HSBC Staffs Robots That Dance, Take Selfies And Push Credit Cards

Is a robot worth more than a human? Apparently. The banking industry will soon be inundated with robots, displacing hundreds of thousands of human employees around the world, redefining the term “personal banking’ as an oxymoron. ⁃ TN EditorGround zero for the robot takeover of financial services is an HSBC branch in midtown Manhattan.
Here, crowds of camera phone-toting tourists cooed and clapped at Pepper, an adorable 4-foot-tall robot with a high-pitched voice and