Push for AI growth intensifies
Finance leaders’ tech spending expectations rose to a record high in our 2026 Q1 CFO survey as the urgency to deliver AI-driven growth intensifies.
What’s in the report?
- More than two-thirds (68%) of finance leaders expect their IT/digital transformation expenses to increase in the next year — an all-time high in the survey.
- Twenty-eight percent don’t plan to cut any costs, and layoff expectations were reduced.
- Almost two-thirds (64%) are already implementing or actively evaluating offshoring or nearshoring for their finance operations.
- Customer affordability has influenced 2026 pricing strategy for 73% of finance leaders.
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