Briefs for Saturday, 3 October 2026

20:25

Chatham Financial scales capital markets work with OpenAI's Codex

Chatham Financial said it uses OpenAI's Codex and GPT-5.6 to build technology and redesign workflows, cutting trade validation time from 30 minutes to under 4 minutes.

30 min to <4 minChatham Financial's trade validation time, before and after

NoteCutting a manual check from 30 minutes to under 4 is the kind of back-office time saving treasury and capital markets teams will be watching for. The figure comes from Chatham and OpenAI's own account of the work, so an outside audit would still be useful.

Source: OpenAIShare

20:20

Top story: Banking & Lending

Job posts for 'agent orchestration' skills jump 1,721% at Wall Street banks

Posts for AI-related roles at banks including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Capital One rose 49% this year to 139,819 listings, while posts referencing agent orchestration jumped 1,721%, the most sought-after technical skill in finance, according to Draup. Draup CEO Vijay Swaminathan said "this is arguably the hottest skill on Wall Street," and generative AI managers earn a median base salary of about $190,000.

1,721%rise in bank job posts mentioning 'agent orchestration' this year

NoteA 1,721% jump in postings for one skill shows banks moving from chatbots to systems of agents that need people to design and supervise them. It also prices that expertise: generative AI managers already earn a median base salary of about $190,000.

Source: CNBCShare