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Macys plans to hire more than 38,000 seasonal full- and part-time positions for the upcoming holiday season.The positions will be available at Macys, Bloomingdales and Bluemercury stores, as well as the companys distribution centers, the retailer said in a Monday  Sept. 18  press release.The number of seaso stanley uk nal positions this year is  consistent  with the open positions in 2022, according to the release.This news comes as many retailers in the United States have announced holiday hiring plans that are much lower than they were in 2022 and the lowest since 2008, Reuters reported Monday.Macys seasonal hiring plans included 41,000 workers in 2022, and 76,000 in 2021, per the report.With consumers concerned about the state of the economy and their own shrinking household savings, this years holiday sales are expected to grow slower than they did over the past five years, the report said.Andrew Challenger, senior vice president at employment service Challenge, Gray  Christmas  CGC , told Reuters in a report published Friday  Sept. 15 :  We have never gone this far into September and not had big hiring predictions from retailers. Its real stanley termos ly surprising. To make the hiring process more convenient for candidates, Macys is offering an online application process that takes as little as five minutes, with most job offers made within 48 hours, according to the companys press release. Macys is also organizing tw stanley cup o nationwide in-person holiday hiring events Sept. 21 and Oct. 19.Danielle  Flty KKR Becomes Latest Investor In Jio Platforms
, D& B4 }" f8 s& l Traditional financial services companies have something new to worry about: FinTech聽is increasingly encroaching on their turf and winning the hearts and minds of consumers. According to a report, a new survey by early-stage venture capital firm Blumberg Capital found three in five Americans say banks arent doing a good job of keeping up with their needs. Blumberg, which has invested in Able Lending, Addepar, Lendio, Fundbox, FeeX, EarnUp and CoverHound, found 57 percent of Americans think traditional financial services companies聽wont remain as they are today within their lifetime. Whats more, according to the survey, 75 percent of survey respondents said FinTech gives them more power and control of their fi stanley termosy nances, while 65 percent said FinTech gives them access to financial tools that were previously reserved for the wealthy. Of the survey respondents, 69 percent said FinTechs help everyone to improve their stanley kubek  financial state.  Most people feel that FinTech is a good thing for consumers and for small businesses, that it will help make things more efficient, give them more information, more tran stanley us sparency, more automation of things that should be automated,  said David Blumberg, founder and managing partner, in the report.  An example would be: You never want to miss a mortgage payment. There should be a system for this 鈥?an automated system that automatically pays down your debt. And not only is it automated and straightforward, but its smarter, so it knows when you should make an