HSBC said on July 27, 2026 that it will launch a Global AI Centre of Excellence in Singapore in the second half of 2026. HSBC said it plans to hire more than 100 AI specialists for the centre, and Reuters reported that HSBC is also looking to add another 100 relationship managers in Singapore.
HSBC said the centre will initially focus on wealth conversations, agentic treasury solutions, and AI-enabled digital payments. HSBC said the centre will work with teams including wealth management and global payments solutions, and that it is giving colleagues tools and training to adapt to AI.
The supplied sources do not say whether the relationship-manager hires are part of the same hiring plan as the AI specialist roles, whether they will work in the centre, or how the hiring will be sequenced. The sources also do not provide a headcount split across the AI disciplines HSBC listed: natural language processing, data science, AI governance, and human-centered design.
What is clear from the supplied reporting is that HSBC is pairing a Singapore AI centre with two separate staffing references: more than 100 AI specialists in HSBC’s announcement, and another 100 relationship managers in Reuters’ report. The sources do not say that one group replaces the other.