Compensation

Companies on the Best Places to Work in Fintech list offer sabbaticals or generous vacation time, which helps attract young talent and lets veteran employees re-energize.

Wells Fargo, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase were among the large banks that last year experienced net losses of high-level bankers in their corporate and commercial units, according to a new report. Bankers are leaving largely for jobs at private equity and debt funds, according to the authors.

Bank of America is moving three months early on its most recent plan to raise its hourly base pay. “Until the labor market eases, the weight of wage growth is going to be strong,” CEO Brian Moynihan said during a CNBC interview.

Nearly half of all small-business owners — and higher percentages of minority entrepreneurs — said in a new survey that they aren’t sure they could come up with the funds to cover an emergency $5,000 business expense. But the results also suggest that the Paycheck Protection Program may have led to more trust in the Small Business Administration.

Only about 31% of the bank’s shareholders voted Tuesday in favor of a nonbinding “say on pay” resolution. The harsh verdict followed a one-time award of $52.6 million in stock options to keep Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon on the job for five more years.

With abortion rights in the U.S. in danger, employers are taking measures to extend support and access to healthcare.

The new hires joined Veritex from Bank of Houston, which has also been aggressively recruiting bankers.