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The Economic Times
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HSBC job cuts: CEO shares big update on lay offs possibility, message for employees on AI issue

HSBC CEO said artificial intelligence (AI) will destroy certain jobs and create new jobs as bank focuses on staff retraining. The CEO said it is important to have staff be on the :"AI journey with us, not fighting us, not resisting the change". HSBC Chief Executive ​Georges Elhedery ​said on Wednesday AI would destroy and ‌create ⁠certain ⁠jobs ​in the financial industry, ​as the bank was focussed ​on retraining ⁠its workforce. Elhedery ‌told ​a ​HSBC ⁠investor day event that ​staff needed to embrace ​AI-driven change rather than resist it ‌and work with the bank ​on ​navigating ⁠the new technology.

Meanwhile, HSBC Holdings has raised ​A$1.4 billion ($1 billion) from a three-part Australian dollar bond sale on Tuesday after investors placed more than A$4.35 billion in ‌orders, according ⁠to ⁠latest term sheet and note reviewed by Reuters.

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