HSBC’s Gender Pay Gap, the Worst in U.K. Banking, Is Now Even Bigger

  • Bank reported a 59% gap last year, already biggest among peers
  • National average is around 17 percent, finance skews higher
Women Are on Track to Earn the Same as Men... in 202 Years
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Pay for female staff at HSBC Holdings Plc’s U.K. business fell further behind male colleagues’ in the last year, according to new figures from the London-based bank.

Women at HSBC earned 61 percent less on average compared with male employees at the lender, a wider gap than the 59 percent difference the firm reported a year ago, already the biggest in the banking industry.