Standard Chartered, CFPB Keep Hiring

Tip: Nothing Standard About Standard Chartered

With profit on the rise, U.K. bank Standard Chartered is expected to add between 1,000 and 1,500 positions in the second half of 2012. The firm also plans to expand its corporate finance teams in China, India and Africa.

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Tip: CFPB Increases Staff Numbers

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has nearly doubled its staff over the past year, expects to continue to hire aggressively in the coming months. A newly created federal agency charged with overseeing loans, mortgages and other consumer-related products, the CFPB aims to add roughly 1,200 positions by the end of September.

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Tip: Finance Sector Inches Back and Forth

The finance sector saw moderate job gains in July, adding roughly 1,000 new positions while some larger banks continue to cut back their staff. Perhaps the highlight of last week's Bureau of Labor Statistics report is that the securities, commodity contracts and investments sector, which signifies investment banking, gained around new 500 jobs.

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