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Compliance Job Market Warms Up, as Wells Fargo Hires DOJ Director
By Brian Monroe
printAfter more than a year of shrinking, the anti-money laundering job market is showing signs of growth again, with large financial institutions looking to refill top slots in compliance departments. Currently, PNC Bank, Citibank, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Bank of New York Mellon and Wells Fargo all have job postings for Bank Secrecy Act and sanctions compliance officers. Employment Web sites and financial institution career Web pages list hundreds of job slots in the United States, Europe and Asia. And in a sign that banks are again looking to add senior government officials, Wells Fargo is...
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