Recruiting

Bank of America continues to spend on its people and is looking to add more investment bankers even as inflation pushes expenses higher, Chief Financial Officer Alastair Borthwick said.

American Express is on the hunt for software engineers, coders and developers, part of a 1,500-person hiring spree for its sprawling technology arm.

Already the nation's largest Small Business Administration lender by dollar volume, the Wilmington-based bank plans to add more than 200 employees and spend $25 million on a new building.

Protego Trust Bank in Seattle, a bank in formation with plans to open this year, named financial technology veteran Ron Totaro its first chief executive.

The average turnover rate has risen to 23% this year from about 16% in 2021, according to a Crowe Global survey of more than 400 banks. Raises and more generous benefits aren't enough to keep workers, the firm warns.

Bosses are expecting workers to finally start showing up regularly at Manhattan offices that have been sparsely populated for more than two years.

Citigroup is seeking 400 more staff for its Belfast office as it expands rapidly outside of London, according to a senior executive at the bank.

The bank is looking to educate — and potentially hire — a new generation of tech experts by working with New Jersey's Liberty Science Center and two local high schools in areas where students are at higher risk of not graduating.

Zepz Group, the U.K. financial technology startup and parent of the payments company WorldRemit, has named Mark Lenhard as its new chief executive, replacing Breon Corcoran.

Goldman Sachs Group is tapping the former No. 2 official at the International Monetary Fund and veteran of the Trump administration's trade wars with China to strengthen its ties with international governments.