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Digital disruption, automation to change how bankers work

Adaptability and sociability more important than academic results in an era of tech disruption: Bank of Singapore chief

Published Fri, Aug 25, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

DIGITAL disruption and the threat of automation will change how bankers go about their jobs and interact with their clients in the next three to five years, said Bank of Singapore CEO Bahren Shaari at the Bank of Singapore Future Skills 2020 Learning Carnival on Friday.

As adaptability, social intelligence and all-roundedness become more important in an era of technological disruption, traditional markers of ability such as academic results are becoming les…