Only 9% of India’s finance aspirants feel ready to compete in AI-driven job market: Study

Only 9% of India’s finance certification aspirants believe their current skills are enough to compete in an AI-driven job market, compared with 67% of graduates globally, according to the Finance Talent Pulse 2026 study.

The study found that the gap in AI readiness was the widest difference between the two groups. About 56% of Indian respondents said AI and automation were making it slightly or much harder to get their desired job. This was close to the 59% of global graduates who saw AI as a barrier of some kind.