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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

Lloyds boss warns bankers must ‘reskill themselves’ to survive AI boom

A branch of Lloyds Bank in a pale stone building on a shopping street in Preston, with dark green signage; a man is walking in front of the bank and other people are at the cashpoint, by a bench and walking past.
AI is ‘going to radically change how customers experience financial services’, says Charlie Nunn. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

The boss of Lloyds Banking Group has warned that bankers will need to “reskill themselves” to survive the oncoming AI boom that stands to transform the financial services sector.

Charlie Nunn told reporters on Thursday that while he could not predict the full impact that AI would have over the next decade, it was clear that banks would be hiring staff with very different skill sets going forward. “This is going to radically change how customers experience financial services,” he said, meaning banks like Lloyds would “have to support colleagues to re-skill themselves”.

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