Employee benefits

Virtual therapy, yoga, pet parties: Banks' answers to worker stress

05/24/20

Demand has soared for mental health services as bank employees put in long hours, supervise kids while working at home and endure personal crises. Citi, BofA, Fifth Third and others are getting creative to help them decompress during the pandemic.

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Coronavirus response, ransomware, telecommuting trials: Top stories of the week

03/27/20

What banks need to know about the coronavirus stimulus package; tech vendor Finastra hit with ransomware attack; bank CIOs confront challenge of so many employees working at home; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Banks supplement benefits to help employees affected by coronavirus

03/20/20

From paying $1,000 bonuses to branch employees to subsidizing child care expenses, banks are offering a slew of new perks for front-line employees still working and more paid leave for those who are ill or caring for sick family members.

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A small California bank is unionizing. Here's what it means.

03/03/20

The outcome at Beneficial State may be hard for organizers to replicate at other banks, but it serves as a reminder that labor groups see an opportunity in an industry where many low-paid workers chafe against sales pressure.

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Drink kombucha — get results: The No. 1 place to work in fintech

02/04/20

Metrics and strategy are key at YCharts. So are mystery-flavored Oreos.

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New employee retention tool has four legs and goes 'woof'

01/07/20

Some banks and fintechs have already introduced pet-friendly policies in the office. Here are five reasons why it works.

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What tech managers can do about gender imbalance

11/06/19

There are several steps bankers can take to help create an environment that supports women in tech, an area historically dominated by men.

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JPMorgan tests its Amazon-Berkshire health venture on bank employees

11/01/19

JPMorgan Chase and Amazon.com have begun testing the new health care venture they're developing with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, rolling out some of the new offerings to employees in a handful of states.

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You don’t need to play golf to be a good networker

10/29/19

Women need to take charge of their own networking events.

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Fannie, Freddie to retain earnings; PayPal wins Chinese payments license

10/01/19

The GSEs will hold onto a combined $45 billion as they start the process of going private; PayPal becomes the first foreign firm to win approval to enter the country’s payments market.

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