Why a global bank is slashing thousands of jobs — and what the Fed says about AI replacing workers

Economy MarketWatch By Steve Goldstein 22 Oct 2026 08:47 1 min read
Why a global bank is slashing thousands of jobs — and what the Fed says about AI replacing workers

Barclays on Thursday said it’s cutting 5,000 jobs, about 5% of its workforce, as the bank relies on artificial intelligence to perform back-office tasks.

Read the full story on MarketWatch → Opens the original article on www.marketwatch.com

Summary aggregated from MarketWatch's public RSS feed. The full reporting belongs to MarketWatch — please read it on their site.