Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs as bank’s bosses hail AI productivity advances
by Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#797EZ)
Equating to the loss of 5% of its 93,000 global staff, job cuts come as bank announces jump in quarterly profits
Barclays is cutting 5,000 jobs as part of wider cost-saving plans that its bosses say are being driven by advances in AI.
The job cuts will mean losing about 5% of the bank's 93,000 global staff, with executives confirming they had already cut 1,000 workers since the start of the year.
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