Employee benefits

The application deadline for this annual ranking is May 10.

Greg Wilson of the Wall Street giant's Asset & Wealth Management unit wants to provide employees with tailored plans using a blend of technology and personal financial coaching.

West Plains Bank and Trust in Missouri, No. 11 on this year's Best Banks to Work For ranking, wins high marks for constructive training, employee development, team culture — as well as excellent benefits.

The financial institutions in American Banker's Best Banks to Work For ranking are skilled in hiring new talent and ensuring those employees want to stay.

During Hunger Action Month, firms in the payments and fintech space should consider the many ways they can leverage their products to improve Americans' access to healthy foods.

Oregon Community Credit Union in Eugene is seeing employee productivity and satisfaction increase, but is still wary of declaring the program a success.

Ally, Truist, Citizens and SoFi are among the banks that offer student loan repayment benefits. The recent Supreme Court decision striking down President Biden's loan forgiveness plan could give a leg up to companies that provide such assistance to their employees.

The Chinese government has forced banks to deny Chinese emigrants access to their retirement savings. What Beijing will demand next is anybody's guess.

The fintech already has a number of large bank partnerships, including Morgan Stanley at Work and Wells Fargo.

Oregon Community Credit Union is piloting a new schedule to address rising absenteeism and concerns about stress among its call center staff.

The new Greenlight for Work program allows employers to provide working parents with financial education for their whole family.

Citigroup told employees they can work from anywhere for the final two weeks of the year, as Chief Executive Jane Fraser bucks a trend among rivals to get office workers back to their desks full time.

Visa's Qatar 'face payments' rollout, Regions' continuing-ed perk and more in banking news this week.

The British lender is offering to provide support for laid-off workers starting new fintech businesses and hopes to attract staff for some of its thousands of technology job vacancies.

JPMorgan Chase made sweeping improvements to time off for bereavement, sick days, and caring for ill family members — including for the first time giving 16 weeks of leave to either parent for the birth or adoption of a child, regardless of which is the primary caregiver.

Polyanna Unruh embraced her employer's tuition-assistance benefit to go from high-school graduate to MBA.

Even the most passionate workers may need a more flexible schedule, a hybrid office or unique training. Credit unions that want to hire and retain those people need to not only meet those needs, but also know when to help them move on to a new employer, experts say.

Bank of America is starting a paid sabbatical program to reward its long-term employees, starting with four weeks off for those who have spent 15 years with the company.

The San Francisco bank's employee retirement plan allegedly overpaid for preferred stock that was eventually deposited into employees' retirement accounts. The bank said that it "strongly disagrees" with the Department of Labor's allegations, but it agreed to the payment in order to resolve the matter.

Zayzoon says that by providing up to half of workers' paycheck early, its clients' employee turnover fell 29%and recruiting rose 79%.