Standard Chartered plans to cut 7,000 jobs in AI push — lender wants to replace ‘lower-value human capital’ and focus on automation by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) from Latest from Tom's Hardware on 2026-05-19 12:18 (#75QFV) Standard Chartered says that it will trim a huge number of positions from its back offices in a bid to increase automation.