Oct 5, 2019
‘Goliath Is Winning’: The Biggest U.S. Banks Are Set to Automate Away 200,000 Jobs
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: employment, finance, robotics/AI
Over the next decade, U.S. banks, which are investing $150 billion in technology annually, will use automation to eliminate 200,000 jobs, thus facilitating “the greatest transfer from labor to capital” in the industry’s history. The call is coming from inside the house this time, too—both the projection and the quote come from a recent Wells Fargo report, whose lead author, Mike Mayo, told the Financial Times that he expects the industry to shed 10 percent of all of its jobs.