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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 this year, equivalent to about 5% of its global workforce of approximately 93,000 employees, primarily due to increased reliance on artificial intelligence (AI). The bank has already reduced 1,000 positions in the first half of 2026 and expects to complete a further reduction of 4,000 jobs by year-end. Most of these cuts will affect operational and functional roles across Barclays. Despite these reductions, the company reported a pre-tax profit of £2.3 billion for the third quarter, marking a 12% increase from the same period in 2025. This strategy is part of a three-year plan to boost performance through significant cost-cutting measures and enhanced technological capabilities. Group chief executive CS Venkatakrishnan emphasized that AI adoption has made work processes more efficient, enabling Barclays to reduce roles such as developers.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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