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Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs this year as AI makes work more efficient

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Wise, A. (2026, October 22). Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs this year as AI makes work more efficient. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/barclays-b1301869.html

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Barclays plans to cut 5,000 jobs this year, representing about 5% of its total workforce of around 93,000 employees. The cuts are spread across operational and functional roles within the bank as it implements artificial intelligence to streamline processes, making certain roles redundant. Group CEO CS Venkatakrishnan attributes these changes to long-term technology investments aimed at improving efficiency and reducing costs, part of a three-year strategy to enhance performance and profitability.

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As of October 22, 2026, Barclays announced plans to cut 5,000 jobs, equivalent to about 5% of its global workforce of approximately 93,000 employees as of the end of 2025. This reduction is part of a three-year strategy aimed at boosting performance through cost-cutting and enhancing technology capabilities. The bank had already reduced 1,000 positions in the first half of 2026 and expects to complete the remaining cuts by year-end. Group chief executive CS Venkatakrishnan attributed these changes to investments in artificial intelligence (AI), which have made certain work processes more efficient, allowing for fewer roles such as developers. Barclays reported a pre-tax profit of £2.3 billion for the third quarter of 2026, a 12% increase from the same period in 2025, driven by higher income from its investment bank and wealth management arm despite a decline in fixed-income trading.

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“Both articles describe Barclays cutting 5,000 jobs this year due to AI implementation, affecting operational and functional roles across the bank.”

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Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs this year as AI makes work more efficient The banking group said this is the equivalent of about 5% of all its employees, which totalled around 93,000 globally at the end of 2025. asserted

which → cut → 2025

Some 1,000 of the roles were cut during the first half of 2026, and the remainder are spread out over the second half of the year. asserted

remainder → cut → year

The majority of the reductions relate to operational and functional roles across the bank. asserted

majority → relate → bank

Group chief executive CS Venkatakrishnan, known within the bank as Venkat, said this was “a result of the investments which we’ve made into technology over a number of years and which we continue to make”. asserted

we → know → which

This has seen the adoption of AI to make some work processes more efficient, which has meant the bank can employ fewer roles such as developers. asserted

bank → see → developers

Barclays is coming towards the end of a three-year strategy to boost performance, which has involved major cost-cutting and ramping up technology capabilities. asserted

which → come → capabilities

In the third quarter, the company made some £200 million worth of “structural cost actions”, part of about £600 million made during the year. asserted

company → make → year

The bulk of the cost cutting came from the UK retail bank, but a proportion was also in its investment bank. asserted

proportion → come → bank

Barclays said it has a further roughly £300 million worth of savings planned for the final three months of the year. asserted

it → say → year

It comes as the banking group reported a pre-tax profit of £2.3 billion for the three months to the end of September, which was 12% higher than the same period a year ago. asserted

which → come → period

Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs this year as AI makes work more efficient

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