News Home Financial Tech Fintech Advice Pay Student Share on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInShare on TwitterShare on FacebookCopy article link TechWhy Barclay’s FX salespeople should look over their shoulders by Zeno Toulon 7 hours ago 2 minute readTechWhy Barclay’s FX salespeople should look over their shoulders 11 Feb 2026 comment icon0 comments like icon0 likes Artificial Intelligence marches ever onward. Anthropic’s AI safety researcher quit two days ago, warning of a world in peril, and musing his pursuit of a poetry degree. For some people, however, AI is just a way to make a buck or two.Click here to join the bubble by eFinancialCareers, our new anonymous community. ✍️Enter Barclays’ recently launched AI chatbot, the awkwardly named BARXBot (come on - BarclAI was right there). “This tool delivers FX quotes 75% faster than the previous approach,” Barclays CEO C.S. Venkatakrishnan told analysts in the firm’s Q4 earning call yesterday.That might be worrying. Electronification has been a big worry for traders for years – and salespeople thought they were much safer. If their work can be done 75% faster now, then they’re more at peril than they would like to admit. Back in 2024, Barclays itself said that “The hybrid nature of some asset classes… Makes them structurally more challenging to trade on a platform.” That might not be the case in the future.BARXBot is just one part of Barclays’ suite of AI tools. Venkatakrishnan noted that the bank had more than 250 of them in total, which is on par with Bank of America’s suite of 270, and well behind both UBS’s and JPMorgan’s offerings. UBS alone has over 340 AI tools in active use.Venkatakrishnan also said that the firm is “one of the largest users of Microsoft Copilot in the financial services industry,” whose adoption had saved over a million man-hours of work. Have a confidential story, tip, or comment you’d like to share? Contact: +44 7537 182250 (SMS, WhatsApp or voicemail). Telegram: @SarahButcher. Signal: sarahbutcher.22  Click here to fill in our anonymous form, or email editortips@efinancialcareers.com. Bear with us if you leave a comment at the bottom of this article: comments are moderated intermittently by human beings. Sometimes these humans might be asleep, or away from their desks, so it may take a while for your comment to appear. You must take sole responsibility for comments you post on this site. We will take reasonable steps to weed out anything that we consider to be offensive or inappropriate.AUTHORZeno Toulon Reporter LikeCommentShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInShare on TwitterShare on FacebookCopy article link Share a comment on this topic Sign up to Morning Coffee!The essential daily roundup of news and analysis read by everyone from senior bankers and traders to new recruits. Subscribe Boost your careerFind thousands of job opportunities by signing up to eFinancialCareers today.Get startedRecommended Articles Barclays' bonuses now £900k for MDs, despite poor year for bankers Morning Coffee: Morgan Stanley bankers’ post-bonus shock. The nice guy banker who irritated his colleagues Morning Coffee: 35 year-old ex-Morgan Stanley trader's wealthy wife issues. Philosophical ex-UBS trader in Singapore is a sensation Citi analyst who burned out aged 24 says she was only in it for the money Kevin Warsh: The ex-Morgan Stanley VP with a wealthy wife Top Articles HSBC bonus worries: "They'll just be allocated based on closeness to senior people" Citadel Securities' ex-head of low latency trading in APAC joins Hudson River Trading in New York Why Barclay’s FX salespeople should look over their shoulders JPMorgan's top crypto guy in Singapore is leaving Morning Coffee: Morgan Stanley bankers’ post-bonus shock. The nice guy banker who irritated his colleagues Recommended Jobs Client Service Analyst/Associate Leverton Search London, United Kingdom Client Services Mayford James London, United Kingdom Sales Support Associate Mayford James London, United Kingdom Boutique Asset Manager – Client Service & Reporting Associate William Blake Group London, United Kingdom Fund Operations Associate - Oversight Mayford James London, United Kingdom CRM Business Analyst – Asset Management Distribution McCabe & Barton London, United KingdomRelated articlesTechCitadel Securities' ex-head of low latency trading in APAC joins Hudson River Trading in New York 11 Feb 2026 comment icon 0 like icon0 TechG-Research veteran swaps electronic trading for AI sports analytics 10 Feb 2026 comment icon 0 like icon0 TechIndian HFT firm taps Hudson River Trading's ex-head of Europe to lead new London office 9 Feb 2026 comment icon 0 like icon0 TechJob fears for cloud engineers in finance: from "150 emails per day" to 20 5 Feb 2026 comment icon 0 like icon0 Sign up to Morning Coffee!The essential daily roundup of news and analysis read by everyone from senior bankers and traders to new recruits. Subscribe