Is AI really killing finance and banking jobs? Experts say Wall Street’s layoffs may be more hype than takeover—for now

“I think the general [headcount] trend in the banking industry over the last decade is stable to slightly declining. I don’t see that changing anytime soon,” Pim Hilbers, a managing director working with banking and talent at BCG, tells Fortune. “That doesn’t mean that everybody just stays in their job for life. I think we see a lot more mobility than we saw in the past.”Despite Wall Street making headlines for its relentless string of layoffs this year, headcounts across banking and finance have actually b ...