by Ken Chase | Sep 15, 2022 | Banks, Market
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By: Ken Chase. In the last several weeks, Wells Fargo has confirmed that 75 workers in its Iowa branches will no longer have jobs as of late October. Now, Citi has revealed that it too will be reducing its staffing levels, with...
by Ken Chase | Aug 31, 2022 | Banks, Market
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 2 minutes In June 2022, U.S. Bank increased its employee base pay rate from $15 per hour to $18. Last week, the Minneapolis-based bank announced that it will be hiking that base pay even further later this year, with an increase...
by Ken Chase | Aug 31, 2022 | Banks, Market
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 2 minutes In his annual speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated the Fed’s firm commitment to doing whatever it takes to halt persistent inflation. Moreover, he indicated that...
by Ken Chase | Aug 26, 2022 | Banks, Market
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 2 minutes A new survey from Verint found that consumers are increasingly focused on the security of their personal information when choosing a new bank. The poll contacted 5,000 customers of the nation’s twenty largest banks and...
by Ken Chase | Aug 22, 2022 | Banks, Market
By: Ken Chase. Estimated reading time: 2 minutes In its most recent U.S. Credit Card Satisfaction Study, J.D. Power found that the overall share of U.S. consumer credit card spending declined significantly. In a press release announcing the release of the study, the...