Banks say there's no shortage of machine learning talent

If you thought taking a few machine learning courses on Udemy might be enough to inure you against future unemployment then yesterday's report on machine learning in financial services from the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will come as a bit of a shock. The report is based on a survey of 106 banks and finance firms in London. It turns out that, yes, machine learning is being used in banks. But, no, it's not hard to find anyone to fill the roles and that this is the least of the worries as machine learning is rolled out across the finance sector. The charts below, from the report, show where machine learning (ML) is already most in use in the banking sector (defined as building societies, international banks, retail banks, UK deposit takers, and wholesale banks) and in the investments and capital markets sector (defined as alternatives, corporate finance firms, fund managers, principal trading firms, wealth managers and stockbrokers, and wholesale brokers.)