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amelius | on: Goldman Sachs is pulling Claude Code from its bankers and traders
> Barclays is moving in the other direction

Just fyi.

delis-thumbs-7e | parent | next
> Barclays is moving in the other direction

> Barclays said in October that it expects half its developers to be using Claude Code by the end of the year, and three weeks later named developers among 5,000 job cuts. Like Goldman, it is giving coding agents to engineers. Unlike Goldman, it is also using them to reduce how many engineers it employs.

It says nowhere Barclay’s is permitting them to traders, just that they are - like Goldman - permitting them to developers, who they subsequently will be firing enmasse.

steveBK123 | parent
If you had to follow a bank's strategy on basically anything, would you follow Goldman or Barclays?
sourdecor | root | parent | next
Well the real question is: Is this about using AI, or switching from public AI to private AI, or about Anthropic having access to confidential information of their own underwriter?
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xnickb | root | parent
If only there was a way to find out what the linked article is about. I'll go ask Claud if there are any ways to do that.
jbs789 | root | parent | next
Look no further than the recent email leak story. The tool is quite powerful and I can see the argument that at an enterprise / risk management level it should only be used by those capable of reviewing it.
schrodinger | root | parent | next
Goldman any day, if you're asking based on their respective reputations.
octo888 | root | parent | next
They've been in business longer than the USA's existence, they must be doing something right - some 336 years.

The UK is very good at banking.

throwaway2037 | root | parent
Uhh... colonial empire? See also: HSBC and Standard Chartered. For those unaware, one of France's largest banks, BNP Paribas is also an old colonial bank from... wait for it... Netherlands! Paribas stands for "Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas". For those unaware, the old French term for the Netherlands (Holland) is the low countries, which is literally "Pays-Bas" in French.

To be fair, UK's #1 talent and economic advantage for global commerce in 2026 is their contract law and the courts that judicate it. It is unmatched globally. Sure, New York, Paris, Tokyo, Hongkong, and Singapore are pretty big, but nothing competes with London for international contract law. The ecosystem is just so massive and concentrated in London -- courts, highly experienced judges/barristers (lawyers)/academics.

1718627440 | root | parent
> For those unaware, the old French term for the Netherlands (Holland) is the low countries, which is literally "Pays-Bas" in French.

"Netherlands" still means "low countries".

octo888 | root | parent
I don't know what it means. I'll be honest, I don't think anyone knows what it means anymore. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago
master_crab | root | parent | next
Maybe not Goldman.

But DEFINITELY NOT Barclays.

steveBK123 | root | parent
Right if you had to pick a big bank that didn't die in 2008 but nonetheless should not be followed on anything.. Barclays is top 3 for sure.
HFguy | root | parent
Deutsche Bank is number one this list.
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piker | root | parent
Better not ask that question to Merrill Lynch circa 2006