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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 05/19/2026 15:00 EDT

StanChart To Cut Over 7,000 Jobs, Boost AI To Replace 'Lower-Value Human Capital'

The London-headquartered lender Standard Chartered announced plans to cut more than 7,000 jobs by 2030, with CEO Bill Winters saying the bank will replace some "lower-value human capital" through automation and AI while offering retraining to affected workers. "It's not cost-cutting. It's replacing in some cases lower-value human capital with the financial capital and the investment capital we're putting in," CEO Bill Winters told reporters. "So, the people that want to reskill, that want to carry on, we're

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