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Carla Breunig has never been much of an Oprah Winfrey fan. But a while back, she happened to be home on a workday. Coincidentally, Winfrey's theme of the day was [...]

Byline: George Yacik Receiving Wide Coverage ...Christmas gift: Banks are expected to see a big boost in profitability following the enactment of the tax bill, and several immediately announced plans [...]

Byline: George Yacik Receiving Wide Coverage ...Does it matter?: Trump administration regulators are looking to put the kibosh on trying to regulate Wall Street pay, but it may be pointless [...]

Byline: Andy Peters More than ever banks are demanding that executives prove their worth before handing them big paychecks. A growing number of banks -- including SunTrust Banks, Pinnacle Financial [...]

Byline: Kevin Wack Wells Fargo's legal bills are likely to rise as the bank continues to deal with the fallout of a phony-sales scandal and a raft of other lawsuits [...]

Byline: Marcus Stanley The past few weeks have revealed a shocking level of outright consumer fraud at Wells Fargo, involving the opening of millions of fraudulent customer accounts. Yet perhaps [...]

Byline: Alan Kline, Kate Berry Wells Fargo is saying so long to incentive compensation for retail bankers, and the industry may never be the same. Under pressure from regulators and [...]

A study by SNL Securities showed that the 100 highest-paid banking executives posted an average salary increase of 24% in 1995. The salary increase represents a substantial jump over 1994, in which banking executives' salaries increased 8%. The three highest paid executives were Fleet Financial Group Chairman John Alvord, who made $4.03 mil in 1995, Fleet Financial Vice Chairman Gunnar S. Overstrom, who made $2.44 mil, and Amsouth Bancorp. Chairman John Woods, who made $1.53 mil., Managing banks in times of upheaval can certainly carry big rewards. The nation's 100 highest-paid bankers received 24% more in salary and bonuses last year than in 1994, according to [...]

There is a connection between monetary policy and the personal costs and advantages of inflation to central bankers. Resignations from the Federal Reserve Board have been connected to significantly substantial deteriorations in Board salaries in relation to private sector incomes caused by above-average inflation. This is especially true of members whose job backgrounds and ages have allowed easiest access to substantial private incomes.

France has issued statements on the variable compensation of financial market professionals who are likely to influence the risk exposure of banking organizations. The rules focus on the professionals' achievement of objectives and their variable compensation based on net profits.

Byline: Kevin Wack The nation's largest banks are again under attack -- this time over how they treat their own rank-and-file employees. A coalition called the Committee for Better Banks, [...]

Byline: Sarah Todd Wall Street Journal Big-bank CEOs still make plenty of dough -- but the job's not as lucrative as it used to be. Pay for the top bananas [...]

The Dutch remain indignant with bankers and politicians, despite a recovery MISREADING the public mood can be costly when the government owns your bank, as the directors of ABN AMRO [...]

Hugh L. McColl Jr., chief executive officer of North Carolina's NCNB Corporation, last year received 53.4 times more in cash compensation than his average employee earned in salary and benefits, [...]

OVERPAID OR UNDERPAID? Hugh McColl, Charlie Sanford and Dick Flamson were significantly underpaid last year, while Joe Pinola, John McGillicuddy and Lew Preston were substantially overpaid, according to a U. [...]

THE HEADACHE 'Getting a Bonus Instead of a Raise' read the Dec. 29, 2004, Wall Street Journal headline. Indications are, said the paper, that many people wilL be rewarded for [...]

A new sort of investment coup IT IS still possible for the little guy to make a fortune on Wall Street. Keith Edwards had a miserable five-year run at JPMorgan [...]

The Court of Appeal has upheld a multi-million-euro award in respect of bonuses promised by Dresdner Kleinwort to a group of bankers in 2008 shortly before its takeover by Commerzbank. [...]

Average pay of top bankers in the U.S. and Europe dropped by one-tenth last year after firms bowed to investor and regulatory pressure, according to Financial Times research. Average pay [...]

Senior employees at U.K. banks may face a decade-long wait for bonuses under proposals put forward by a committee investigating the failures of the industry, which also recommended making ârecklessâ [...]

Bankers may be affected by EU bonus curbs starting in 2015, after the U.K. failed to water down a tentative agreement on the planned rules. Bankers may be affected by [...]

Regime change in Europe LONDON just became a less attractive base for bankers used to taking home bonuses worth many multiples of their basic salary. On March 5th EU finance [...]

Is Britain's defeat over bankers' bonuses a sign of declining influence? EUROCRATS used to annoy the British by telling them their country was bound one day to join the euro. [...]

Europe looks set to limit bank bonuses LUXURY-CAR dealers in London and posh estate agents in Paris must be spluttering. It looks increasingly likely that demands by the European Parliament [...]