Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs as bank’s bosses hail AI productivity advances

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…
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RegionsUnited Kingdom
Published4 d ago (Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:39:29 GMT)
RetrievedFri, 23 Oct 2026 01:00:25 GMT via rss
ClassifiedFri, 23 Oct 2026 01:01:21 GMT by nimble
AuthorKalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent