Employee retention

Chip Mahan, founder of Live Oak Bank, believes that if employees have their needs outside work met, they will work better with customers.

Michael Towbes, the owner of Montecito Bank & Trust who passed away last year, launched a program in 2003 that gives $1 million away to charities each year.

The Best Banks to Work For study is a collaboration between American Banker and the Best Companies Group, which conducts extensive employee surveys and reviews employer reports on benefits and policies.

Oakworth Capital Bank, which topped our "Best Banks" list this year, takes a broad view of wellness by providing employees with free healthy snacks and classes on time management.

Inspired by the book "How Fargo of You," Bell Bank has an awards program that recognizes employees with a talent for the little touches that matter to customers.

See the perks employees get at the 85 financial institutions that made our sixth annual Best Banks to Work For list.

Employees at First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Pascagoula-Moss Point love to eat, so much so that they started raising money for charity by selling lunches.

While layoffs are a regular part of life in much of the workforce, that's not generally the case at credit unions. But analysts say there are multiple factors contributing to that, and it takes a strategy to ensure stability.

CEO base salary was up by 7.5 percent from 2017 to 2018, CUES reported, while COOs saw compensation rise by more than 9 percent.

The high multiple Fifth Third is paying for MB Financial raises questions about whether it can cut enough costs, realize enough growth and win over skeptical investors.

Retaining experienced and competent employees is a crucial but often overlooked strategy for improving bank performance.

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Small institutions need to rethink their approach to younger employees, giving them more opportunities and responsibilities — and borrowing from their digital know-how.

Many of the companies in our inaugural Best Fintechs to Work For ranking share a willingness — even an eagerness — to involve rank-and-file staff in decisions about how the company is run.

With the U.S. military in mind, the Texas banking product provider's CEO, Gabe Krajicek, created a corporate culture where employees name themselves after the legendary warriors and operate under a mission to "win the war."

The online lending platform takes corporate culture seriously but encourages employees not to take themselves too seriously.

Promontory Interfinancial Network, a provider of bank products and services, goes to great lengths (sometimes literally) to retain its employees over the long term.

The fintech industry has some cool workplace quirks, but behind the fun factor is a serious mission to build an enthusiastic, satisfied workforce.

Salaries and benefits are up, as banks work harder to recruit and retain staff. So are casual days, wellness programs and other perks.

Among other initiatives, the credit union has created programs to make in-house career growth a reality and retain staff long-term.