In financial services, AI adoption must balance innovation with strict oversight. This panel will focus on how banks are building model governance frameworks to reduce risk, ensure compliance, and support trustworthy deployment at scale. Panelists will discuss best practices for model validation, monitoring, and explainability, as well as strategies for managing drift, bias, and regulatory alignment under evolving global standards. The conversation will highlight cutting-edge governance platforms, risk management tools, and processes that leading banks are using to operationalize responsible AI. Attendees will walk away with a playbook for deploying AI systems that deliver measurable value while meeting the highest bar of safety, transparency, and trustworthiness.