Valentine's Day has been and gone, and for some women in banking it won't have been easy. While 'men in banking' are all the rage, 'women in banking' are notably not. As we noted a few years ago, the financial services industry is full of impressive single women with dating issues. This hasn't changed.
"Men who are looking for something serious don't want to date women in banking, especially if they work in banking themselves," says a managing director (MD) at one leading boutique bank, speaking off the record. "They know that female bankers are highly competitive, that they may not show up on a date, that vacations are likely to be ruined by work and stress. When I worked in banking, my friends advised me to say I worked in marketing instead."