More than 22,500 cuts were disclosed this year. That compares with about 106,000 in last year’s final five months, so the rate of cuts has slowed down.
Here's a league table based on the number of job losses at each firm announced since August 2011:
Bank of America - 33,500
HSBC - 30,330
Royal Bank of Scotland - 9,842
UniCredit - 6,150
Citigroup - 5,000
Intesa Sanpaolo - 5,000
Banca Monte dei Paschi dei Siena - 4,600
Mizuho Financial Group - 4,000
Barclays - 3,622
UBS - 3,500
ING Groep - 2,830
Allied Irish Banks - 2,500
Deutsche Bank - 2,400
Credit Agricole - 2,350
Morgan Stanley - 2,300
Danske Bank - 2,000
Nordea Bank - 2,000
Societe Generale - 1,580
Credit Suisse - 1,500
National Australia Bank - 1,400
BNP Paribas - 1,396
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd - 1,000
Banks Temper Job Cutting After Surge in 2011 Reductions
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