Nepal, July 26 -- Pravesh Rijal, a native of Biratnagar, Nepal and currently serving as the Chief Data and AI Officer at Cross River Bank in the US, has been named to the prestigious AI100 list-an annual recognition of the 100 most influential artificial intelligence leaders in the US.

Rijal has become a leading figure at the intersection of artificial intelligence, financial services, and quantitative innovation. At Cross River-a technology-driven financial institution that supports some of the world's most prominent fintech companies-he oversees the bank's enterprise-wide data and AI strategy.

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Rijal began his professional journey at Citigroup, where he qui...