StanChart cuts jobs for eighth straight year on automation

Standard Chartered Bank of Kenya last year spent Sh205.63 million on redundancies.

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Standard Chartered Bank Kenya last year spent Sh209.96 million on redundancies, marking the eighth straight year of trimming its workforce amid an increased switch to digital banking.

The lender discloses in its latest annual report that its workforce dropped by 59 to 1,061 in the year it booked Sh209.96 million as redundancy costs, compared with Sh214.07 million in 2021.

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