Allissa Kline

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Allissa Kline is a Buffalo, New York-based reporter who writes about national and regional banks and commercial and retail banking trends. She joined American Banker in 2020 and previously worked for more than a decade at Buffalo Business First, where she covered banking and finance, insurance and accounting. Kline started her journalism career at the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York. She graduated from Colgate University and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

Diversity and equality

Citi puts pay-equity analysis on hold amid cuts to its workforce

The megabank has paused its annual review of racial and gender pay gaps.

By Allissa Kline

March 21

Politics and policy

Banks weigh in on the overturning of Roe v. Wade

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo joined Citigroup in pledging to expand benefits to cover travel for out-of-state abortions. Smaller banks in blue states were more vocal, with one female CEO saying: “I stand in disbelief.”

By Allissa Kline

June 24

Coronavirus

Capital One employees returning to office will have to be vaccinated

The announcement came a day after Citigroup said it would mandate vaccines for many of its workers. Capital One also said it is delaying its office reopening.

By Allissa Kline

August 11

Compensation

In ‘war for talent,’ bank employees gain upper hand

Banks are struggling to hire and retain workers in a tight labor market. To stay competitive, they are making concessions on wages and remote work that likely would have been unnecessary before the pandemic.

By Allissa Kline

August 1