Compensation

BB&T dangles promise of bonus payments to top execs if they stay

06/05/19

If four BB&T executives, including the CFO and COO, remain through the closing of its merger with SunTrust, they'll receive multimillion-dollar payouts.

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U.S. Bank Holding Companies with the Highest Multiples of Net Income to Salary and Benefits

05/28/19

Year to date through Dec. 31, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

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Another Fed contrarian considered for board; Deutsche’s AML glitch

05/22/19

Trump may nominate Judy Shelton, who prefers “market-determined rates”; a software glitch may have prevented flagging of suspicious transactions for a decade.

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JPMorgan wins shareholder support for executive pay plan. But there's a caveat

05/21/19

The 72% backing was the lowest approval rate for the resolution since 2015. An advisory firm criticized the bank's policy as too subjective.

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Silicon Valley Bank pays $250,000 per employee, tops in the U.S.

05/10/19

Silicon Valley, better known for hot tech start-ups and venture capital firms, is also home to the highest-paying public bank in the U.S.

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What ruling on noncompete clauses means for banks — and job hunters

05/01/19

It just got harder for banks in Georgia to enforce noncompete agreements in employee contracts. For employees of two merging banks, BB&T and SunTrust, the timing couldn’t be better.

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Dimon and the pay gap, 5G's impact on banking, new Comerica CEO: Top stories of the week

04/26/19

How Jamie Dimon's salary ties into the broader discussion about pay inequity; how 5G could change the future of banking; Comerica's first new CEO in 17 years; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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'Political pandering to the uninformed': Comments of the week

04/25/19

Readers respond to the debates over economic inequality and CEO pay disparities, weigh in on FDIC board membership, consider LendingClub exiting small-business lending and more.

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Citigroup's Corbat says income inequality keeps him up at night

04/24/19

Citigroup Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat said the widening income gap in the U.S. ranks high on the list of things that keep him up at night.

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What’s Jamie Dimon’s salary got to do with income inequality?

04/21/19

At a recent House hearing with large-bank CEOs, lawmakers’ focus on the compensation gap between the C-suite and lower-level employees echoed a broader discussion about pay inequity.

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