Recruiting

Bank of America is among Wall Street firms seeking to hold onto employees at risk of being poached as competition for top performers escalates.

The Toronto-based bank is ramping up hiring on both sides of the border and looking for expertise in cloud technology, machine learning and more.

Bank of America is rewarding almost all of its employees with a pool of $1 billion in restricted stock, further boosting compensation as financial firms compete to attract and retain workers.

Google has hired former PayPal executive Arnold Goldberg to run its payments division and set a new course for the business after it scrapped a push into banking.

Some community banks and credit unions worry that by hiring out-of-state workers to fill their many job openings, as other employers have done, they could erode community ties.

Bank of America hired Benjamin Saunders from JPMorgan Chase for its financial institutions investment banking business.

David Ratliff will lead all corporate and institutional client coverage teams in the Asia Pacific region, including corporate banking, financial institutions, and the global institutional client group, according to an internal memo.

JPMorgan Chase hired Ben Ratner from the Environmental Defense Fund to help advise banking clients on lowering their carbon footprint to combat climate change.

The Arkansas bank is working with 10 universities' athletic departments to create programs for women it hopes will one day join its ranks.

Morgan Stanley made sweeping changes to its employee benefits including increasing parental leave and allowing some employees to buy its stock at a 10% discount amid intense competition for talent.