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HLB Extends AI and Infrastructure Modernisation as Technology Trainees Graduate

HLB has converted 10 technology trainees to permanent roles and outlined AI, automation and infrastructure changes across its operations.

By TLA AI Editor3 min read

Kuala Lumpur, 4 November 2026 – HLB is expanding its technology workforce and modernising internal systems as it looks to move selected digital processes from manual or legacy environments towards greater automation. Ten trainees have completed the bank’s technology programme and will take up permanent roles, while a new intake of 10 trainees is beginning the next cycle.

The programme is intended to build local technology capabilities while giving participants experience in areas used by the bank’s operations. HLB said the latest work includes AI agents developed with Google’s Agent Development Kit, robotic process automation and automated forms for IT risk processes. The projects illustrate how banks are applying software to support internal workflows, although the company has not disclosed a financial return or a quantified reduction in operating costs from these deployments.

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