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"officialListingName": "SMBC Manubank",
"text": "August 10, 2026\nVia E-Mail and Federal Express\nJason Wadell\nState Rapid Response Team (SRRT), Supervisor\nMinnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development\n180 East 5th Street\nSt. Paul MN 55101-1678\nRe: Mass Layoff and Closure of JeniusBank\nMr. Wadell,\nPursuant to the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et\nseq. (the “WARN Act”), SMBC MANUBANK (the “Company”) is issuing this notice to inform you that\nthe Company will be undertaking a permanent mass layoff. The mass layoff is due to the decision of the\nCompany to wind down and close JeniusBank, its digital banking unit.\nWe have sent this notice to every state where an affected individual resides pursuant to our\nunderstanding of the regulations applicable to the federal WARN Act (20 C.F.R. § 639.6), which provide\nthat: “Notice also must be served on the State dislocated worker unit and the chief elected official of the\nunit of local government within which a closing or layoff is to occur.” The total number of affected\nemployees in Minnesota is two. The two employees work remotely. There is no physical JeniusBank office\nor location in Minnesota.\nThe affected employees are being informed today that their employment will be terminated at the\nend of the 60-day notice period, i.e., on or around October 9, 2026. All affected employees will receive\ntheir regular wages and benefits during the 60-day notice period.\nThe mass layoff is being conducted throughout the entire United States and all affected employees’\nseparation from employment at the Company will be permanent.\nThe Company submits this notice to satisfy any obligation that may exist under the WARN Act.\nThere will not be any bumping rights to other positions for the affected employees. Attached is a list of the\njob titles of positions that will be affected and the number of affected employees in each job position. If\nyou have questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (212) 224-4434, or by email at\nchristopher.becker@smbcgroup.com.\nSincerely,\n/s/ Chris Becker\nChris Becker\nChief Human Resources Officer, SMBC MANUBANK\ncc: Chief Elected Official of State of Minnesota\n(Attachment)\n2\nAffected Positions\nJob Title\nAnalyst, FIU\nAnalyst, Data Analyst - Contact Center\nAnalyst, Data Scientist\nAnalyst, Sr. Analyst - Collections\nAnalyst, Systems Support Tech\nAssociate, Business Control Officer\nAssociate, Cloud Cybersecurity Engineer\nAssociate, Collection Operations Lead\nAssociate, Collections Operations Lead\nAssociate, Complaints Specialist\nAssociate, Customer Experience Specialist\nAssociate, FIU Team Leader\nAssociate, Fraud Loss Management\nAssociate, Money Movement Experience Product Owner\nAssociate, SAR Quality Control Associate\nAssociate, Senior Quality Test Engineer\nAssociate, Senior Software Engineer\nAssociate, Senior Software Engineer - Cloud\nAssociate, Senior Software Engineer - Mobile QA\nAssociate, Senior Software Engineer - Web\nAssociate, Senior Software Engineer QA CFRT\nAssociate, Senior Software Engineer, DevOps\nAssociate, Senior Software Engineer, IT OPS\nAssociate, Software Engineer - Android\nAssociate, Software Engineer - iOS\nAssociate, Software Engineer, IT OPS\nAssociate, Sr. Business Analyst\nAssociate, Sr. Identity & Access Management Engineer\nAssociate, Sr. Security Analyst - SOC\nAssociate, Systems Analyst - Core Banking\nDirector, 2nd Line Quantitative Support\nDirector, Business Control Officer\nDirector, CFRT\nDirector, Collections Analyst\nDirector, Credit Risk Analyst\nDirector, Cyber Defense Director\nDirector, Director Enterprise Agile Delivery\nDirector, Distinguished Engineer\nDirector, Engineering Director-Mobile\nDirector, Experience Owner Deposits Onboarding\nDirector, Head of Application Security\nDirector, Head of Finance - Jenius\nDirector, Head of Product Marketing\nDirector, HR Business Partner\nDirector, IT Operations\nDirector, Loans Control Manager\nDirector, Platform Owner, Credit & Fraud Risk Tech\nDirector, QA Engineering\nDirector, Risk Program Oversight Manager EDPM\nExecutive Administrative Assistant\nExecutive Director, Credit Risk Manager\nExecutive Director, Credit Strategy Manager\nExecutive Director, Decision Sciences\nExecutive Director, Fraud Operations\nExecutive Director, Head of Credit Card - Executive\nDirector\nExecutive Director, Head of Deposits\nExecutive Director, Head of Engineering Martech & Core\nPlatforms\nExecutive Director, Head of Product Platforms\nExecutive Director, Head of Technology Portfolio &\nDelivery\nFraud Investigator\nFraud Support Rep\nFraud Support Representative\nManaging Director, Deposits and Loan Servicing\nExecutive\nManaging Director, Head of CX Design and\nResearch\nManaging Director, Head of Product Development\nOperations Specialist\nOperations Specialist - Collections\nQuality Assurance Specialist\nVice President, API Product Manager\nVice President, Complaints Manager\n4\nVice President, Customer Experience Analyst, Voice\nof Customer\nVice President, Customer Service Manager\nVice President, Data Scientist\nVice President, Engineering Manager\nVice President, Engineering Manager - IT Ops\nVice President, Engineering Manager - QA\nVice President, Fraud Investigations and Support\nManager\nVice President, Fraud Operations Manager\nVice President, Fraud Strategy\nVice President, Money Management & Payments\nProduct Manager\nVice President, Operation Specialist - Pending\nApplications\nVice President, Platform Owner, Mobile & Web\nVice President, Principal Engineer - iOS\nVice President, Principal Engineer Android\nVice President, Risk Manager\nVice President, Risk Quality Control Program Lead\nVice President, Senior Cloud Security Engineer\nVice President, Senior Engineering Manager\nVice President, Senior IT Operations Manager\nVice President, Staff Engineer - Android\nVice President, Staff Software Engineer - CFRT\nVice President, Sr. Engineering Manager – Cloud\nInfrastructure\n5",
"validation": "Only explicitly labeled effective dates or standalone letter dates are extracted. Unpublished or ambiguous fields remain unavailable."
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