Announcement ·
Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs because of the use of AI and other technologies
Original title, in Spanish: “Barclays recortará 5.000 empleos por el uso de la IA y otras tecnologías”
- Publication
- Expansión (Spain) · subscribers only
- Author
- Artur Zanón
- Published on
- 22 October 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
Barclays is cutting 5,000 jobs, around 5% of its 93,000 employees. The bank attributes the measure to the use of artificial intelligence and other technologies.
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5,000 jobs
Job cuts at Barclays linked to AI and other technologies
Barclays, total workforce of 93,000 employees
« Barclays ha anunciado esta mañana un recorte de 5.000 empleos, lo que supondrá reducir la plantilla en aproximadamente un 5%, sobre un total de 93.000 trabajadores. »
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5 %
Share of total workforce cut
Barclays
« lo que supondrá reducir la plantilla en aproximadamente un 5%, sobre un total de 93.000 trabajadores »
Classification
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Company size
- Large companies
- Industries
- Banking, insurance, asset management, finance departments
- Companies
- Barclays (deploys AI)
- Keywords
- employment, bank, job cuts, automation, banking industry
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