Return to Office Split Deepens Banking’s Transatlantic Divide

US and Canadian banks are summoning staffers back to their offices at a faster rate than European rivals, widening the divide in one of finance’s defining workplace debates.

Five years after Covid pushed most staffers into temporary home working, just seven of Europe’s 15 most valuable banks have asked some or all of their staff to spend four or more days in the office a week, according to a Bloomberg analysis. That figure rises to 11 across a group of 15 of the most valuable banks in North America.

While the headline numbers don’t capture the nuance of, say, ...