{"slug": "standard-chartered-plans-to-cut-7000-jobs-in-ai-push-lender-wants-to-replace-and", "title": "Standard Chartered plans to cut 7,000 jobs in AI push — lender wants to replace ‘lower-value human capital’ and focus on automation", "summary": "Standard Chartered has announced plans to cut approximately 7,000 jobs as part of a strategic shift toward automation and artificial intelligence. The bank aims to replace what it describes as \"lower-value human capital\" by focusing on AI-driven processes and reducing its reliance on manual roles.", "body_md": "Standard Chartered plans to cut 7,000 jobs in AI push — lender wants to replace ‘lower-value human capital’ and focus on automation | Tom's Hardware", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/standard-chartered-plans-to-cut-7000-jobs-in-ai-push-lender-wants-to-replace-and", "canonical_source": "https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/standard-chartered-plans-to-cut-7-000-jobs-in-ai-push-lender-wants-to-replace-lower-value-human-capital-and-focus-on-automation", "published_at": "2026-05-19 12:18:22+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-20 13:12:52.604147+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "enterprise-software", "data"], "entities": ["Standard Chartered", "Tom's Hardware"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/standard-chartered-plans-to-cut-7000-jobs-in-ai-push-lender-wants-to-replace-and", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/standard-chartered-plans-to-cut-7000-jobs-in-ai-push-lender-wants-to-replace-and.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/standard-chartered-plans-to-cut-7000-jobs-in-ai-push-lender-wants-to-replace-and.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/standard-chartered-plans-to-cut-7000-jobs-in-ai-push-lender-wants-to-replace-and.jsonld"}}