that infringe on the intellectual property rights of others or that is…

• Further, we currently rely, and expect to continue to rely, on AI models developed by third parties, and are and would be dependent in part on the manner in which those third parties develop, train and deploy their models, which involves risks arising from any discrimination, errors or bias in the models and the data on which they are trained or prompts or algorithms on which they rely, as well as the risk of inadvertent disclosure or incorporation of our personal, confidential or proprietary information into publicly available training sets. Any of these risks may impact our ability to realize the benefit of such information or adequately maintain, protect and enforce our intellectual property rights, and could result in regulatory compliance failures and otherwise harm our competitive position and business. The use of AI by companies has resulted in, and may in the future result in,…

• We are also exposed to risks arising from the use of AI technologies by bad actors to commit fraud and misappropriate funds and to facilitate cyber-attacks and other similar incidents. Read more

  Generative AI, if used to perpetrate fraud or launch cyberattacks or other similar incidents, could create panic at a particular financial institution or securities exchange, which could pose a threat to financial stability.

• Moreover, inappropriate or controversial data practices by AI developers and users, or other factors adversely affecting public opinion of AI, could also impair the acceptance of AI. Read more

  If the AI technology that we incorporate into our business processes, services or products are, or are perceived to be, deficient, inaccurate or controversial, we could suffer operational inefficiencies, competitive harm, legal liability, brand or reputational harm or other adverse impacts on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Additionally, our competitors and other third parties may incorporate AI into their business processes, services and products more quickly or more successfully than us, which could impair our ability to compete effectively and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

• Industry competition, including competition from decentralized finance platforms, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies, could disrupt our business model and adversely affect our revenues, market share or liquidity.

• The rapid emergence and increasing adoption of DeFi platforms, cryptocurrencies and related blockchain-enabled financial products and services could disrupt traditional banking services and accelerate competitive pressures on our business. Read more

  As customers and counterparties gain access to alternative platforms that facilitate payments, lending, trading, custody, settlement and other financial services outside of, or with reduced reliance on, traditional financial institutions, we may experience reduced demand for certain of our products and services, lower volumes and compression of pricing and fee incomes. If we do not effectively develop, acquire, partner with or otherwise adapt our products to respond to evolving customer preferences and competitive dynamics, then we may lose customers to existing or new competitors, including non-bank competitors, resulting in reduced market share and…

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• Instability in geopolitical matters could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. Read more

  The macroeconomic environment in the United States is susceptible to global events and volatility in financial markets. For example, trade negotiations between the United States and other nations remain uncertain and could adversely impact economic and market conditions for our and our clients and counterparties. Global political and military conflicts, including the ongoing conflicts in the Ukraine and the Middle East, present destabilizing forces, including higher and more volatile commodity and food prices, which may cause international and domestic economic deterioration. Financial markets may be adversely affected by the current or anticipated impact of military conflicts, including the conflicts in the Ukraine and the Middle East, terrorism or other…

• The former U.S. presidential administration called on all regulatory agencies to reduce or eliminate certain fees relating to a number of services, including banking services and during this same time, the CFPB launched an initiative to reduce the amounts and types of fees financial institutions may charge, including the issuance of final rules that would significantly reduce the permissible amount of credit card late fees and that would impose certain requirements on overdraft fees unless the IDI limits the overdraft fee. While the new administration may impact the government's position on fees, the changes proposed by the former administration could affect the Company’s ability or willingness to provide certain products or services, necessitate changes to the Company’s business practices or have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

• Our business and financial performance could be adversely affected by a U.S. Read more

  government debt default or the threat of such a default.

• On January 21, 2025, the U.S. Treasury began taking extraordinary measures to prevent a default on U.S. Read more

  government debt, which measures are expected to continue until such time as the U.S. Congress increases the debt ceiling. However, it is unclear how long such extraordinary measures will forestall a default in the event of extended Congressional negotiations or inaction. A U.S. government debt default would have material adverse impact on our business and financial performance, including a decrease in the value of Treasury bonds and other government securities held by us, which could negatively impact our capital position and our ability to meet regulatory requirements. Other negative impacts could be volatile capital markets, an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the U.S. dollar, as well as increased default rates among borrowers in light of increased economic uncertainty. Some…