[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":99},["ShallowReactive",2],{"library:has-visible":3,"/tools/cyprus-paye-monthly-return":66},{"id":4,"title":5,"asset":6,"body":7,"category":46,"date":47,"description":13,"extension":48,"head":49,"icon":50,"kind":51,"mailjet":52,"meta":54,"navigation":56,"ogImage":49,"path":57,"private":58,"reviewEmail":59,"robots":58,"schemaOrg":49,"seo":60,"sitemap":49,"stem":62,"subtitle":63,"summary":64,"__hash__":65},"library/library/ai-in-finance-may-2026.md","AI in Finance (May 2026)","ai-in-finance-may-2026.pdf",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":41},"minimark",[10,14,17,22,38],[11,12,13],"p",{},"In late 2025, the AICPA and CIMA asked 1,446 senior finance leaders whether they expected AI to be the most transformative trend in accounting and finance over the next two years. Eighty-eight per cent said yes. Eight per cent said their own organisation was \"very well prepared\" to manage that trend. This brief is for the 92%.",[11,15,16],{},"It is not a deployment guide. 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