British bank Barclays has announced plans to cut around 5,000 jobs, or 5% of its global workforce, by the end of 2026 in an AI efficiency drive. : https://punchng.com/barclays-bank…

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.

Some of the job cuts have already been made, and the others are expected by the end of this year