MGMT 117 Paper 2 Bank of America has always been a big name for a finance company in the United States. My mother has actually worked for the company for over 23 years, and has always informed me that they are a terrible organization. Therefore, I should not have been surprised when they appeared in the book, as one of many famous companies that have received subsidies on the basis of creating new jobs, only to layoff its employees shortly thereafter. Bank of America has actually done this twice in the past 20 years: once in 1993 and again in 2004. Specifically, in 1993 the Bank received $18 million in subsidies to move their employees into the world trade center, in return, they were supposed to retain 1700 jobs, but five years later they merged with Security Pacific National Bank and laid off 800 employees. A year later New York subsequently scraped the subsidy, but didn’t demand any reparations from Bank of America. The Bank nearly did the same exact thing another seven years later. After the 2001 9/11 bombings, Bank of America received another job retaining subsidies packages. The deal included up to $82.6 million in subsidies, and in return the Bank was supposed to create new jobs, in addition to keeping 2,225 of the previous jobs. At this time, Bank of America did not wait five years; later that year they merged with Fleet Bank and with this new amalgamation, there would be 17,000 layoffs all across the country. That is, the first step in solving any problem is
The Bank of the United States was designed to make money and build an economy. It was designed by men like Alexander Hamilton and Robert Morris, but did not benefit the common citizen as much as wealthy investors. Why did a fledgling government need to borrow millions from overseas in order to invest in a “national” bank, to turn around and then borrow the same money back and pay interest on it? The banking system developed by Alexander Hamilton and Robert Morris was prime pickings for speculators, and laid the groundwork for a history of unscrupulous activity regarding our nation’s money supply that continues to this day. The signatures on the Constitution were barely dry before corruption and
The bank at some point received negative attention for issuing credit to arms companies, including companies like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Textron, Colbun, BAE Systems and EADS. Some companies within the bank’s portfolio have also been involved in environmental and labor rights violations scandals, for instance Wal-Mart and Total USA. This negative attention may lead to loss of investor confidence in the bank.
Downsizing creates multiple consequences in the workplace such as: job insecurity, less loyal workers, high levels of unemployment, and high turnover. Outside of the Wall Street market, downsizing has not shown to increase productivity, and instead it accounts to many employers quitting often because they can foresee these downsizes (Class Notes, 9/22/14). Yet, in Wall Street, these downsizes have desensitized the workers to layoffs. In addition, contracts have not become legally binding and there are now severance packages and outplacement services for these constantly uprooted workers. Overall, Ho (2009) argues that “it is the cultural understandings and organizational incentives of investment banks that help contribute to the creation of both unstable, unsustainable markets and jobs” (p.
The opportunity for power and competition seems to also be one of the largest intersecting parts of this whole debacle. In the film, I heard and saw that these bankers placed bets on the crash of all the loans. These bankers knowingly put countless families and individuals in
Jackson also knew of the Bank’s tendency to give “loans” to employees friends and family that usually were not tied to the likeliness of repayment. “His central points were that the BUS amounted to crony capitalism - the federal government had gone into partnership with a favored few, granted them special privileges (e.g., interstate banking, legal tender status for its banknotes, and the handling of government accounts) that weren’t available to others - and that crony capitalism had corrupted the economic and political system. The bank’s owners earned high profits because of their privileged position, paid congressmen retainer fees and granted loans that weren’t always tied to
Chase Bank is a national bank and constitutes the consumer and commercial subsidiary of JP Morgan Chase. Chase Bank traces its origins to Manhattan Bank, created by Aaron Burr (The History of JP Morgan Chase & Co., 2008, p.2). Chase was the first tenant at the Rockefeller Center and was later on led by David Rockefeller in the 1960’s (Wilson, 1986, p.87). The famous Bank One became part of Chase in 2014, and the regrettable Washington Mutual, under receivership, was sold to Chase at a bargain during the crisis of 2008 (The History of JP Morgan Chase & Co., 2008, p.19).
Everyone has goals for the future, some being much bigger than others. Either way, there is money involved in those plans and the BB&T Finacial Foundation helped me to understand there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes. In the future, my goals are to go to college, pursue a job in marketing, and then buy a big house and nice cars. It is well known that it is not easy to complete all those tasks. Unless paying full price for a car or house is possible, then a loan is necessary. Just going out and asking for a loan is not going to get the money that is needed to buy that car. One of the things that contribute to your eligibility for a loan is your credit score. Before taking the BB&T Finacial Foundations course, I had no idea how
Wells Fargo fired 5300 employees. The employees took millions in fees by regularly opening new
IntroductionLinda Best, a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) from Sarnia, Canada is the founder and sole shareholder of Best Financial Services Inc. which was established on January 1, 2001. Sarnia, the largest city in South Ontario, bordered the United States and was heavily populated with aging baby boomers and blue-collar workers. Best Financial earned its revenues mainly from blue-collar workers nearing retirement. Best financial had formed strong relationships with many clients throughout Sarnia and managed over 1000 financial plans allowing a steady revenue and profit growth. The key services provided by Best Financial are risk management, tax preparation and professional money management. The company’s Assets under Management were
It seems that the company does not think it feasible to try to recovery their loses from employee, Lisa Leslie, and therefore goes after the bank for allowing her to steal from them. Is the bank at fault? Does the bank have an obligation to their customers to protect them from fraudulent activity? In short, yes. Customers trust banks to do just that.
Bank of America is one of the largest banks in the nation. It is a multinational company and it is recognized by its high revenue value. Unfortunately, Bank of America has endured many complaints and harsh views regarding their lack of ethics. Ethical issues occur when there is a blatant disregard to implement integrity, trust, and responsibility. In some financial institutions, ethical matters are displayed in the way the consumers are treated. Within the past nine years, Bank of America has diminished all of their ethical promises by revealing customer information without their permission; discriminating against consumers based on their race; and manipulating overdraft fees in order to benefit the bank. In order to assess these problems, it is vital to recognize what Bank of America claims to stand for and determine where their most concerning issues are generated from.
There was a dismissal of 5,300 employees and $185 million in fines against Wells Fargo (Stewart, 2017). The bank’s pressure-cooker sales environment made a toxic sales culture. Wells Fargo held unrealistic sale quotas to its employees and held policies that drove employees to participate in illegal behaviors to meet unreachable goals. Employees opened millions of unauthorized credit cards and deposit accounts, fees and other charges were racked up, money was transferred from customers’ accounts without their knowledge and their permission, they also created phony email addresses to enroll customers in online banking services, all to hit sale targets and receive bonuses. Employees who called attention to the abusive, fraudulent behaviors were ignored and wrongfully terminated and retaliated
American Express, also know as AMEX, is a global financial services company headquartered in New York City and founded in 1850. With 54,000 employees and a revenue of over 35 billion dollars American Express stands tall on the New York Stock Exchange (Sec.gov). American Express is best known for it’s credit cards, which make up about twenty-five percent of total dollar volume in credit card transactions in The United States of America (Reviews.greatplacetowork.com). American Express’ goal is to maintain a leading and almost elite reputation with as many qualified card holders as possible. American Express does this by concentrating on the customer’s experience and branding that experience. American Express’ key components in maintaining and further exceling into this goal includes focusing on their human recourses, social responsibility, and marketing techniques.
The Century National Bank has offices in several cities in the Midwest and the southeastern part of the United States. Mr. Dan Selig, president and CEO, would like to know the characteristics of his checking account customers. What is the balance of a typical customer? How many other bank services do the checking account customers use? Do the customers use the ATM service and, if so, how often? What about debt cards? Who uses them, and how are they used?
Mr. James McBride is under tremendous pressure to prove his mettle. He has been appointed as the General Manager of the Ritz Carlton which will be shortly opening at Washington D.C. the major challenge he