据金融时报报道，引述知情人士表示，汇丰控股有限公司正计划在其英国财富管理业务中进行大规模裁员，这是该行更广泛推动使用人工智能以更高效地为富裕客户提供服务的一部分。
Holdings Plc is planning sweeping job cuts across its UK wealth management business as part of a broader push to use artificial intelligence to serve affluent clients more efficiently, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
据报道，该行计划取消其英国财富部门约一半的管理和专家职位，并将财务顾问的数量减少近70%。报道引述一位匿名消息人士。有人告诉FT，汇丰目前正在就拟议的重组方案进行咨询过程。该报表示，受到裁员影响的员工预计将在本月底前离职。
The bank plans to eliminate around half of management and specialist positions across its UK wealth division, while reducing its ranks of financial advisers by nearly 70%, according to the report, which cited an unnamed source. HSBC is currently in a consultation process over the proposed restructuring, one person told the FT. Employees affected by the cuts are expected to leave by the end of the month, the newspaper said.
汇丰发言人告诉FT：“汇丰英国是一家长期-established的领先英国财富管理公司和优质银行服务提供商。”“我们将继续不断进化，以提供更多数字化的产品和服务路径，以支持我们一流的财富服务，并满足客户日益变化的需求。”这些拟议的裁员措施紧随汇丰首席执行官乔治·埃勒迪自2024年9月上任以来领导的更广泛的减费和简化行动。
“HSBC UK is a long-established, leading UK wealth manager and premium banking provider,” the bank’s spokesperson told FT. “We’re continuing to evolve to deliver more digitally enabled products and journeys to support our best-in-class wealth service and meet the changing needs of our customers.”The proposed cuts follow a broader cost-cutting and simplification drive spearheaded by HSBC Chief Executive Officer Georges Elhedery since he took the helm in September 2024.
埃勒迪是人工智能提升生产力的坚定倡导者，他在8月份接受彭博电视采访时表示，如果汇丰员工可以通过使用人工智能工具变得更加高效，他将感到“非常满意”。他还表示，他个人监控人工智能相关支出，包括令牌成本和软件许可费。
Elhedery has been a vocal advocate of using AI to boost productivity, saying in a Bloomberg TV interview in August that he would be “extremely happy“ if HSBC employees could become more productive through the use of AI tools. He also said that he personally monitors AI-related spending, including token costs and software licensing fees.
人工智能的日益广泛应用已成为整个银行业员工的焦虑来源。5月份，标准银行有限公司首席执行官比尔·温特斯警告称，人工智能将消除数千个就业岗位，同时该行宣布计划到2030年通过更大的自动化和人工智能驱动的效率提升，削减超过15%的支持人员。
The growing use of AI has become a source of anxiety for bank employees across the industry. In May, Standard Chartered Plc Chief Executive Officer Bill Winters warned that artificial intelligence would eliminate thousands of jobs as the lender unveiled plans to cut more than 15% of its support workforce by 2030 through greater automation and AI-driven efficiencies.