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Looks Matter In The Banking Industry

The Horizons Tracker

In the banking world, how a CEO looks can significantly impact how much they earn. In American banks, CEOs who are considered more attractive make, on average, a million dollars more each year compared to their less good-looking peers. To study this, they gathered data from 167 American banks and 272 CEOs (the top bosses of the banks).

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Agri-Fintech: How Financial Technology is Revolutionizing the Farming Industry

Strategy Driven

Technology has transformed the farming industry dramatically over the past few decades, which is making farming more productive, profitable and sustainable. While automated machinery, robots, regenerative agriculture, and more have transformed the industry, financial technology is now beginning to make significant changes as well.

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Leadership Lessons from the Banking Upheaval

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Jean-Marc Laouchez , Hay Group: “Banking is no longer somewhere that you go, it’s something that you do.” - Brett King, Banking 3.0. When was the last time you visited a bank branch? With their industry transforming before their very eyes, what are the lessons for leaders? Chances are they never will.

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Safest industries to invest in

Strategy Driven

This article will look at the safest industries to invest in. Food industry. You might be surprised to find out that the food industry is one of the safest industries to invest in. Textile industry. The textile industry is another of the safest industries to invest in. Legal and compliance industry.

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Championing Diversity and Inclusion at Bank of America

HR Digest

In 2021, we merged our Consumer Bank Academy with our Global Learning Organization to create The Academy at Bank of America, an onboarding, education and professional development organization dedicated to the growth and success of 200,000+ teammates from consistent onboarding through skill building.

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Wall Street banks opt for greater automation for grunt work to retain talent

HR Digest

An internal survey by Goldman Sachs junior employees detailing the crushing workload and the accompanying stress due to demanding bosses has led to some stocktaking about the working conditions in the industry and the high attrition rates. Banks now insist on weekend offs, no excessive overtime, and greater use of technology for routine work.

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Countries Hurt Themselves When They Deny Immigrants Access To Banking

The Horizons Tracker

economy, as well as the entertainment, arts, recreation, accommodation and food service industries,” the researchers say. For example, a major ceiling on the economic potential of undocumented immigrants is their lack of access to the banking system to obtain credit and mortgages,” the authors continue.

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